Anybody else sitting around these days wondering when we can start watching football again? The other sports all suck.
BASEBALL
From the mid-80s until 2001, you couldn't find a bigger Yankees fan than myself. But when Mariano Rivera threw a bad ball into center field, it forced the Yankees into compiling a list of my least favorite players in the sport: Gary Sheffield, A-Rod, Johnny Damon, Randy Johnson...hell, I'll throw in Kyle Farnsworth.
I still watch just about every game but I'm forcing myself to have fun and I tend to have more fun watching the classic games on YES (I have seen the Aaron Booner home run game about ten times). All in all, baseball just sucks.
BASKETBALL
I watched more NBA games this year than ever before. You know what I learned? I don't like the NBA. The reason? Teams just tease you. Last night the CAVS went away and I'm sure the Clippers and Mavericks will lose tonight. Then the Spurs will beat the Suns and the Pistons will beat the Heat and we can have seven WONDERFUL games of 82-80 basketball.
Basketball sucks.
HOCKEY
What channel is it on?
SOCCER
I think it would be funny if I started watching every MLS game and then going to sports bars and trying to strike up conversations about Chivas Baltimore...or whatever the fuck the teams are called. Thank God we have the World Cup to somewhat ease us into football.
Soccer doesn't suck in Europe. Sucks in America.
GOLF
I don't care what you people think, this is my second favorite sport. I like the athletes. I like the competition. I love the drama. I love the skill. I love the idea of a Sunday afternoon champion. If Phil Mickelson can win the US Open and take on Tiger on Sunday, we're looking at five great years of golf ahead.
Golf doesn't suck.
WOMEN'S BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Nice bodies.
POKER
Enough.
PAINTBALL
This is actually on TV now...not as fun as you'd think.
BOXING
Has there ever been a point in the history of the sport where the phrase Heavyweight Champion means less?
THE DRAMA DESK AWARDS WEBCAST
The Gay Olympics
SPELLING BEE
Its on ABC in a week or two. Should be fun. I like it when kids fail.
AMERICAN IDOL
I don't like competitions where the American public gets the final decision. You know...American Idol...voting...
SKATING WITH CELEBRITIES
Kristy Swanson is delicious
HORSES KILLED ON PAY-PER-VIEW
If they have to put down Barbaro, can I watch it for free since the fucker owes me 300 bucks...
Hughes, out.
#2 jeff said . . .No mention of bowling? You can watch some epic frames on ESPN Classic. or NCAA lacrosse on SNY?
Seriously though you neglected to mention the sport that is on the surface nearer to Football than any of the others: Arenaball. That said it is New Coke of football a horrible inept ripoff of the classic original. I tried, tried hard to watch a Chicago Rush game, figuring if it was good enough for Da Coach to invest in, it should be good enough for me. Awful.
Drives last a couple minutes and a couple plays and teams score incessently. They score so much and so often a TD doesnt mean anything. That has always been my problem with basketball. You score a basket who cares? Until the final minutes of the game those 2-3 pts dont mean much cause there will be plenty more of them, individual baskets are completely devalued. But in Football (and even more so in soccer) each score is precious because that score could be the difference maker. You could be the worst team in the NBA playing the best and you are still going to make 30+ shots. In the NFL if you are great and on your game and destroying your opponent you still are only going to get a few TDs. Arena football doesnt grasp that at all and so watching it only makes the wait for real Football even more agonizing. Give me the CFL give me the XFL give me NFL Europe but seriously put down this bastard child of Football.
May 22, 2006
#3 Noah Brier said . . .I don't count Bowling because I've never watched a live bowling match... game... thing...
I only watch the classics. The pure bowling classics.
May 22, 2006
#4 Noah Brier said . . .I can't believe you ended that rant with "Hughes, out."
May 24, 2006
#5 Sanchez said . . .Seriously, though. Basketball would be good if they got rid of the boring teams and the playoffs didn't take six months to finish. I was interested in some of the matchups and watched some of the first round until I realized I had to wait a week between games. When do they cut the first round to five games again? (I think it was five at some point.)
With that said, I'm looking forward to watching some Mavs/Suns.
May 24, 2006
#6 jeff said . . .This isn't on topic here but what the hell can we do about Drew Rosenshit? He has infected Jones and Briggs and is messing with our season.
May 28, 2006
I think Jerry has had a good relationship with Rosenhaus in the past so I won't get too scared yet. But I'd be damn happier if we had Lance locked up before camp.
With TJ, I think it's just a situation of him realizing he's going to lose his job in camp. Let's hope he can stay even keel and we can have the most dynamic backfield in the NFL.
May 30, 2006
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