Favorite sports to play and watch

[JadedLegend3]

Hey all. I'm sick and so I can only think of rather dumb things to talk about....but "favorites" I suppose, are always kinda fun. Helps to get to know each other.

At any rate, I was wondering what sports everyone plays? And if you don't play sports, do you watch them?

I haven't ridden in about two years but I love to ride horses and compete with them. I have ridden in hunter/jumper shows and also in western competitions.

Currently, I am taking fencing at college. Kind of an odd choice for a Catholic university, but it's really fun! I had no idea how much I would like it. My friend and I took it because we wanted to be like Wesley and Inigo in "The Princess Bride." LOL

Also, I love to watch pro-football. My favorite team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, although if you look at their record this season, I'm not sure why! :mad:

I also love to watch rodeos...particularlly bull and bronc riding. I think it's hilarious to watch those guys try to hang on for dear life...and knowing that's involunarily been me a few times! LOL

And, when the Olympics roll around, I sometimes watch the ice skating/ice dancing and the fancy diving type event. Sometimes the gymnastics. I'm amazed at what people can do!

If I'm at a baseball game, I like to watch it, but I can't watch one on tv. Too boring for me that way.

Well, I guess that's it. What about you guys?


Jacqui :love:

[AyuRocks]

Hmmm.. I really like playing basketball and tennis

Favorite sports to watch would be Hockey (RED WINGS :)) and Football..

I don't really watch sports much, but when I do it's either of those.

I also like watching figure skating whenever it's on.

Ashley

[JadedLegend3]

ooh! Tennis! I love to play tennis! And pool! :D

I am the world's worst at both sports, LOL! But they are a lot of fun.

With tennis, I have a tendency to attack the ball w/ the racket like it's a baseball bat! LOL A tad too aggressive, I know. :P

And pool, well, let's just say I shot the cue ball through my best friend's *closed* basement window... :innocent:


Jacqui :love:

[Lord Loser]

Oh, Ash, and we had such high hopes for you. The RED WINGS? :rolleyes: Well, at least you watch hokey. :sigh:

[Harveylives]

I like watching football(American) and poker tournaments. I liked playing baseball, and basketball, but due to a knee injury I am sidelined forever.

[Lord Loser]

Ooh yeah, nothing better than a little no limit holdem...

[stellar]

I like watching boxing and football the most. Football probably most of all, especially college... it just seems like they want it more.

I played football and track and field (I was field) in high school. I played rugby in college. I was probably the best at rugby (and without a doubt the worst at baseball). I keep threatening my wife to go back to playing rugby... she doesn't think it's that funny - it can get rough.

Hope you feel better Jacqui... read some Pound - that'll confuse that cold right out of ya.

[grinner]

Rally... WRC, SCCA rallly, and CARS(Canadian Association of Rally Sports)
Formula 1 racing
CART racing
Football(The Bears)
Hockey(The Blackhawks)

[stellar]

Isn't that da-Bears?

It kills me when someone from Chicago complains about baseball. You have the 86-87 Bears and the Bulls during the reign of Air.

[grinner]

No... Because I do not speak with a Chicago accent. I am much to cultured to talk like a South sider.(snobbish aren't I)

[stellar]

I'm sorry... that was insensative of me to mock regional accents like that. :D

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by stellar

Hope you feel better Jacqui... read some Pound - that'll confuse that cold right out of ya.

LOL Thanks, stellar! I think I have some Pound in a couple of my lit books, so maybe I'll do that. Although, I have two 10-12 page papers I need to work on...one about the rebuilding of Paris after 30 or so years of revolution, and one on some aspect of Poe. Probably the psychology of Poe...or something. LOL I haven't really thought about it.


*looks around* where did all these snobs come from??? :P j/k Love ya, grinner! hehehe

Hey stellar, is rugby as painful as it looks? I always thought I would like to try it, but I don't think there are any local teams... :(

Jacqui :love:

[AgentSun]

football (american) and soccer too...but i've started to watch more football because my boyfriend is a soccer fiend and on some nights, when his team is playing, that's what we do. and he'll dance around the room if they score haha.

[Famira Damaris]

Heh...

To play, I like mainly to swim. Most lap-stuff, I can't really do water-polo. I mostly prefer the 100 and 200 m freestyles. *nod nod*

To watch, I like soccer, like rugby (it's like football, but more fast-paced in my opinion) and right now I'm getting a huge-kick out of slamball. Slamball is basely basketball, but with smaller teams and the addition of - get this - trampolines at the ends of the court. You can't go wrong with anything and trampolines. :D

[stellar]

Originally posted by JadedLegend3
Hey stellar, is rugby as painful as it looks? I always thought I would like to try it, but I don't think there are any local teams... :(

Jacqui :love:

It's a good pain. I still think on it fondly... If it weren't for rugby I wouldn't have half of the close friends I have now, I wouldn't have learned all I did about competition and brothers in battle, I would be able to play basketball without an ankle brace and would still have my original eyesocket floor.

Good times.

[vikingscaper]

My absolute favorite sport is football. After that, I prefer either baseball or hockey (depends on the time of the year: if hockey season is going on, then it is my second fave). I am not a big fan of basketball. Here are my favorite teams:

Football: Do I realy have to say? If you don't know, please look at my screen name, avatar, and signature.

Baseball: The Twins
Hockey: The Wild
Basketball (when I am in the mood for it): The Timberwolves

When I cheer for college teams, I always pull for the University of Minnesota even though I live in Wisconsin and go to college in Wisconsin.

[grinner]

Badgerfan... :yuck:
Gopherfan.... :yuck:

Wildcats all the way... to last place.
Illini all the way... to a losing record.

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by Famira Damaris
Heh...

To play, I like mainly to swim. Most lap-stuff, I can't really do water-polo. I mostly prefer the 100 and 200 m freestyles. *nod nod*



Whenever I hear/read "water-polo" I'm reminded of an episode of M*A*S*H when Hawkeye (drunk) says, "I used to play water-polo...but my horse drowned!" hehehe I love M*A*S*H

stellar, thanks for the graphic info on rugby, LOL! New eye socket floor, huh? How's that working out for you? :P


Jacqui :love:

[Third EYe]

Hockey - Canadians (Habs)
Football - Raiders
Basketball - Celtics


I love Hockey, but I am a slow skater, so I never excelled at it.

I am very good at soccer, or I was, no scholarship offers though, so not that good.

I was good enough to get invited to try out for the Canadian Olympic Handball team. I never went, my mother thought it was a bad idea. I did drugs instead (not a win/win)

I excelled at baseball, and probably could have gone far with it, college? beyond? I'll never now, and I'll never care. I find it to be a mind numbing exercise in boredom. I'd rather mow grass with a butter knife.

I suck at Tennis, just really really suck, and would like to play, I'm no good at any racket sports exept maybe badminton, and who wants to admit that. (crap)

I like candlepin bowling, but my dad says that's not a sport.

I was on a swim team when I was in junior high, and I won a few meets. I think it was because everyone else was really really bad.


I was very much into martial arts as a youth, and into my early twenties. I haven't had much use for it lately. Not sure why. I enjoyed them. I mostly involved with Judo (broken toes, ouch!)

I raced BMX bikes, won some trophies, broke some bones, made mom cry, that ended that.

I use to enjoy watching motorcross racing, ice racing (anything on ice with motors was cool) but not so much anymore.

I'm not a race car fan. I like drag racing, but only when I'm behind the wheel. My Neon doesn't make the cut, so I don't do it anymore. I never won anyway.

I like snowmobiling.

Skiing, both nordic and alpine.

I have a friend who is a professional speed boat racer. It has nothing to do with me, but I like telling people that. I can beat him at thumb wrestling.

I wrestled in school, or with school, doesn't matter, I lost.

I tried water polo, liked it, but it was too strenuous for me.

I can eat a lobster without any special tools.

[stellar]

Originally posted by JadedLegend3
stellar, thanks for the graphic info on rugby, LOL! New eye socket floor, huh? How's that working out for you? :P


Jacqui :love:

Well my eyeballs are level now. Titanium Alloy - good stuff... cold in the wintertime though ;).

[JadedLegend3]

Originally posted by Third EYe


I can eat a lobster without any special tools.

:rollin: Now that takes talent!!!


Jacqui :love:

[BlackThorn]

Hockey: To watch and play. Although, I haven't played in years, and haven't been able to watch many games the last couple seasons. Life keeps becoming chaotic around Hockey Season.

Team: Canadiens.

I had hopes for Tampa Bay Lightning back when they were new. Since then, I've pretty much given up hope.

[stellar]

We have a minor league Hockey team here, but I don't think they'll last much longer. It was a novelty to have a Hockey team (or ice for that matter) in south Louisiana... and the novelty has worn off.

[janey_13]

Well, like Ashely, I am a big Detroit Red Wings fan. I like watching them on TV or if I ever get tickets (which is like once or twice a season) I love to watch them live. I'll watch Michigan football games once in a while, but football is a little too stop and go for me.

My favorite sport to play would be kickboxing, even though I'm not very good, I just like to hit things :D I would also like to learn how to play ice hockey, but I just don't have the money for lessons or all the gear you have to get.

I threw shot put and discus in high school, but I was awful.

[Kurt_eh]

sigh all these wings fans. Could be worse: Leafs fans :D there's an old Hockey Night in Canada (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/) commercial with the Habs goalie in full gear on a ride-em lawnmower driving over some leaves (instead of raking them) yelling "die maple leafs, die!" :lol

As for my hockey team:

GO OILERS!!!

Not a big NFL fan, watch the CFL (http://www.cfl.ca/) a bit. As their slogan goes "Our balls are bigger!" :D That, and a real football player can get it in 3 downs ;) (WAY TO GO ESKIES -- 2003 Grey Cup Champions!) And did I mention that the league is over 90 years old?

But enough joking aside, my two primary sports are

Summer: Ultimate (aka Ultimate "frisbee")-- http://www.ultimatehandbook.com

Winter: Curling -- http://www.curling.ca

[stellar]

Wow... only die hard Canadians watch the CFL. Only really, die hard Canadians defend it too. You sir should be prime minister.

[Kurt_eh]

Here's some curling pictures from last years Brier (That's the National Championship)

http://www.curling.ca/galleries/photos.asp?catid=3

As for football:

I tried watching a "Super-bowl" (as it were) a couple of years ago. Even had the benifit of playing NFL Sunday Ticket on NTN at the time. It had to be the first NFL game I ever saw from beginning to end.

I wound up winning the day on NTN Sunday Ticked because I just kept picking: Run left. Run right. Run middle. Run left. Run right. Run middle. Run left. Run right. Run middle. Pass. *Damn* Run left. Run right. Run middle. :zzz: "Don't they ever throw the frelling ball?" :D :lol :rolleyes: :flee:

[AyuRocks]

Well, like Ashely, I am a big Detroit Red Wings fan. I like watching them on TV or if I ever get tickets (which is like once or twice a season) I love to watch them live. I'll watch Michigan football games once in a while, but football is a little too stop and go for me.

HELL YEAH :)

Ashley

[Third EYe]

I use to curl...beer.

Hockey Night in Canada, Oh that brings back memories. When I was a kid, around 9, I had gotten a little black and white TV, used. I put it on my dresser and played with the antannae until I got a signal. We had 3 stations, CBC, ATV/CTV, and the french station, CBFT I think, not sure about that. Anyway, I would wait all week for this. It was a huge event for me. I was able to convince my mom to buy me an air popcorn popper, and I was also able to get my own case (one every 2 months) of pop shop soda. I'd close my door, with my popcorn and soda, and watch the game. Later on, I found some friends who joined in on the action. Then I got a color TV! Holy crap I was cool, then cable! I was the man, then, then... I stopped watching Hockey Night in Canada cause I had movie channels.

It was good while it lasted, and Guy Lafleur and Ken Dryden were no longer playing, so it was basically over anyway.

Memories...