The Sport Court: What It All Means

Alright, so some of you may have noticed that the name of my blog changed from "Going Greek" to "The Sport Court."  Then again, some may have not noticed at all, and me mentioning it here is the first exposure to it.  Either way, there's a story behind the change and I'd like to share it.

Aside from the incredible obvious point that I am no longer studying abroad in Greece, the blog needed a new name.  Seeing as I primarily write about sports, the obvious choice is a sports-related title.  I spent a good amount of time trying to come up with something, but everything sounded corny or didn't make sense.

Then I got to thinking about my childhood and how sports were involved in it.  Catching lightning in a bottle, it hit me: The Sport Court.  But why?  Growing up, I lived a few blocks down from my cousins who owned a half sport court in their back yard.  And nowhere else fostered the growth of my love for sports greater than that 18x18 plot of land.

Starting to play when I was ten, I've played thousands (yes, you read that right) of games on the sport court.  Older, younger, faster, better, stronger, weaker players have seen that court in these past eleven years.  Hundreds of different matchups, games that were blowouts, nail-biters, and all those in between.  Broken teeth, bloody noses, sport court scrapes, broken fingers.  Basketballs lost in the forest behind by accident, basketballs lost in the forest on purpose after a loss in a game.

The sport court created my identity as a basketball player.  Every point counts and doing the small things consistently produces good results.  Grab rebounds, fight for loose balls like your life depended on it.

And as I thought about it, I realized that the love I have for the sport court resembles the love and passion that I have for sports as a whole.  Everything that I learned watching and loving sports comes to fruition on that court.  The sport court is the embodiment of my fanaticism.

To those who helped create this love of sports on that sacred ground, thank you.  And to those who consistently read my posts and those who just poke their heads in once in a while, thank you as well.  Here's to hoping that the games on the sport court continue into older ages.