Michael S Thornton's Kansas City Chiefs Extended Profile

Grew up in Southern California rooting for the Angels, Rams, Kings and Lakers, hating the Dodgers (but still watching their games), and later on wishing that Al Davis and the Raiders would go back to Oakland. I also loved the UCLA Bruins, both football and basketball, and would root for USC only when they were in the Rose Bowl.

Well, I got a chance to move away and start a new life after tanking in my college and early adult years, moving to Phoenix, Arizona, then onto Kansas City, Missouri, where I graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Go Roos!). Wouldn't you know it, the Kings trade for Wayne Gretzky the year after I left and soon went to the Stanley Cup Finals. Topping that off, the Angels win the World Series, after all of those lean years suffering with them. Oh well-- I got to enjoy it from afar and develop some more favorite teams: Royals, Chiefs, and Missouri Tigers. On a lesser scale, the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Bulls, since they do not play in Kansas City. Oh, and I still do root for the Rams (who followed me out here), the New England Patriots and the New York Islanders. More on that later....

Midwest Sports Fan with a twist of SoCal

Kansas City

Missouri

USA

accounting, Anaheim Ducks, being a good father, being a good husband, Christianity, following Jesus, history, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Kings, Missouri Tigers, NCAA college baseball, NCAA women's college softball, New England Patriots, Pac-10 Conference, politics, small businesses, St Louis Blues, St Louis Rams, UCLA Bruins, UMKC Kangaroos

accounting, baseball, blogging, college basketball, conservative politics, facebook, family, fantasy sports, football, good beer, history, hockey, Jesus, merlot wine, Missouri sports, NCAA college baseball tournament, NCAA college basketball tournament, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Psych, puzzles, reading, small business people, SoCal sports, ultimate frisbee, wireless internet that works, word games, writing

absentee owners of NFL teams, Al Davis, arrogance, BCS-nuff said, Carl Peterson, CBS, East Coast bias--you know it's there, erectile dysfunction TV ads (especially the one that destroys that old Elvis song), excessive government regulation, high ticket prices, MLB teams who blame the system for why they are bad, New York Yankees, NFL teams who continue to lose even after burning through decades of high draft picks

accountant

actually make enough money to support myself as a writer, go to the NCAA college world series, purchase one of those sleep number beds so that my wife and I can stop waking up with back aches, See an LA Kings game in person again in Los Angeles, See an NHL game in Montreal, see my wife, see the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl, see the Kansas City Royals make it to the World Series, sister-in-law and niece be cured asthma, travel to Europe again, Watch a game in every MLB stadium at least once

Fountain Valley

University of Missouri-Kansas City

Master of Science in Accounting

accountant, bookkeeper, Christian minister, dreamer, father, husband, intercessor, lover of God, seer, small business owner, writer