In the past two and half weeks, POTUS has welcomed every national championship team under the sun to the WH to celebrate their victories. And I have been to every ceremony. I might be exaggerating a bit but I've been doing this job for quite a while and I don't ever remember having to go so many of these things in a row. I should say, "getting to go" because I do realize there are many, many fans that would love the opportunity to see their players face to face with POTUS.
So the first team up was the Dallas Mavericks. I am proud to say that I knew who many of those players are. I can also proudly say that I watched nearly every moment of the championship series against the Miami Heat. I can't say that watching every moment was my idea but because my wonderful fiance loves basketball, we watched all six games. I knew who Jason Kidd and Dirk were from the Mavs. I felt like an informed journalist without having to do any studying up!
About a week later, it was the St. Louis Cardinals turn. Again, I think we watched every moment of the seven game World Series too. I have always loved the St. Louis Cardinals. Well not always. But ever since I lived in St. Louis one summer during college where I participated in a summer missions project. We lived within walking distance of the stadium and went a couple of times. I saw Ozzie Smith in his last season. A few years later, my sister moved to Missouri for school and now lives in St. Louis so my entire family likes the Cardinals but I'd like to say that I was the first. I didn't recognize as many players because there were more of them and they weren't wearing uniforms with their names on their backs. But it was fun to be there nonetheless. Of course, in the middle of the event, I started to get a migraine so I ended up snapping a few pictures and then running back to my office before I got sick.
Finally, it was the Boston Bruins turn. I don't pretend to know about hockey and the players and I might have well been in an event with famous scientists because I knew none of them. I didn't know their story to victory and hadn't seen any of the championship. But I know enough to know that the Stanley Cup is a big deal so getting to see it once again in real life was a chance that many people would love. To me, it looks like a big punch bowl but I know it has special meaning to many others!
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