ESPN Page 2 has a list of 101 things all sports fans must experience before they die. I have 94 to go.

20. The Stanley Cup playoffs (late spring, various NHL cities).

Sure it was the first round, but I did this in 2002 twice, both at MCI Center, both Capitals losses to Tampa Bay.

34. MLB Opening Day (April, various cities).

2005: Nats at Phillies*
2006: Nats vs. Mets
2007: Nats vs. Marlins*

*Actual Opening Day

41. An NBA game from courtside (winter-spring, any NBA city). You’ll never again say they don’t hustle.

1992 – Bullets vs. TrailBlazers – my mom got us company tickets.

61. Midnight Madness (October, all over the country). An annual late-night party at campuses across the country. (Say hi to Larry Eustachy if you see him.)

1999 (maybe 1998 too, I don’t remember) at Penn State – It was technically “Late-Night Madness.” You can debate whether this really counts though since it was Penn State and that was during the good old days when the were mediocre.

90. Little League game (spring, early summer, everywhere).

I played two years of little league.

96. NCAA women’s volleyball championships (December, rotating sites).

Early round — Penn State vs. UCLA at Rec Hall. Penn State went on to win the championship that year.

99. A Harlem Globetrotters game (many dates, many cities).

13th birthday the Capital Centre. They beat the hometown Washington Generals.

Things to avoid:

2. NFL exhibition games.
Three times, all Redskins

vs. Dolphins
vs. Browns
vs. Steelers

4. Baseball old-timers game.

1988 at Yankee Stadium

Glaring omissions
Army vs. Navy
Yale vs. Harvard (I’ve been to three)

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