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You tell me. :sniper:

Baseball r0x0rs!

Seriously, I've always loved baseball. I grew up playing in little leagues, and learned to love it. I'll admit playing is more fun than watching, but at the professional level there's just so much depth to the game that watching it can be a real treat. Sure, it may not have the non-stop pace of soccer or basketball, but those two are basically the same: move the ball down the field/court, try to put it in a goal, repeat going the other way. The only variation is how spectacular the plays are.

So, yeah, it's baseball followed by American football.

watching ice hockey is awesome, as is rugby (used to play at school but was never that good)

other than that i love kayaking, used to be good at archery, used to be good at swimming (if that counts) and sailing but never get to do them anymore :(
nowadays the only "sport" i actually do is bowling :P

you've forgotten something....

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1069027264967_2003/11/21/nz.jpg

Hockey. On ice, of course.

Baseball is, of course, the greatest sport ever to grace everyone's life. All other sports could wither and die and baseball would sustain the world. Anyone who thinks baseball has no merit simply does not understand baseball.

American Football is fun to both play and watch.

Hockey is great simply by conception: Hey, you, here's a stick, there's some ice, go get that rock into that net. Pummel anyone who gets in the way.

Boxing is the sweet science.

I could do without the others.

Baseball is, of course, the greatest sport ever to grace everyone's life. All other sports could wither and die and baseball would sustain the world. Anyone who thinks baseball has no merit simply does not understand baseball.



I grew up with cricket as my summer code (I'm still a huge fan) but to be fair, unlike shitty american football, I have found myself watching baseball and being somewhat enthralled by it. This is despite the fact that I don't know what counts as a good (insert random stat about player here) when the commentators start saying random numbers. Yay baseball.

Football (or soccer, whatever you wanna call it) is my fave
I like basketball and hurling too

I grew up with cricket as my summer code (I'm still a huge fan) but to be fair, unlike shitty american football, I have found myself actually watching baseball and being somewhat enthralled by it, even if I don't know what counts as a good -insert random stat about player here-. Yay baseball.

I do like cricket, though I don't understand it. I've been told, though, that nobody really does. ;) It's fun to watch, though. All that chaotic running about - which I bet is hard in those big shin thingies - over some sticks. I like it!

Baseball - which I imagine the same is true for cricket - takes some time to really understand. There's a delicate precision to it. It really is a thinking man's sport. Unlike American Football, which is just mindless fun.

you've forgotten something....

http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1069027264967_2003/11/21/nz.jpg

Rugby rules.

So does Netball. I don't care what you say, it's not wimpy, girls can be evil.

Tennis, and by the way the U.S.Open starts tomorrow :)

Football, woohooo! Or soccer, as some people call it...

Football, BJJ

American Football.

American Football.

hey Potaria, who will win the superbowl this year?

I like to watch Soccer but I like to play basketball.

Bodybuilding!!!

My favourite sport is extreme ironing! :D

"soccer"?

It is FOOTBALL!!!! :p

THE sport!

hey Potaria, who will win the superbowl this year?

Steelers.

Steelers.

Youll have to get through the Colts first. Manning and company all the way this year ;)

Many talking.

Real Madrid will win the Champions League Cup this year.

The rest is wasting time. :mp5: :D

I used to play football (not american football, but real football - ya know, the man's sport...the football played WITHOUT pads...) but then I screwed up my knee and foot so now I'm just a lazy bum...workin on the shiftless part...

Extreme Sitting on Your Ass. It has everything I could possibly want in a sport.

Extreme Sitting on Your Ass. It has everything I could possibly want in a sport.

Except injuries...right?

Except injuries...right?

ESoYA definitely has injuries. Vitamin-D deficiency, bruises on your ass from sitting on it for so long, back strain.

Except injuries...right?

Does your ass going dead from sitting in the same position too long count as an injury?

Does your ass going dead from sitting in the same position too long count as an injury?

Gotta get the "ass-shift" move down...then it doesnt happen so quickly / often...

Gotta get the "ass-shift" move down...then it doesnt happen so quickly / often...

Nah, doing that is grounds for disqualification. This is EXTREME Sitting on Your Ass, remember?

Nah, doing that is grounds for disqualification. This is EXTREME Sitting on Your Ass, remember?

WOW...that is extreme...I dont think I could hang...

WOW...that is extreme...I dont think I could hang...

Oh yeah. You become a master of it when you've worked in a call centre. Even shifting slightly can draw the supervisor over, which is A Bad Thing(tm).

Oh yeah. You become a master of it when you've worked in a call centre. Even shifting slightly can draw the supervisor over, which is A Bad Thing(tm).

LOL...even with a bum knee, I get yelled at if I spend too much time sittin at once...

Nah, doing that is grounds for disqualification. This is EXTREME Sitting on Your Ass, remember?

The former world champion (http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html)




(I have no idea about this particular news site, it was the first that came up on google when i searched for her name)

The former world champion (http://www.wftv.com/news/3643877/detail.html)




(I have no idea about this particular news site, it was the first that came up on google when i searched for her name)

Heh. Heh heh. It's pretty tragic, but pretty funny at the same time. It's Comtragetainment!

Youll have to get through the Colts first. Manning and company all the way this year ;)

Pats 3-peat!!! Colts will never win until they learn to play outside the dome.

Pats 3-peat!!! Colts will never win until they learn to play outside the dome.

no Ty Law no worries ;) Last year for the colts was all about setting records, this year they will be focused on winning. i agree though, they have a tough time outside the dome. well the way i see it, if they can get homefield advantage, its all over :)

Chess. :D

Chess. :D

i used to play in high school :)

Bridge is interesting too, though...

i used to play in high school :)

I'm not very good at it, I just love to play. And to watch matches.

Tang Soo Do, bitches! :)

Rally Raid.

THE extreme sport, long before all these punk ass bitches started calling themselves extreme.

To play, soccer or ultimate. (that's the sport version of throwing around a frisbee, in case you didn't know) To watch - only baseball. :)

Anything that involves a stick that can be used to beat other opponents heads in. :gundge: :D

Can't pick...too many good sports out there
here are a few of my top sport fav's
NFL
NHL
College Football
College Hockey
NBA
College Basketball

Cricket & Aussie Rules Footy.

I like soccer. There's something so much more satisfying about not using your hands.

I have to vote for field hockey, since I played it (albeit badly) throughout high school.

And besides, who doesn't like a sport in which girls in short skirts run around hitting things with sticks? :p

SOCCER!!!! :p

Cricket. You have to respect a game that takes the best part of a week to play.

Cricket. You have to respect a game that takes the best part of a week to play.
:headbang: And we're losing the Ashes

:headbang: And we're losing the Ashes

No, I'm sure we're winning 2 - 1 :D

Oh, I see! Yes, you're losing the Ashes ;)

No, I'm sure we're winning 2 - 1 :D

Oh, I see! Yes, you're losing the Ashes ;)

*pokes out tongue*

*pokes out tongue*

Arf! :P

Let me have my fun! We've not been winning an Ashes series for a very long time!

Arf! :P

Let me have my fun! We've not been winning an Ashes series for a very long time!

True :D

Enjoy it. It's not going to happen again in a hurry

Edit: Not that anything in cricket ever happens in a hurry :p

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Real Madrid won 2-1!!!!

Ronaldo and Raúl scored; Robinho played his first minutes!

Finally justice is made, we are above Barça (for a looooong, loong time :D )

I'm Canadian - naturally, my favorite would be hockey ;)

The Ultimate Sport is Coed Naked Mud Rugby.

You don't even need to keep score. :cool:

Rugby isn't there, for me it's
rugby (I'm a avid Tigers fan)
Football (English, I support NFFC)
Cricket
Aussie Rules
Hockey

Why are proper sports like rugby and cricket left off the list?

anything that involves blood and crashes !

Why are proper sports like rugby and cricket left off the list?
Yet boxings on there!

Many talking.

Real Madrid will win the Champions League Cup this year.

The rest is wasting time. :mp5: :D
Uh-huh, realli. i have 2 say i'm sceptical. most of the team seems 2 be made up pf cpmplacent galaticos, ur best goals per minute striker is on the bench. Ur best hope is that Robinho is as good as he appears and that the rest of the team start playing to its potential.

Ahh, so uneducated. Children, the best sport is rowing. I think nothing compares. There r very few experiences like that firsst 6 strokes of a race, the first three strokes providing the power and then the next, the rate goes up and you begin to feel the boat move under you. its good. anyway, you get to wear lycra, who doesnt want to wear lycra, lol. Otherwise i like football (soccer, sigh) and gaelic football and hurling isnt 2 bad either.

Why are proper sports like rugby and cricket left off the list?
I DON'T count cricket as a SPORT. Rugby is not a Important sport.

I claim to be a professional spectator. Won the 18-21 bracket two years ago. Got a difficulty score of 10 when the next highest difficulty score was 2.1. I knew the judges would be proud of the under age drinking.

Rugby - Both (American Football You having a laugh, Padded up to their eyeballs. Puffs.)

Soccer :headbang: :headbang:
Its Fcuking Football FFS.

But Football. Support Bolton. Whoohoo.

Cricket, We're beating the aussies, we're beating the aussies...

I DON'T count cricket as a SPORT. Rugby is not a Important sport.
Cricket is a sport how is it not?

Rugby is only the 2nd biggest sport (nationally) in the world with other 10 nations playing it at the highest level and almost 100 other nations playing it.

i do love to play golf... though only the driving range. there's noting like getting rid of frustration than whacking some balls really hard with a stick :D .... nothing like the real thing, though :P

Football (the european kind) and boxing are the only sports I like to watch, and clearly Chelsea will win the champions leeague, not real madrid. Not that I care, I'm a newcastle fan. Poor Michael Owen, Madrid have reduced him to the level that hes forced to play for the likes of us.

Cricket is the main summer code in England, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, Sri lanka, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, with a few small island nations also playing their own versions (For example 'kirikiti' a version of cricket, is very popular in Western Samoa) These nations have a total combined population of close to 1/5 of the world. Baseball is the main summer code of North America only (and possibly Japan nowadays..?)...

yeah really... think about all the countries that play cricket... Go Cricket!!!! :D

For team sports, I like playing hockey, but overall my favorite is snowboarding :D :D :D

Cricket is the main summer code in England, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, Sri lanka, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, with a few small island nations also playing their own versions (For example 'kirikiti' a version of cricket, is very popular in Western Samoa) These nations have a total combined population of close to 1/5 of the world. Baseball is the main summer code of North America only (and possibly Japan nowadays..?)...
And rugby is main sport in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Italy, Oz, Argentina, Canada and it is the main sport in Tonga, Fiji, Percific Islands, New Zealand and South Africa.

American footballs played in America

And rugby is main sport in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Italy, Oz, Argentina, Canada and it is the main sport in Tonga, Fiji, Percific Islands, New Zealand and South Africa.

American footballs played in America

Soccer is arguably the main winter sport in some of those countries, but Rugby is right up there. Just because the yanks don't play it (well they do, but they're shit) means it's 'not important' :rolleyes:

I love martial arts, especially Tae Kwon Do. Unfortunately I haven't been able to keep it up in the past 4 years :( The club in college in crap and the only other club is to far away.

Thats what I eman it's the 2nd or 1st winter sport in all those countrys. especcially NZ.

SCUBA DIVING!
*blub blub* :D

Soccer is arguably the main winter sport in some of those countries, but Rugby is right up there. Just because the yanks don't play it (well they do, but they're shit) means it's 'not important' :rolleyes:Well it's not are problem that you can't come up with COOL sports.
And stop calling people from the U.S. yanks

American football----

Go Pack Go!!!

our cherry!

Cricket is great and should be put into the poll so I have voted in the 'other' category. The rules are easy and I love it, as for one, its unlike Football (english)which has too much money involved. Cricket is getting more popular but as long as it don't go down the football route, it will stay the best sport for me.

Hockey, also like American football, football, rugby, lacrosse, jai-alai

Well it's not are problem that you can't come up with COOL sports.
And stop calling people from the U.S. yanks
You call us brits, why shouldn't we call you yanks,

and your sports don't seem to cool really, unlike ours!

You call us brits, why shouldn't we call you yanks,

and your sports don't seem to cool really, unlike ours!

actually its even funnier to call them "septic's" which is the cockney version.....septic tank - yank ta da. But seriously..the main U.S Sports are derivatives of British ones, "yank-ball" (U.S Football) is quite simmilar to some of the pre-Reg Rugby games, Also Base ball origanly stems from Britain, except over here it was called rounders and was only played by girls.. :)

and your sports don't seem to cool really, unlike ours!

Pff, tell that to the 1970's Pittsburgh Steelers. You might make it out alive...

...If you have lots and lots of pads on :p.

To watch, it varies. Most sports tend to devolve to the point where (an) optimum stratagem(s) are dicovered and used, so it isn't very exciting. When a new strategem is developed and just coming into general acceptance is probably the most exciting time. I loved the CFL (variant rules football american) when it first started, a fast paced game where roles were so poorly defined that you could see the wheels turning insiide people's heads as they tried to figue out how shifting a safety closer to the line would affect the play. The whole "new" run-shoot offense in American football kept the sport interesting for a few years at the same time. Ah, the basketball of the late 1970's and early 1980's was so different from the stylized events they've become now.

These days it is scarce worth the effort to watch professional sports, it seems they have all become choreographic events where every player knows their role and the opponents response. As for non-pro sports, hard to beat rugby (also my current favorite pro-sport).

You call us brits, why shouldn't we call you yanks,

and your sports don't seem to cool really, unlike ours!
Brits is part of your name. Yanks is not part of ours.
Your sports are small time.

Distance running and karate.

Rugby rules.

So does Netball. I don't care what you say, it's not wimpy, girls can be evil.
Rugby does rule, but netball and basketball are complete pussy sports. NO contact? What the hell's that for?

Cricket.

Basketball and soccer

Rugby does rule, but netball and basketball are complete pussy sports. NO contact? What the hell's that for?

You haven't seen New Zealand play Australia at netball have you?

Favorite sport to play: Paintball

Favorite sport to watch: Competition cheerleading

football! (americanized)
w00t 3rd string nickelback!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Real Madrid won 2-1!!!!

Ronaldo and Raúl scored; Robinho played his first minutes!

Finally justice is made, we are above Barça (for a looooong, loong time :D )

FINALLY!!!!!!! ANOTHER REAL MADRID SUPPORTER!!!!!!! :D :D :D

I thought I was the only one on the forums...

Oh, yeah. My favourite sport is football. The Real one.

My favorites to play are golf, which I play pretty well despite not getting to play very often, and basketball, which I play poorly very often.

As a spectator I like football, no I don't mean the kind played in shorts and silky blouses- you believe someone called SOCCER! a man sport earlier in the thread. I like the last 5 minutes of basketball games.

*A footnote for those who commented that pads make football, remeber that's the sport football not the effeminate passtime SOCCER! that some mistakenly call football, a gentle or easy game. You've obviously never worn the pads and played the game. If you had you'd realise the those pads are high-impact plastic, a similar material to the clubs that police carry. The helmet and pads prevent concussions and dislocated or seperated joints in most cases but cause alot of pain. If you know someone who rides a motorcycle, run a couple of miles while wrestling someone and have your motorcyclist friend beat you with thier motorcycle helmet all the while. You will then have some idea what a game of football is like.

Brits is part of your name. Yanks is not part of ours.
Your sports are small time.
Well Footballs the biggest sport in the world, while rugbys the 2nd biggest with cricket in 3rd, at elast in countrys that play, while American Football, Baseball and Basketball are basically confined to the US.

Well Footballs the biggest sport in the world, while rugbys the 2nd biggest with cricket in 3rd, at elast in countrys that play, while American Football, Baseball and Basketball are basically confined to the US.
That is what you want people to think.

That is what you want people to think.Aye, baseball's pretty popular (except in Eurpope) and tops association football in many parts of the world. And Basketball is one of the top sports in Europe, at least in terms of playing.

Aye, baseball's pretty popular (except in Eurpope) and tops association football in many parts of the world. And Basketball is one of the top sports in Europe, at least in terms of playing.
Where does it top Football? South America, Africa, most of Asia and all of Europe play football you know!

Where does it top Football? South America, Africa, most of Asia and all of Europe play football you know!China, Japan, Cuba, the Phillipines off the toip of my head.

Football, any martial arts, and Lacrosse.

*A footnote for those who commented that pads make football, remeber that's the sport football not the effeminate passtime SOCCER! that some mistakenly call football, a gentle or easy game. You've obviously never worn the pads and played the game. If you had you'd realise the those pads are high-impact plastic, a similar material to the clubs that police carry. The helmet and pads prevent concussions and dislocated or seperated joints in most cases but cause alot of pain. If you know someone who rides a motorcycle, run a couple of miles while wrestling someone and have your motorcyclist friend beat you with thier motorcycle helmet all the while. You will then have some idea what a game of football is like.

Yeah, very accurate. Except that you have to lug all the weight of the pads along with you when you are running a couple of miles.

Football (not soccer) is the best sport played at a major leval EVER. (like a cross between Rugby and Chess. In terms of strategy, it is one of the deepest sports. In soccer (and most other sports) strategy consists of "X is very good, get him the ball" or "Y is open, get him the ball". Baseball has pinch hitting, piching rotations, etc. but is still not as deep as Football)

I also like Basketball (strategy is more or less zone vs pass... but the high scores are fun) and Chess.

Lacrosse is fun to watch but I am horrible at it.

Football, any martial arts, and Lacrosse.

I propose that for the purposes of this board, American Football be called NFLBall and Soccer be called FIFABall.

I like NCAA football, but the NFL sucks. Except for the guys on my fantasy team, that is.

FENCING ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I poke you woot!

noone likes caber toss? :(

Baseball! It'll be Red Sox again this year, just you watch!

noone likes caber toss? :(
It lost all it's appeal when the Swedes started dominating the international competitions.

Basketball is the best!!!
-FRESH

Paintball (woodsball) or Kendo :)

Even though I am German, I prefer American Football. Probably makes me some kind of oddball.
Unfortunatly it's damn hard to watch the NFL without pay-tv and impossible to watch college football.

Even though I am German, I prefer American Football. Probably makes me some kind of oddball.
Unfortunatly it's damn hard to watch the NFL without pay-tv and impossible to watch college football.

I hope you at least get the Super Bowl in Europe! :eek:

I hope you at least get the Super Bowl in Europe! :eek:
Actually it's never on in britian, we prefer to watch exciting events that arn't over hyped, the World Cup (Rugby adn Football), Guiness Prem, The Championship, The Barleys Prem....

Anything that involves a stick that can be used to beat other opponents heads in. :gundge: :D
It's called "Brockonian Ultra Cricket" and is favoured in most enlightened parts of the multiverse.

I like playing billiards with planets.

I hope you at least get the Super Bowl in Europe! :eek:
Yes, on pay-tv, but not for free. So the few who like football meet at somebody who has pay-tv or a pub which has and make a Superbowl Party. It's plenty of fun.

Actually it's never on in britian, we prefer to watch exciting events that arn't over hyped, the World Cup (Rugby adn Football), Guiness Prem, The Championship, The Barleys Prem....
That is only because, those sports are boring. american football is not over hyped.

That is only because, those sports are boring. american football is not over hyped.
Or because we like sports that don't stop every ferw minuates and whos main attraction is the cheerleaders, we like to watch the sport, not adverts.

Where's cricket?

*Goes off for Tea*

:( Can tell it's a US poll, no Rugby or Cricket :(

Football is the best though (The one where they actually use the foot to play the sport) 'Specially the Championship and Sheff Wed (Haha to any Leeds fans :p)

:( Can tell it's a US poll, no Rugby or Cricket :(

Football is the best though (The one where they actually use the foot to play the sport) 'Specially the Championship and Sheff Wed (Haha to any Leeds fans :p)
What about league 1? FOREST!

Cricket, damn you!

Or because we like sports that don't stop every ferw minuates and whos main attraction is the cheerleaders, we like to watch the sport, not adverts.
You have not seen american football game before. Cheerleaders are not the main attraction.

Biking and swimming. I prefer these individual activities to sports that are played in teams or that are competitive.

You have not seen american football game before. Cheerleaders are not the main attraction.
Your bed is?

Your bed is?
You wish.

What the fuck what about lacrosse? I know it is not the most popular sport sport in the world but for the people who play(like me) it that's all they ever talk about. plus no one can realy say they don't like it. It got the speed of basketball, the foot work of football (both of the but more of the one where you use round ball) and the body counts of hockey. What's not to like?:headbang:

Lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse lacrosse.

Motor Sport

You guys forgot all about lacrosse, geez
:mad: :headbang: :(

Lacrosse, YEA!

Only ball game I like is basketball / wheelchair basketball

Racing, though it is really just the Champ Car World Series I'm a fan of. College football comes in a close second.

Does snooker count as a sport? Meh.

Does snooker count as a sport? Meh.
of course it does