Are you a sports fan?

[Aggie]

<p>I'm curious because my husband is NOT a fan and I feel like I found the only guy in the world who doesn't like sports, he has many other interests to occupy his time. </p><p>I feel bad for him sometimes though because I'm constantly watching it and he is always being asked by guys 'did you see the game' or 'what do you think of the Cowboys this year' and he has to explain that he doesn't follow it. </p><p>Does this happen to anyone else? Are there any more of you out there? </p>

[HeyGuy]

He isnt a fan of any sport? What are his other interests? I know I have been a sports fan my whole life. There are times when I may lose some interest now and then but not with every sport that I like. IMO most guys either watch sports because they played them as a child or have kids and stating to get their kids involved in sports.

[Don Stugots]

i am a casual baseball fan and thats it really. i follow nascar but not too heavy.&nbsp; that's it really.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by STUGOTS1 on 12-6-06 @ 11:50 AM</span>

[Crippler]

<p>I'm a huge sports fan.&nbsp; The year starts with the&nbsp;NFL playoffs, I try to get into the NHL during the &quot;down months&quot; (&amp; then stick with it through the playoffs...there's just about nothing better than playoff hockey).&nbsp; Then I'm counting the days till pitchers &amp; catchers, then waiting for the regular season.&nbsp; The minute the MLB season starts, I'm already&nbsp;waiting for the NFL to start again.&nbsp; </p><p>Love, love, love sports.&nbsp; But, it's probably at least part of why I'm alone.</p>

[A.J.]

Red Sox, Celtics, NCAA hoops, and I play golf (not as often as I'd like).&nbsp; That's all I care about.

[crb1]

I follow baseball and play golf (although I barely got out to play this year).&nbsp; I don't follow any other sports though.

[Furtherman]

<p>I follow Philly's teams.&nbsp; But never read the sports page and couldn't tell you who was on the team until I'm watching the game.&nbsp; As soon as the season is over, I won't think about again until next season.</p><p>It just doesn't grab me.&nbsp; Although ever since I started bartending, I have sponged a lot more information.</p>

[yomudder21]

<font size="4">Wait till the NFL playoffs roll around.&nbsp; There is not a better drinking and partying weekend around.</font>

[ralphbxny]

I love everything. If I can bet on it I watch!

[Marc with a c]

<img src="http://www.insideout-tees.com/love_store/sports.gif" border="0" width="150" height="150" />

[AppleBoy]

<p>I'm a big fan of baseball and hockey so that pretty much keeps me going year round.&nbsp; I like football when there's no baseball or hockey on.&nbsp; After that, it's soccer.&nbsp; I'll watch basketball only as a last resort though I do like going to Nets games.</p><p>&nbsp;My sister's (soon to be ex)husband wasn't much of a sports fan which was sometimes a problem because she's a huge Devils fan.&nbsp; He tried being a fan but he never got into it.</p>

[cougarjake13]

<p>i'll watch anything sport related</p><p>love football, baseball, hockey, basketball, soccer, hell i've even watched rugby and australian rules football</p><p>i even started watching bowling and golf just b/c there isnt anything better on at that time</p>

[Gvac]

I'm a huge baseball, football, and hockey fan.&nbsp; Lately I'm enjoying soccer too.&nbsp; I'll watch championship tennis matches if nothing else is on, and I can watch billiards on ESPN for hours.&nbsp;

[Marc with a c]

<p>as i get older i am getting less into every sport except baseball.&nbsp; it seems as though i watch more and more baseball every year.</p><p>it might have something to do with all the other sports being dumb.</p>

[Dougie Brootal]

not at all.

[FezPaul]

<p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Baseball, football, and the golf majors.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Pretty much ignore everything else.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Chris Berman sucks.</font></strong></p>

[sailor]

<font size="2">i've watched competetive badminton.&nbsp; 'nuff said.<br /></font>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>bronxmarc</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">i've watched competetive badminton.&nbsp; 'nuff said.<br /></font><p>i watched the world series of darts</p>

[absinthe]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote: <p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Chris Berman sucks.</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can't stand him anymore either.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm actually watching less hockey than ever before, but still follow baseball and football closely.&nbsp; I follow basketball to&nbsp;a&nbsp;much lesser extent.&nbsp; I know its not a sport, but poker has replaced hockey in large part with me.</p>

[Aggie]

<p>That's what I figured, 12 out of 21 of you voted you were huge fans. </p><p>Crip, do you really think that it contributes to you being single? That's interesting because even though my dad is a huge fan and thinks it's funny I found a non-fan, he also thinks it's good because we balance each other out. If we were both fans like me we probably would never do anything but watch/go to sporting events.</p><p>He played lots of sports growing up but in high school he ran cross country. We play tennis together but the real reason he's not really into it is because he's just so active. He hates sitting down for that long. He has a much better tolerance for sports when we are actually THERE. </p><p>Someone asked what he was into....since he was a kid he's been building model airplanes, in a past life he was&nbsp;a DJ so he still has lots of music equipment he likes to play with or he'd rather exercise or watch a movie. We're total opposites but that's one of the things I love about us.</p>

[Tall_James]

<p>It's nearly impossible not to be a rabid sports fan in the Boston area.&nbsp; Everyone up here, from grandmothers to little kids are wearing a Sox cap or a Brady/Bruschi/Dillon jersey.&nbsp; Even though it was enemy territory to me when I moved up here, I couldn't help but be&nbsp;caught up in the incredible enthusiasm that the people have up here for their teams.</p><p>Its just the accents that annoy me.</p>

[BLZBUBBA]

Aggie?&nbsp; I assume Texas A&amp;M.&nbsp; Nice cheap shot on tu's qb.&nbsp; It was cheap.&nbsp; BUT I LOVED IT!

[A.J.]

<strong>Tall_James</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Its just the accents that annoy me.</p><p>Try Baltimore's.</p>

[EliSnow]

<p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I'm a casual sports fan, occassionally watching games here or there.&nbsp; I'd watch football every weekend, but my team is the Vikings, and without going to Hooters, I generally can't watch the game each week from home.&nbsp; </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">I have other interests that take up my time, like reading books and comics, and watching movies and tv.</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">I was a huge athlete in high school, but I just don't have the interest to be a spectator who follow sports closely every day.&nbsp; </font></p>

[Aggie]

<strong>BLZBUBBA</strong> wrote:<br />Aggie?&nbsp; I assume Texas A&amp;M.&nbsp; Nice cheap shot on tu's qb.&nbsp; It was cheap.&nbsp; BUT I LOVED IT! <p>Yup, Class or 2000, don't you see my 'Horns Suck' avatar?</p><p>The cheap shot was pretty bad, if it had been Chris 'the pussy'&nbsp;Sims I would have loved it a lot more. Just glad we finally beat them.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/thumbup.gif" border="0" width="38" height="20" /></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Your husband isn't weird or alone.&nbsp; I'm not a fan of any sports and follow none of them.</p><p>I can sit down and have a football game hold my attention for a short time, but a majority of it just doesn't matter to me.&nbsp; I used to be able to watch a whole baseball game.&nbsp; The last time I tired was a few years ago and I found myself looking for something else to hold my attention.</p>

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>Well, I'm a BIG fan...but only of ONE sport.</p><p>Baseball.</p><p>I find the others occasionally fun to watch or play, but I LIVE for baseball season and The Sox.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>the following is a subliminal message to my secret santa:</p><p><font color="#ffffff">red sox tickets go on sale on december 9th.</font> </p>

[TheGameHHH]

There are two big interests of mine in life that i'm pretty sure I could never live without, sports and music. to call me a sports fan would be an understatement.

[sailor]

<strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>bronxmarc</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">i've watched competetive badminton. 'nuff said.<br /></font><p>i watched the world series of darts</p><p>&nbsp;<font size="2">i only saw the first round, but it was fascinating.&nbsp; i used to throw darts a lot when i was younger.<br /></font></p>

[PunkMojo]

Sports are the straight man's answer to soap operas and cartoons. Are you married to Fez? Anyway, I am a huge AAA baseball fan...go KC Royals!

[Crippler]

<strong>Aggie</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Crip, do you really think that it contributes to you being single? That's interesting because even though my dad is a huge fan and thinks it's funny I found a non-fan, he also thinks it's good because we balance each other out. If we were both fans like me we probably would never do anything but watch/go to sporting events. </p><p>It wasn't a huge problem, and she even learned&nbsp;to like baseball&nbsp;a little.&nbsp; But my ex just could not wrap her head around the idea of football.&nbsp; How anyone could spend the majority of their&nbsp;Sundays from September to January &amp; not even think about doing anything social (unless it meant having friends over to watch football) was totally foreign to her.&nbsp; She was not into being a &quot;football widow.&quot;</p>

[Furtherman]

<p>What really kills me about watching sports is the commentary.&nbsp; Even the guys I like, which aren't many, just say the most obvious, stupid, lame, and again, obvious statements.</p><p>Well, they have to run the ball and get it into the endzone to score.</p><p>If they want to get ahead, they're going to have to score.</p><p>Football is the worst.&nbsp; There hasn't been a game where I didn't cringe listening to ... what?&nbsp; What is the purpose???!!!!</p><p>Baseball.. the inane little stories they tell between pitches.&nbsp; Just awful.</p><p>I can't even watch the NBA.</p><p>The only sport I can actually tolerate is Hockey.&nbsp; Because it's fast and the announcers just tell you who has the puck, where it's going, and SCORE!!!!!!&nbsp; It's perfect, you don't have to listen to stupid filler.</p>

[mendyweiss]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>What really kills me about watching sports is the commentary.&nbsp; Even the guys I like, which aren't many, just say the most obvious, stupid, lame, and again, obvious statements.</p><p>Well, they have to run the ball and get it into the endzone to score.</p><p>If they want to get ahead, they're going to have to score.</p><p>Football is the worst.&nbsp; There hasn't been a game where I didn't cringe listening to ... what?&nbsp; What is the purpose???!!!!</p><p>Baseball.. the inane little stories they tell between pitches.&nbsp; Just awful.</p><p>I can't even watch the NBA.</p><p>The only sport I can actually tolerate is Hockey.&nbsp; Because it's fast and the announcers just tell you who has the puck, where it's going, and SCORE!!!!!!&nbsp; It's perfect, you don't have to listen to stupid filler.</p><p>Agree . THis is crazy, but my favorite sport to watch is soccer, with commentary only in SPANISH !!</p><p>&nbsp;I could listen to those guys all day, ANd my spanish is VERY limited !!</p>

[A.J.]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Football is the worst.&nbsp; There hasn't been a game where I didn't cringe listening to ... what?&nbsp; What is the purpose???!!!!</p><p>Baseball.. the inane little stories they tell between pitches.&nbsp; Just awful.</p><p>You should read this column from <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/061201">the Sports Guy about NFL announcers</a>.</p><p>And anytime the Yankees and Red Sox play on Fox I dread it.&nbsp; The inevitable rehashing of the past and every game treated as an epic struggle.</p>

[El Mudo]

<p>In order</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hockey (my beloved Caps)</p><p>College Football (hate the NFL...love my Terps)</p><p>Baseball (love my Nats)</p><p>College basketball (few things louder than ComCast Center with an ACC opponent on the down and outs)&nbsp;</p><p>NBA (Its Fannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntastic!!!)&nbsp;</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>What really kills me about watching sports is the commentary.&nbsp; Even the guys I like, which aren't many, just say the most obvious, stupid, lame, and again, obvious statements.</p><p>Well, they have to run the ball and get it into the endzone to score.</p><p>If they want to get ahead, they're going to have to score.</p><p>Football is the worst.&nbsp; There hasn't been a game where I didn't cringe listening to ... what?&nbsp; What is the purpose???!!!!</p><p>Baseball.. the inane little stories they tell between pitches.&nbsp; Just awful.</p><p>I can't even watch the NBA.</p><p>The only sport I can actually tolerate is Hockey.&nbsp; Because it's fast and the announcers just tell you who has the puck, where it's going, and SCORE!!!!!!&nbsp; It's perfect, you don't have to listen to stupid filler.</p><p>well baseball is too slow paced and boring to just report what you see on the field </p><p>you know what would be great is if baseball would have the game played and then when they go to broadcast just condense each at bat down to a few pitches or just the out pitch or if he got a hit and then move on</p><p>football is not as bad but does have the same problem, just look at how much madden gets made fun of</p>

[ChrisTheCop]

<p>damn straight football has slowness problems too.</p><p>in baseball, theres a possiblity that one guy will score, then another one will score immediately after him, and then maybe another.....football takes long boring minutes to even get 4 chances to maybe score. and even when they do...i couldnt care less. unless i have money on it.</p><p>so if u wanna &quot;speed up&quot; sports.....lets just tape the football games too, and start every possession at 4th down and see what they can do with that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by ChrisTheCop on 12-8-06 @ 6:50 PM</span>

[outlawfrank]

Detroit Tigers, Red Wings, Lions, Pistons.&nbsp; Michigan State, Kansas Jayhawks.&nbsp; I do care about all of them and as a result hate everyother team everywhere.&nbsp; I don't watch them all the time, except the Tigers.&nbsp; I have a life to live.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by outlawfrank on 12-8-06 @ 6:53 PM</span>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>outlawfrank</strong> wrote:<br />Detroit Tigers, Red Wings, Lions, Pistons.&nbsp; Michigan State, Kansas Jayhawks.&nbsp; I do care about all of them and as a result hate everyother team everywhere.&nbsp; I don't watch them all the time, except the Tigers.&nbsp; I have a life to live. <span class="post_edited">This message was edited by outlawfrank on 12-8-06 @ 6:53 PM</span> <p>where'd the kansas jayhawks come from ??? </p>

[furie]

i float in and out of interest with sports.

[docgoblin]

<p>I am such a psycho about my teams that my wife almost can't be around me when I'm watching. I'm an insane Mets, Jets and Islanders fan (as you may be able to tell from the avatar). When the Mets played the Yanks in the 2000 Series and Benitez blew game one, I was screaming at the TV to the point where I had to leave the house and take a walk or I'd have broken something. The same thing happened when the Jets blew a 10-0 halftime lead to the Broncos in the AFC championship game a few years back. </p><p>I definitely have a mental problem and should probably seek professional help. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by docgoblin on 12-9-06 @ 6:09 PM</span>

[Bulldogcakes]

<strong>Aggie</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm curious because my husband is NOT a fan and I feel like I found the only guy in the world who doesn't like sports, he has many other interests to occupy his time.</p><p>&nbsp;I'm sure he likes tonsil hockey. </p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p>If it's on I'll watch a Houston Oilers or L.A. Rams game. But it's been a while.</p>

[Poochie]

I like the sexy man tennis players and the occassional crappy Packer game..

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Yerdaddy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>If it's on I'll watch a Houston Oilers or L.A. Rams game. But it's been a while.</p><p>oh well then you in for a treat, they're playing this weekend</p><p>houston oilers vs baltimore colts</p><p>la rams vs chicago cardinals</p>

[WhistlePig]

I am a HUGE hockey fan and that's it. Can't stand any other sport. (and
watching hockey is SWEET on our new 57" high-def DLP TV!)