jsharr ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted October 19, 2017 Do you watch it? I am pretty much a two sports guy. Football and Hockey. I do not enjoy watching baseball or soccer or basketball. I do watch Formula 1 racing and some IRL and Nascar. I do not tune in for any of the pre game or post game stuff and I definitely do not watch sports news or ESPN SportsCenter. All the stats and figures give me a huge case of tired head and sap my will to live. My oldest son cannot get enough sports news. He knows player stats for many sports. He knows coaches, players, records, etc. He reads the scroll during games we watch together and if talk turns to news, I get tired head. Does this make me a bad person? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Share #2 Posted October 19, 2017 No. I'll watch a game if I'm not doing anything else but I don't go out of my way unless I have a vested interest in the outcome, like wanting the Yankees to lose every game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 19, 2017 Share #3 Posted October 19, 2017 No. I love sports, have played a lot of them but rarely watch any of them. I may check the scores, and will watch the last inning of the World Series (unless the red sox are in it then I'll watch the whole thing). I will watch the end of the Superbowl. (We don't even get all the super good commercials up here). I suppose you could say I follow hockey in that I know who is doing well and who sucks, but that is it. I have friends that like your son can follow numerous sports all at the same time. I know some guys from here who planned a road trip to Chicago to see a hockey game, a football game, a baseball game and a basketball game. Now that would be a fun week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 19, 2017 Share #4 Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Old#7 said: like wanting the Yankees to lose every game. You, Sir, are my new best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Share #5 Posted October 19, 2017 Great "background" noise while cooking or putzing around. Watching sports requires absolutely no brain function, so it is good for filling the silence when you want something to listen to, but don't want to actually think about anything beyond the task at hand. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 19, 2017 Share #6 Posted October 19, 2017 14 minutes ago, jsharr said: Does this make me a bad person? I'm not really sure what makes you a bad person. Probably has nothing to do with sports on TV, however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted October 19, 2017 Share #7 Posted October 19, 2017 Meh, I like college football. I will occasionally watch big games. NFL is OK? I will watch it if it's on but don't make time out of my day to sit and watch. I watch baseball this time of year some. Now when the Hoosiers are playing the basketball!!!!, WATCH OUT! I will be watching. For the most part I would rather watch my kids play sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted October 19, 2017 Share #8 Posted October 19, 2017 48 minutes ago, Road Runner said: I'm not really sure what makes you a bad person. Probably has nothing to do with sports on TV, however. We agree again..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted October 19, 2017 Share #9 Posted October 19, 2017 52 minutes ago, Zephyr said: I will watch the end of the Superbowl. With American football just watching the end is understandable when you consider that the whole experience would be 60 minutes thrilling? entertainment crammed into 4 hours of television. I regularly watch footie, rugger, F1, WRC, Moto GP, cycling, cricket, athletics, ladies triathlon, boxing, grid iron (if it live I record it and ff all the dead time) I'd watch some baseball but it never shown here, I love the cricket better of course. I used to like Sumo, but they stopped showing that, too. I watch a lot of sports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 19, 2017 Share #10 Posted October 19, 2017 I would watch soccer(football) but it is kind of like a hockey game with all the speed and excitement surgically removed. Plus the flailing about trying to draw fouls is so over the top it drives me nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted October 19, 2017 Share #11 Posted October 19, 2017 I don't really watch sports on TV anymore. The participants and their objectives are unknown to me. "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted October 19, 2017 Share #12 Posted October 19, 2017 I enjoy watching F1 and college football if I have the time. I used to be a lot more interested, but being in Chicago when the Blackhawks won (and I really don't care about hockey), changed how I view being a fan. I still follow the Huskers, but I am not dying inside this season as I would have in years past. I also like watching the Husker women's VBall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Share #13 Posted October 19, 2017 I go out of my way to watch F1 and Nascar Cup racing but not so much the Indy cars. I used to be a football nut but no more. In fact most of the pro sports don't do it for me anymore. I think the got spoiled by too much money and too much hype. I am however a rabid UCONN women's basketball fan. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away Womaxx and I worked for the team, before the team was famous. Womaxx was the door guard on the players door at the end of the court and I collected tickets. They were so unfamous back then that we stopped collecting tickets at half time and went to watch the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted October 19, 2017 Share #14 Posted October 19, 2017 The only sport I routinely follow is pro bike racing. So I get most of that on-line in the morning from Europe. I'll watch the Super Bowl, the NBA finals (depending on who is playing), maybe game 7 or the world series. I do like to watch non-mainstream sports, such as triathlon, ski racing and so forth. If I bump into I'll watch, but won't plan around it. I'd never sit and watch ESPN Sports Center or the equivalent. I get my sports news on the radio driving to and from work. Dan Patrick, I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted October 19, 2017 Share #15 Posted October 19, 2017 There is not enough time in the day/week/month/year to do the things I really want to do. In recent years I've found myself stripping out the nonessential stuff - some of the sports themselves are casualties, much less SC. Boo-yah! and sports talk radio is almost as bad as political talk radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted October 19, 2017 Share #16 Posted October 19, 2017 Just now, TrentonMakes said: and sports talk radio is almost as bad as political talk radio. Yep. Dan Lebatard, Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Doug Gottlieb. Can't stand any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share #17 Posted October 19, 2017 22 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: There is not enough time in the day/week/month/year to do the things I really want to do. In recent years I've found myself stripping out the nonessential stuff - some of the sports themselves are casualties, much less SC. Boo-yah! and sports talk radio is almost as bad as political talk radio. 19 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: Yep. Dan Lebatard, Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Doug Gottlieb. Can't stand any of them. Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket in Dallas is acutally more guy talk than sports talk, esp the AM drive. It is sort of like The Cafe on the radio to me. I do not consider it sports talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Share #18 Posted October 19, 2017 20 minutes ago, Goat Geddah said: Yep. Dan Lebatard, Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, Doug Gottlieb. Can't stand any of them. Who? You must be dedicated to that which you don't like. I can't even name any sportscasters. Is Dandy Don still on TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share #19 Posted October 19, 2017 Just now, maddmaxx said: Who? You must be dedicated to that which you don't like. I can't even name any sportscasters. Is Dandy Don still on TV? Dandy Don turned out the lights on Dec. 5, 2010. That party has been over for almost 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Grass Posted October 19, 2017 Share #20 Posted October 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, jsharr said: Sports Radio 1310 The Ticket in Dallas is acutally more guy talk than sports talk, esp the AM drive. It is sort of like The Cafe on the radio to me. I do not consider it sports talk. That's how I view the Dan Patrick Show. Bunch of guys hanging around shooting the shit. Some sports mixed in, but not nerd analysis. And no politics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted October 19, 2017 Share #21 Posted October 19, 2017 I love football - NFL and college. Thursday night, Saturday night, Sunday night and little on Saturday afternoon but usually too busy during nice weather for Saturday afternoon. I enjoy basketball - mostly college but I won't turn off a good NBA game. NASCAR is fun to fall asleep to during the winter months - wake up in the lat 25 laps to catch the real action. I just have basic cable so sports news shows are out but I've never been a big fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted October 19, 2017 Share #22 Posted October 19, 2017 #1 is Hockey, thought that's much better live, # 2 is football, that's better on TV. I don't watch the sports shows, I have the apps to keep me up to date on games and news so I don't have to hear hours of Fantasy Football drivel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted October 19, 2017 Share #23 Posted October 19, 2017 I watch rugby and hockey. I don’t get upset if my team loses or if I miss a game. I enjoyed playing sports more than watching them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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