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Whats the greatest sport of all time?

Is it darts??

Or mabye ice hockey??

Or perhaps you perfer a game of tennis??

Whatever sport you think is the best ever write it hear.

P.S

I cant put a poll because there is just too many sports

staring contests

chess.
you can say you are athlete and spend all day sitting on your fat butt.

chess.
you can say you are athlete and spend all day sitting on your fat butt.

Well at least you get wrist exercise.

American football, hands down. It's chess on steroids (literally).

Competitive satan worshipping.
I shouldn't have to point out that this is a joke...

Footy.

Chess...like figure skating, is not a sport.

Competitive satan worshipping.
I shouldn't have to point out that this is a joke...

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Footy.

Chess...like figure skating, is not a sport.
Chess is very much like coaching football. I wonder whether that's a sport?

Anyway, hockey for the win. :D

Ulama!

Calcio of course.

Lacrosse

American football. People say that it's for pussies and that rugby is far mroe dangerous. Let's see. Sugby-no armor and few injuries. American football-plenty of armor and plenty of injuries. Probably because you feel so safe in armor that you tackle harder without fear of accidentally injuring yourself.

American football. People say that it's for pussies and that rugby is far mroe dangerous. Let's see. Sugby-no armor and few injuries. American football-plenty of armor and plenty of injuries. Probably because you feel so safe in armor that you tackle harder without fear of accidentally injuring yourself.

Actually its due to the areas considered to legitimate...in rugby a neck tackle is illegal..in American football its legal...

Ice hockey!!!!

WRC Rally

Competitive post whoring? no?


how about Surf Life Saving then?

The great American (the continent) pasttime of...

Baseball.

Best sport ever: Muy Thai.

Ice hockey.

followed by Lacrosse, American Football, and Rugby

MMA (mixed martial arts) is definitely the best. those guys are such hardasses

American football, hands down. It's chess on steroids (literally).

Bigger, angrier with less brains? Sounds like an accurate description.... except for the chess part.

Bigger, angrier with less brains? Sounds like an accurate description.... except for the chess part.

rofl

MMA (mixed martial arts) is definitely the best. those guys are such hardasses
But it's not so great to look at. To much grappeling. Unlike Muy Thai.

Formula One.

The sheer level of technical brilliance, the ability of the best drivers in the world, the speed, the racing, and the huge political intrigue that surrounds almost everything....

Can't get much better for me.

Bigger, angrier with less brains? Sounds like an accurate description.... except for the chess part.

From a coaching position, certainly not. Or, even more so, from a recreational position. Creating good matchups, running the proper routes/plays, it's tougher mentally than people give it credit for.

chess.
you can say you are athlete and spend all day sitting on your fat butt.

Is that what they're calling masturbation these days? I've got to keep up better.

Bigger, angrier with less brains? Sounds like an accurate description.... except for the chess part.

My college playbook for defense was over 120 pages.

It's by far the most complicated sport around. It's just that most people only see 22 running around tackling the guy with the ball.

Come on, everyone knows it's hockey.

Even if your local team just can't seem to make the playoffs. :(

Is that what they're calling masturbation these days? I've got to keep up better.
It's called right-hand-marathon.

Curling. It's shuffleboard on ice, but played with boulders. What could be cooler?

Plus, just in case walking around on a fifty yard long sheet of ice weren't dangerous enough, they put a sheet of teflon on your shoe!

Fencing. More athletic skill is needed than most think. It is hard to think moves in advance while running up and down a fencing strip. :D

And I do it.

My favorite overall sport is probably baseball, although I'm really not sure. Either of the two types of football I enjoy a ton. Hockey and tennis are also fun to watch.

Its not so much a sport, but...

Arguing with the people who come to spread their faith. From Jehova's Witnesses to Hare Krishnas.

See, for some reason I draw them, and when they start trying to save me, I try to get them all red and huffy.

EDIT: Though I enjoy watching American football and hockey.

Well at least you get wrist exercise.

I hate to be the third one to make this joke in this thread, but I will anyways. Does that make masturbation a sport?

I hate to be the third one to make this joke in this thread, but I will anyways. Does that make masturbation a sport?

If so, it's probably one of the few that has more pros than amateurs...

Ok, I'll go away now.

Politics.

where else can you...
Dodge the Issues
Stretch the truth
Bend the laws
Jump to Conclusions
Swim with the sharks
Pass the buck
Duck the ethics
Hide from the evidence
Break the bank
Twist the Points
and
Fuck everyone at once.

Formula One ;)

Whats the greatest sport of all time?

Is it darts??

Or mabye ice hockey??

Or perhaps you perfer a game of tennis??

Whatever sport you think is the best ever write it hear.

P.S

I cant put a poll because there is just too many sports

Politics.

where else can you...
Dodge the Issues
Stretch the truth
Bend the laws
Jump to Conclusions
Swim with the sharks
Pass the buck
Duck the ethics
Hide from the evidence
Break the bank
Twist the Points
Lie about your achievements
and
Fuck everyone at once.

Jousting.

I hate to be the third one to make this joke in this thread, but I will anyways. Does that make masturbation a sport?

lets see...
what's invovled with sports...
sweating.
working the muscles
grunting
twisting
stretching
Punching/hitting/slapping
and something almost everyone does, and lies about...


guess it is a sport.

During baseball season, Baseball.

During football season, Football (American Style; I don't much care for what the rest of the world calls football).

Chess. :)

Is that what they're calling masturbation these days? I've got to keep up better.
Naw, it's competitive name is hand-to-gland combat.
A solitary contest of a man armed only with a spam javelin.
Bouts take about 3 minutes on average.

Calvinball!!!

P.S

I cant put a poll because there is just too many sports

Lame! Then we can't gripe about the ones you left off!

Formula One.

The sheer level of technical brilliance, the ability of the best drivers in the world, the speed, the racing, and the huge political intrigue that surrounds almost everything....

Can't get much better for me.
You could always thread some coloured beads through a string, tie the ends together, loop it over your hands and make the beads go round and round.
pretty much the same thing as F1.

MMA (mixed martial arts) is definitely the best. those guys are such hardasses
Having watched it a few times on TV, it get's boring quickly. Usually the wrestler wins - if they can get the opponent down into a hold, then it's just a matter of lying there for a few minutes punching them upside the head.
Not pretty and not much in the way of action.


American football. People say that it's for pussies and that rugby is far mroe dangerous. Let's see. Rugby-no armor and few injuries. American football-plenty of armor and plenty of injuries.
Spoken from a person whose obviously never played rugby. few injuries my ass.

Lame! Then we can't gripe about the ones you left off!

yes we could... he left em ALL out! :mad:

Whats the greatest sport of all time?

Synchronized Swimming :p

Calvinball!!!

Actually...I change my vote!

What other sport lets you make up the rules as you go along?? :)

EDIT: hehe...

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Blitzball!!

If that was actually possible, I'd go do it right away. But I always found ice hockey kind of cool too.

During baseball season, Baseball.

During football season, Football (American Style; I don't much care for what the rest of the world calls football).

I dont get why American football actully has the word football in it. It's played with the ball in someones hand not at their foot, hence the reason real football is called football.

My college playbook for defense was over 120 pages.

It's by far the most complicated sport around. It's just that most people only see 22 running around tackling the guy with the ball.

That large print sure takes up a lot of pages.

<-- Clearly.

But more importantly, you fail at polls.

Cheese rolling or shin kicking - they know how to have a good time in Gloucestershire.

paintball or wanking. Then of course there is seeing how many students you can shoot in two hours...

paintball or wanking. Then of course there is seeing how many students you can shoot in two hours...

too soon....

Mornington Crescent.

What? If you're gonna have chess as a sport, I'm gonna have MC.

OK, a real sport. FUßBALL!

Lawn darts, or perhaps bocce ball!

Mornington Crescent.

What? If you're gonna have chess as a sport, I'm gonna have MC.

Quoted For Mighty Truth, MC>all.

I dont get why American football actully has the word football in it. It's played with the ball in someones hand not at their foot, hence the reason real football is called football.

It has a lot more to do with the origins of the sport, where a touchdown was worthless, rather, kicking what is now called the "extra point" is where you got the score.

Baseball! :D

Football of course. Everyone can play it cuz it doesn't take much equipment. The rules are easy too. It's not a coincidence that football is the biggest sport in the world.

American football is booring to watch because it seems like they're taking a brake all the time. Ice hockey is okay. Basketball is a good sport.

Football of course. Everyone can play it cuz it doesn't take much equipment. The rules are easy too. It's not a coincidence that football is the biggest sport in the world.


Finally someone who speaks some sense. You can play football anywhere. All you need is a ball and some makeshift posts.

Finally someone who speaks some sense. You can play football anywhere. All you need is a ball and some makeshift posts.

Just like Formula 1 - all you need is...*oh all right then*

teh seks

You could always thread some coloured beads through a string, tie the ends together, loop it over your hands and make the beads go round and round.
pretty much the same thing as F1.

Well, if we take the list I put in my post, then you definitely can't compare it to Formula One.

For a start, beads aren't quite as technically advanced as a Formula One car.

Tlachtli (also called ulama)

Someone really should bring it back.
link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame

Also, Xtians vs Lions

My college playbook for defense was over 120 pages.

It's by far the most complicated sport around. It's just that most people only see 22 running around tackling the guy with the ball.
It's by far the most coached sport around. Other sports have greater emphasis on improvisation.

Also to whoever said rugby had few injuries, you can't have gone near the sport if you think that.

Midget wrestling.

In all serious, Falconry. It's not a sport in a strictly competitive sense, but man. Awesome.

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Football. By which I mean soccer. By which I mean football.

Three-day eventing.

Seriously.

OK, dressage isn't particularly exciting to watch, but it's rock-hard, and anyone denying the skill involved; try it. You'll see.

Show-jumping is impressive, and if you've ever tried it you'll know how it's more than a little nerve-wracking to be heading towards a nice, juicy triple, never mind that after that you've got to land, get your act in gear, turn 135° and then do the jump on the diagonal... Even just watching it you can have your heart in your mouth as the horse clips the final fence on an otherwise clear round; will it fall? Will it be clear?

And then you have the cross-country. Hurtling at breakneck speed around the course, with only the jumps in your way... And by "only the jumps" I mean things like lorry trailers, and trees, and big sodding sculptures made from logs, and rivers with jumps in-to and out-of. And these aren't the flimsy fences in the show-jumping arena that a horse could gallop straight through; if a horse crashes into one of these it won't be the fence that breaks. It's completely flipping loopy, and don't try it at home, kids.

And you do all three events on the same horse, too. No specialisation here!

Poker.

Or perhaps you perfer a game of tennis??
Lawn tennis is quite dull, but Royal tennis is an exciting game.

It's a shame no one plays Royal tennis anymore. It's really hard to find courts.

Three-day eventing.

Seriously.

OK, dressage isn't particularly exciting to watch, but it's rock-hard, and anyone denying the skill involved; try it. You'll see.

Show-jumping is impressive, and if you've ever tried it you'll know how it's more than a little nerve-wracking to be heading towards a nice, juicy triple, never mind that after that you've got to land, get your act in gear, turn 135° and then do the jump on the diagonal... Even just watching it you can have your heart in your mouth as the horse clips the final fence on an otherwise clear round; will it fall? Will it be clear?

And then you have the cross-country. Hurtling at breakneck speed around the course, with only the jumps in your way... And by "only the jumps" I mean things like lorry trailers, and trees, and big sodding sculptures made from logs, and rivers with jumps in-to and out-of. And these aren't the flimsy fences in the show-jumping arena that a horse could gallop straight through; if a horse crashes into one of these it won't be the fence that breaks. It's completely flipping loopy, and don't try it at home, kids.

And you do all three events on the same horse, too. No specialisation here!
But at least you get to use your own horse. In the Modern Pentathlon, you're assigned a horse and only have 20 minutes to get to know it before you start show-jumping.

Oh, and then there's the swimming, running, fencing, and target-shooting.

Modern Pentathlon is the greatest sport ever.

It's by far the most coached sport around. Other sports have greater emphasis on improvisation.

Also to whoever said rugby had few injuries, you can't have gone near the sport if you think that.
But they're mostly just shoulder subluxations, concussions, and clavicle fractures.

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Modern Pentathlon is the greatest sport ever.

Nah, it's not. But if they did it all from horseback (substitute "jousting" for "fencing", if you want) it might just be :)

But they're mostly just shoulder subluxations, concussions, and clavicle fractures.

You're missing a whole world of ligament damage that goes on.