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Mine is football(real football,). What's yours?

Rugby

the dating game :cool:

but I suck at that so maybe darts or Rugby depending on where I am

football

chess

baseball.


however watching my kid "play" volleyball last night was mildly entertaining, everyone else was playing, while she stood there and danced and twirled and trash talked the other team and got hit in the face with the ball......fun.

Pie eating.

For playing or watching?

chess

chess is a sport?

football football football football football

ONE NIL TO THE ARSENAL

The only 'sport' I enjoy watching is people snowboarding. trick stuff mostly. Nothing else gives me any enjoyment to watch.

To play, field hockey. To watch, figure skating.

Rugby (Union, of course) Cricket if they can actually play it - looking at you, Windies. And climbing, deep water solo or bolted sport routes are the best to watch.

Something involving horseys.

Spamming :)

rugby and bowling to play (not that bowling's really a 'sport'...)
plus swimming and kayaking, but they're pretty solitary activities

ice hockey and rugby to watch

Dancing, horse agility, track, volleyball, swimming, figure skating, gymnastics, basketball, discuss, and shot put:cool: and if I forgot one I'll let you know later!!!

Dancing, horse agility, track, volleyball, swimming, figure skating, gymnastics, basketball, discuss, and shot put:cool: and if I forgot one I'll let you know later!!!

dancing counts as a sport now? :confused:

dancing counts as a sport now? :confused:

never heard of a salsa tournament?

never heard of a salsa tournament?

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3857/salsadiphothoejhd7.jpg

sounds good!;)

Football, the real kind, the American kind. Soccer, or football as it is falsly called in other parts of the world, is great, but not quite as good as American football.

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Jeff Gordon Rocks !!!

chess

Yeah, chess is great.

Yeah, chess is great.

Either chess or shuffleboard for me.

V8s and if i had my Shooting

Rugby (Union, of course) Cricket if they can actually play it - looking at you, Windies.

You must be South African then.;)

Or Australian:mad:

It depends.

I like bycicle (on road), basketball, soccer, sailing (including windsurf), skating (on ice), skiing, diving, and trekking.

As shows, I like to watch soccer, rugby, basketball and Formula 1. Yeeaahh... ball sports and hi-speed cars. Yeeaahhh... pass a beer (buurp).

Fencing all the way.

You must be South African then.;)

Or Australian:mad:

Geordie! *folds arms*

Baseball, Football and Basketball, each during their respective seasons.

You left off chess :(

Spamming :)

I think you'll find that Spamming is an artform, not a sport.

Spamming the forum.

Trilby63;12733030']I think you'll find that Spamming is an artform, not a sport.

If chess and poker can be considered sports, so can spamming.

Football, the real kind, the American kind. Soccer, or football as it is falsly called in other parts of the world, is great, but not quite as good as American football.

The "real football" is the European kind. American Football rarely has playirs kicking the ball, so it should not be called football.

Baseball
Football (soccer)
(American) Football
Tennis (I've never seen a tennis game that I could easily tear my eyes from)
Basketball
Hockey


*nods*

Playing: Rugby, golf

Watching: Football (the one actually played with the feet), rugby

To play: baseball, roller-hockey (heh), ice skating, football.

To watch, in order: football (European. I can't stand American football), hockey, figure skating, baseball.

If chess and poker can be considered sports, so can spamming.

If you like but I find it such a derogatory term for such a noble past time.

I used to answer "cricket" but the last time I tried to watch a game it really didn't hold my interest any more. So nothing.

Football.Rugby.Cricket

They truly are a holy trinity of sporting awesomeness....:D

Hockey for physical (:D), Chess for tactics (though I'm trying to get the hang of Go).

Track and Field! And Cross Country! In fact, just running in general. Its a lot of fun, if you get into it.

Track and Field! And Cross Country! In fact, just running in general. Its a lot of fun, if you get into it.

No it's not. I've run at the AAA's, and frankly, the whole sport is overrated. Either fitness freaks with a fixation upon feeling the burn, 15 year old primadonnas who believe that a modicum of talent grants them the capacity to swagger about the track as a professional or raucous inner-city ghetto kids.

By contrast, the atmosphere at a cricket match is excellent.

The "real football" is the European kind. American Football rarely has playirs kicking the ball, so it should not be called football.

Except that we, Americans, call it football, so it is football. European football, is really called soccer, and is a great sport. My second favorite in fact, but football is the best.

Except that we, Americans, call it football, so it is football. European football, is really called soccer, and is a great sport. My second favorite in fact, but football is the best.

So, by the logic employed above, whatever America deigns to call something is automatically correct?

Incidentally, go an watch a real sport, not grid iron. I could train however many monkeys would be necessary to run into each other and throw a ball at the blowing of a whistle.

Except that we, Americans, call it football, so it is football. European football, is really called soccer, and is a great sport. My second favorite in fact, but football is the best.

Most of the world uses a variation of the word football, so by numbers you lose. Sorry.

Most of the world uses a variation of the word football, so by numbers you lose. Sorry.

Nonsense. You forgot, I said America calls it football, so it is football. The rest of the world is wrong, and always will be wrong. ;)

So, by the logic employed above, whatever America deigns to call something is automatically correct?

Incidentally, go an watch a real sport, not grid iron. I could train however many monkeys would be necessary to run into each other and throw a ball at the blowing of a whistle.

Try it then. Like I said, soccer is great, but football is better. I also enjoy tennis, fencing, and basketball every now and then.

Except that we, Americans, call it football, so it is football. European football, is really called soccer, and is a great sport. My second favorite in fact, but football is the best.

The Europeans called it football, it came to the USA, who already had a sport called football. The USA called it soccer for some reason I don't remember.

*goes to check wiki*

Edit: The term "soccer", according to Wiki, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_for_football_%28soccer%29) is used to distingiuish soccer from other sports called football- like American football.

Tae Kwon Do > both footballs.

Well Hot dawg, you actually added Curling to the list, bless your little pea picking heart.

Fencing to do.

Hurling to watch.

The "real football" is the European kind. American Football rarely has playirs kicking the ball, so it should not be called football.

Actually, from what I understand, football recieved its name not from the use of the feet, but from being played on foot--and therefore often by peasants--instead of on horseback, like many things played by the aristocracy. Various sports-- American football, soccer, and rugby, to name only a few, are all, apparently, derived from one common ancestor. Therefore, it's not "wrong" to call American football football, nor is it wrong to call soccer football, or football soccer. Saying soccer is, really, just being more specific, because football is actually a family of sports, in the same way that Poker is not a card game, but a family of card games.

(If that doesn't make sense, then I apologize, but I'm just not thinking clearly tonight. I can try to re-explain it if I need to. Also, the above is just my understanding, it is quite possible that I am mistaken.)

Furtheremore, most people who use English as their first language call European football soccer, largely due to the large population of the United States, though (I think) many in Australia/New Zealand call it soccer to distinguish from such sports as Australian Rules Football (which I notice is never critisized for "stealing" soccer's name, unlike American Football.)


Anyway, my favorite sport is Ultimate. It's just so... fun.

Well Hot dawg, you actually added Curling to the list, bless your little pea picking heart.

Holy hell! :eek: I didn't even know you existed still...

So stunned by the sighting I forgot to answer...

Racing, preferably endurance sports cars.

Holy hell! :eek: I didn't even know you existed still...

So stunned by the sighting I forgot to answer...

Racing, preferably endurance sports cars.

lol, yes, I still live, I just avoided the forums for a while.

lol, yes, I still live, I just avoided the forums for a while.

Does this make you the oldest active nation?

Hockey, for when that bastard just needs to lose another tooth.

chess is a sport?

game of skill = mind sport.

so yes its just a mental sport over a physical sport.

I like to watch football (soccer-type!) and I'll watch pretty much any kind of motorsport, except varieties which involve just driving around in a big circle until everyone gets bored and dizzy. Due to general crapness, I don't actually partake in any sport, as that would just be embarrassing.

[x] Chess

That puts us at six votes, tied with baseball.

I play go too, although, I'm not that good (15 kyu or so).

All things considered, I guess it's cricket.

Rugby and Ice Hockey are great though. I do however kind of worry about the state of rugby at the moment. I'm not sure I really need it from early feb to early December every year. Watching my favourite team play a French C team, Canada and then go through another round of Tri-nations games isn't as interesting as it once was..

American football is just rugby league but much slower and with far too much padding. And baseball is just rounder’s (a girls sport) with a larger bat. My favourite is rugby union, its much more action packed and the players don’t start crying and rolling about on the floor like professional footballers do when they break a nail.

After a quick wiki-ing,
American football is just rugby league but much slower and with far too much padding.
Nope.
And baseball is just rounder’s (a girls sport) with a larger bat.
Nope.

You don't have to like all sports, but at least be accurate.

After a quick wiki-ing,



Nope.



Nope.

You don't have to like all sports, but at least be accurate.
Its the perfect truth, ignore the encyclopaedia and just watch the game's.

P.S, was on the radio today that many Americans think that rugby is far too violent, is this true?

P.S, was on the radio today that many Americans think that rugby is far too violent, is this true?

I don't think that they would, considering the popularity of things like ultimate fighting and wrestling, but it's possible. Honestly though, the tackling rules in rugby make it sound like it's less violent than American football.

Edit: Rugby also seems like it is closer to soccer than it is to American football in the style of the game. More of the play is based on possession; gaining and losing control of the ball. American football is more a territory game, based on exact yardage and preventing the opponent from moving forwards.

Mine is football(real football,). What's yours?

Spelling certain words without the letter U.

Try it then. Like I said, soccer is great, but football is better. I also enjoy tennis, fencing, and basketball every now and then.

Hmm, try no. I enjoy playing my sports with rather more freedom than is generally permitted by the excessively tactical and codified Amercian football.

American football is just rugby league but much slower and with far too much padding. And baseball is just rounder’s (a girls sport) with a larger bat. My favourite is rugby union, its much more action packed and the players don’t start crying and rolling about on the floor like professional footballers do when they break a nail.

Apparently, if Graham Henry is to believed, the French do....:D

I don't think that they would, considering the popularity of things like ultimate fighting and wrestling, but it's possible. Honestly though, the tackling rules in rugby make it sound like it's less violent than American football.
The thing about rugby though is that once tackled all the biggest players on both teams come and stand on you, which can be quite painful;)


Edit: Rugby also seems like it is closer to soccer than it is to American football in the style of the game. More of the play is based on possession; gaining and losing control of the ball. American football is more a territory game, based on exact yardage and preventing the opponent from moving forwards.
Rugby can be either really, some teams *coughenglandcough* play a very territorial game, lots of kicking downfield etc, others run it from their own half regularly.


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Originally Posted by NorthNorthumberland
American football is just rugby league but much slower and with far too much padding.

Nope.
Agreed, not even American Football is as bad as that poor imitation of true rugby:p

Yeah, chess is great.
...but not a sport. It's war.

Favourite sport to watch is probably Aussie Rules Football, but my favourite to play is badminton.

Kendo!

Baseball....Lets go Yankees!!!!!Joe Tore is a hall of fame manager and i don't care what you say!!!!

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Jeff Gordon Rocks !!!

Errrh!!!!! NASCAR is not a sport under any circumstances...EVER!!!!!!!!

It's just guys driving in a circle for 4 hours!!!wtf?!?!?!...My friend was once like ohh theres points and stuff. Well guess what its ABSOLUTELY worthless, yes worthless. ONLY THE LAST LAP COUNTS!!! WHAT'S THE POINT?!?!?!?!:confused:

:upyours:

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While I don't consider it to be sport either, I believe there are better ways to point something like that out. You know, actual arguments, not just red text, capslock an smileys.