Least Favorite Sport

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Tobacco spitting (distance and accuracy) I have nothing against people who chew or dip, but that is the most disgusting sport I ever witnessed.
 
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Originally posted by volmanjr@Jun 30, 2005 1:40 PM
Tobacco spitting (distance and accuracy) I have nothing against people who chew or dip, but that is the most disgusting sport I ever witnessed.
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Is that a pre-race competition at NASCAR races? :laugh1:
 
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I consider NASCAR to be a sport, very competitive type of competition when you are going 200 mph and run the risk of personal injury or even death. Think about controlling a machine going that fast and that close for 500 miles...

I do not appreciate where NASCAR itself is going these days...too much like the WWF or a soap opera for me.

The one I can no longer swallow is the NBA...good grief...I can't even bring myself to watch the playoffs anymore...thugs...egomaniacs...out of control too often...and SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOO overpaid! :shakehead:
 
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Man, during the Olympics or some world championships I'll watch pretty much anything- a lot of stuff that just wouldn't remotely seem worth taking the time to watch otherwise...

I think an exception would be cricket. The game's not that bad but they play it for up to 3 days. That's sick.

I think hockey is a fantastic game- that is usually so infested with monkey fights and the simans who have them that it just ticks me off.

Soccer's okay, but they either designed it so that it was either too hard or too easy, because, even worse than pro baseball, sometimes you can wait half the afternoon for that one split second that determines the whole freaking game. The ultimate of that, though, is watching 100+ mile car racing on t.v. (as opposed to in person). Unless, of course, you're watching the race on a little t.v. while you're at a race. In person, a long race is a party where a whole lot pretty girls showed up and every now a then a whole bunch of serious cars went by real fast. Man, on t.v., it's a real, real convincing argument that watching fishing tournaments isn't the lowest you can go.


 
#31
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Football. *dodges flying objects*

Just kidding, guys. :angel:


I'll actually say Tennis. :)


~*Crystal*~
 
#32
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I cant stand watchin the NBA. I also dont like soccer at all. Why does ESPN waste airtime showing these major league soccer games?
 
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Originally posted by cookeville_vol@Jul 3, 2005 2:33 PM
I cant stand watchin the NBA. I also dont like soccer at all. Why does ESPN waste airtime showing these major league soccer games?
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If I had to guess...I would say that since the NHL didn't have a season this year, they're trying to find things to air. Just like the Women's College World Series. They usually don't play most of those games....but this year, they did.

The NHL not having a season this year has helped other spring/summer sports gain a little air time.


~*Crystal*~
 
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Oh, I can't take credit for that. I was watching Stewart Scott talk about this very subject just a few days ago. :) Hehe.


~*Crystal*~
 
#36
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Originally posted by kiddiedoc@Jun 29, 2005 11:26 PM
I'm going out on a limb and say that ESPN's coverage of the SPELLING BEE takes the cake here.  I used to be a little nerdy and all, but this crap belongs on Lifetime.
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Followed by the damn poker that is on just about EVERY sports network now. They even show marathons of this crap on ESPN Classic :rolleyes:
 
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#37
Tennis and golf are sports I just dont care to watch..unless like the other weekend they are playing at near by Southern Pines.
 
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Originally posted by MyBloodRunnethOrange@Jul 3, 2005 4:59 PM
Followed by the damn poker that is on just about EVERY sports network now. They even show marathons of this crap on ESPN Classic  :rolleyes:
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I don't know what it is, but I can't turn the poker off. I don't even like to play that much, but I think it makes for good TV.
 
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Originally posted by CrystalEHS07@Jul 3, 2005 4:51 PM
Yeah, Especially since we have Chris Moneymaker representin' us Tennesseans. :)
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Yeah, I turned it on one day and saw his face and about fell off the couch! I grew up w/ him and he was always the smallest guy around. Didn't know it was him until I saw his dad and then there was no doubt.

Least favorite: Hmmm, I would have said the NBA until this season. The Suns really changed my perception of play and made it exciting again. I'd have to say MLB. I've just never enjoyed watching it. Fun to go to the games and sit in the sun and drink beer though.
 
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Originally posted by MyBloodRunnethOrange@Jul 3, 2005 3:59 PM
Followed by the damn poker that is on just about EVERY sports network now. They even show marathons of this crap on ESPN Classic  :rolleyes:
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Amen, I cant stand watching people play cards.
 
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Originally posted by GAVol@Jul 3, 2005 4:48 PM
I don't know what it is, but I can't turn the poker off.  I don't even like to play that much, but I think it makes for good TV.
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You must be in heaven then :D . It seems like that's all that's on anymore, kinda like the reality shows of the sports networks. Speed Channel even has the Michael Waltrip Celeberty Poker Tournament. I turn on the Speed Channel to watch these guys trade paint, not chips :shakehead: I'm sure it's great for someone who likes it, but I watch ESPN Classic to watch football (hopefully a big Vol win :rocks: ), or NASCAR, even NBA or Baseball, but not the World Series of Poker.

Maybe they could start the Poker Network. There is obviously a huge market for it or it wouldn't be on so much. The poker fans could watch 24/7 and it would free up Speed Channel to show more Danica :worship:
 
#43
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After today I owe an apology to all of the poker fans out there. ESPN was actually showing a hot dog eating contest earlier. What a pathetic spectacle. I suppose the first one to keel over with a heart attack is declared the winner :shakehead:

The question is, how low do you have to be on the ESPN ladder to get the assignment of doing the play by play on something like this :crap: :bad: :pukeb:
 
#44
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Originally posted by utvolpj@Jul 3, 2005 5:53 PM
Yeah, I turned it on one day and saw his face and about fell off the couch!  I grew up w/ him and he was always the smallest guy around.  Didn't know it was him until I saw his dad and then there was no doubt.
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PJ, did you grow up in west K-town? Where did you go to school?

For those interested, the 2003 WSOP is on back-to-back-to-back tonight. That's the one where Moneymaker takes all the cheddar. I think the final round is on at 9 pm.

Oh, and I like to watch AND play, so if anyone's interested. . . . :matrix:
 
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