I Just Joined The Dark Side...

Well, not exactly.

Almost two years ago, I was told by one of my professors to start writing a sports blog after he gave me the book Welcome to the Terrordome by Dave Zirin (BTW, its worth a read and gives you a different perspective into the sporting world). Hence to say, I have been real lazy in starting a sports blog. Given much thought (I thank LA Lakers reporter Mike Trudell), I decided to hop along the "bandwagon." While putting the finishing touches on my blog, I was wondering:

"Why the hell even start a sports blog? Seriously, most sports fans are writing and getting their stories from the internet instead of print." (I still like to read newspapers BTW)

I came up with three reasons for starting a sports blog:

1) I'm a HUGE sports fan and a GIRL (thank you very much!). Okay, I love the NFL, NBA, MLB, NCAAFB, NCAABB, most Olympic sports, and international soccer (e.g. English Premier League, La Liga, etc). Due to my internship, the other sports are starting to grow on me (e.g. NHL, NASCAR, golf, etc).

2) I think too DAMN much!! (Well, that's what Dr. Camacho told me when I constantly went to her office to talk constantly about Sarah Palin and how she fascinately drove me damn near insane!!) Meaning that I need an outlet to express my thoughts/opinions/musings in the sporting world. Even my blog post, might concentrate on the sports columnist or anything else related in the sports media.

3) Finally, our mass media is changing rapidly in how we communicate. Due to the emergence of social media, we now can keep in touch with people and write and express our thoughts/opinions. Once again, I thank Lakers reporter Mike Trudell for mentioning something close to what I said in on his June 25th live chat.

Those are my three reasons, but you might have another puzzling question:

"Why BayAreaSportsGal?"

Okay...My reason for calling myself BayAreaSportsGal stems from two things:

1) Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area since my existence on this Earth

2) This beautiful region located in Northern California has pretty much shape my identity, thinking, outlook, etc. Even if I was to move to another city or state, the Bay Area will always be a part of me.

Before ending this post, I want to make one thing clear: I will NOT necesarily blog about the Bay Area sports team because another blog is already doing so. Like I said in my lovely bio, I have two favorite Bay Area teams (Niners and Giants, to be precise), but they are not going to dominate my blog. Unless, these two teams (or any other Bay Area team) have something related to do with my post. This blog will concentrate mostly on my thoughts in the sporting world because, in my opinion, its so unpredictable. Also, you don't have to agree with my opinion---well, that's the whole point for having a blog anyway. DUH!!

Besides, the dark side isn't so bad. I find it more interesting to say the least.

Edit: If anyone has a twitter account, please follow me at @ninerchick05