After the whirlwind trip around Germany and the Czech Republic with KP and JoJo, Mark returned to absolutely beautiful weather in Bulgaria. When it starts to get nice outside, one activity that increases without fail, is participation in athletics.
The most popular sport in Bulgaria is, as one might expect, soccer. (Yes, I know that is not what they call it, but that is what it is.) After that, many different sports have some degree of popularity. Volleyball is big, as is tennis, weightlifting and basketball.
Basketball is so big, in fact, that they hold all-star games involving former NBA stars. Imagine his surprise when Mark opened his email and saw that former NBA star, wedding dress model and all around sideshow Dennis Rodman was in town for a basketball all-star exhibition.
Normally, that would be an event worth seeing. However, as chance would have it, there was also a football tournament right in Blagoevgrad on the exact same day. The local college club team, the AUBG Griffins, were hosting a four-team tournament of flag football. The other three teams were all from Sofia, and apparently play in a league there in the fall. So, this was kind of like the spring game we might see at campuses in the US.
So, which event would you choose?
Mark decided that there will always be a Dennis Rodman sideshow going on somewhere, but live football within walking distance? That's pretty rare.
The results of the games cannot be reported here (because I did not write them down), but I am told that the Griffins represented themselves fairly well. They ran a variation on a spread offense, concentrating on the short pass to matriculate the ball down the field. I am not sure what defense they were running, it looked like a 3-1-4, but that is just a guess.
In any event, good times were had by all.
And, also, apparently good times were had by Dennis Rodman as well. (article taken from the Sofia News Agency, novinite.com)
The most popular sport in Bulgaria is, as one might expect, soccer. (Yes, I know that is not what they call it, but that is what it is.) After that, many different sports have some degree of popularity. Volleyball is big, as is tennis, weightlifting and basketball.
Basketball is so big, in fact, that they hold all-star games involving former NBA stars. Imagine his surprise when Mark opened his email and saw that former NBA star, wedding dress model and all around sideshow Dennis Rodman was in town for a basketball all-star exhibition.
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| Nice quote, Dennis |
So, which event would you choose?
Mark decided that there will always be a Dennis Rodman sideshow going on somewhere, but live football within walking distance? That's pretty rare.
The results of the games cannot be reported here (because I did not write them down), but I am told that the Griffins represented themselves fairly well. They ran a variation on a spread offense, concentrating on the short pass to matriculate the ball down the field. I am not sure what defense they were running, it looked like a 3-1-4, but that is just a guess.
In any event, good times were had by all.
And, also, apparently good times were had by Dennis Rodman as well. (article taken from the Sofia News Agency, novinite.com)
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