OT: What Sports Do You Follow?

[Roo Returns]

NFL-Jets.
MLB-Yankees.
NBA-Don't really have a favorite team. I could never root for the Knicks.
European football-Manchester United.
College BB-Duke.
College football-No team.
College hockey. No team.
Watch old wrestling clips on YouTube. Roddy Piper. Ric Flair. The best.



That's why I am Roddy Piper and you're not.

Podcasts are the best. Jim Cornette and Bruce Prichard w/Conrad Thompson got me through grad school in one piece.

 

[Roo Returns]

When I was younger I used to watch all sports even the NY Saints in the National Lacrosse League and St. Johns when Malik Sealy (RIP) was a star.

I have less time now as an alleged "adult" lol. Pretty much the last 15 years it's been just Rangers and Giants and when I have time Mets or Knicks more as background when I'm working or at various points studying on the weekend/game is on at gym.

I used to be a huge wrestling fan in the late 80s-early 90s like WWF, JCP/WCW/NWA, WCCW (they'd show this on Sportchannel midnight on Fridays into Saturdays around 1989-1991). I lost interest after WrestleMania VIII when there was a mass exodus of WWF stars like Hogan, Warrior, Legion of Doom, Jake The Snake, Texas Tornado, Tito Santana, etc. by the time they got to early 1993.

I watched the Attitude Era and Monday Night Wars more for the shock and for people to show up. ECW was my favorite being a local promotion and yes it was hardcore and ridiculously over the top, but the matches were better. The "wrestling" aspect of WWF/WCW in that era was pretty poor. I'm a wrestling not sports entertainment fan so I don't like modern WWE where people throw 1,000 punches every match, do the same three moves, and the announcers call them the same nicknames 17x every match.

 

[DialUp]

I bet you can't guess which driver I can't stand. Hint: His name starts with Ver and and ends with stappen. lol

Easy, Leclerc

 

[NYRFANMANI]

I like golf too but I don't watch or follow it, just play it.

 

[kovazub94]

Only really hockey for me. I like golf too but I don't watch or follow it, just play it. Only sports I've played at an organized level are hockey & golf. And I took Muay Thai classes. I watch the occasional big Boxing/MMA event but I don't follow it at all.

How’s your golf game? Do you not even watch The Masters now (all the stars as a cherry on Tiger’s return cake)?

 

[kovazub94]

You didn't list tennis ! I never really followed until about 10 years ago . One of the greatest era's of any sport with the THREE GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME and for a while a 4th competitive player. The number of epic battles has been amazing to watch. I became fascinated with the mental toughness of Rafa Nadal. He has to be the mentally toughest athlete I have ever seen. He comes from behind to win so often it sometimes looks like he revels in breaking the spirit of his competitors. Then you have Federer the perfect tennis player and then Djokovic who is like a machine/robot.

I quit watching tennis about 5-6 years ago because it became... so emotionally exhausting to watch, literally. How these guys can play like this every point for 4-5 hours is mind boggling. True modern day gladiators

 

[kovazub94]

They are hitting each other with chairs, yes.

The winner of the match, length, and what sort of weapons they’ll use is scripted, but a lot of the choreography isn’t. The only think that’s fake is the punches and hits with certain weapons (like sledgehammers).

.... Pretty fascinating stuff.

Wait what are we talking about? Sounds like porn...

 

[EdJovanovski]

How’s your golf game? Do you not even watch The Masters now (all the stars as a cherry on Tiger’s return cake)?

I went to golf academy's and participated in tournaments as a kid, I haven't gone golfing in years now. I'm hoping to go several times this year though, I like Tiger & one of my good friends is at The Masters he is obsessed with Tiger lol. I don't think golf is all that popular among young people in America, but my friends & I golfed a lot growing up as we were hockey players

 

[Machinehead]

I'm listening.

Betting on WWE is quite robust

 

[dshea19]

Hockey and lacrosse by a huge margin. Used to like football. I will watch the occasional Yankees game.

 

[sbjnyc]

Betting on WWE is quite robust

Never saw it at any sportsbook.

 

[Machinehead]

Never saw it at any sportsbook.

Then you're just not looking for it. Every other ad on Wrestlemania was for a sportsbook and you got a deal to bet on the matches.

 

[sbjnyc]

Then you're just not looking for it. Every other ad on Wrestlemania was for a sportsbook and you got a deal to bet on the matches.

When jb smoove and Halle Berry make a commercial with hulk Hogan I'm in.

 

[Brief Candle]

Easy, Leclerc

Awww I like Leclerc's honesty. He never makes excuses.

 

[Kane One]

I bet you can't guess which driver I can't stand. Hint: His name starts with Ver and and ends with stappen. lol

I’m here in my Verstappen hoodie having an aneurism.

It’s Hamilton I can’t stand. Then shit pay drivers like Stroll. I don’t hate Latifi yet, but I’m sure he’ll get there.

 

[Brief Candle]

I’m here in my Verstappen hoodie having an aneurism.

It’s Hamilton I can’t stand. Then shit pay drivers like Stroll. I don’t hate Latifi yet, but I’m sure he’ll get there.

I am indifferent towards Lewis. Can't argue with results, though. The guy is one of the greatest of all time. I made it through half the race. When Max's car broke, I smiled and went to bed. Couldn't stand his father and certainly can't stand him.

Good to see Russell on the podium, though! It's that whole group of kids I like a lot. Lando, Albon, Russell, Gasly, etc. Feel terribly for Sainz.

 

[nyrmetros]

Hockey
Soccer
Rugby
IndyCar
F1
Sportscars/LeMans

 

[Row I Goon]

Local hockey in Australia (yep, we got an amateur national league down under).

Melbourne Ice is the team and I‘m the leader of one of the booster groups that sit in and around Row I in the main stand and are notorious for chirping. Pic below is from our club website during the 2017 playoffs. I’m the goon with the scarf and my wife is just to to the right in the pic (she’s a canuck and cusses worse than me at the games). Most of the folks in the pic are part of our group and we travel to other states to watch games together.

Also follow Australian Rules Football, Cricket and and boxing.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Only hockey.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

NHL-Rangers
MLB-Yankees
NBA-Knicks if I had to pick one but I just watch whatever is on TV
NFL-New England (F me, etc, parents didn't like local teams and Philly was never an option. Free jersey when I was a kid.)
Soccer-NYCFC
Boxing-Whatever is on, usually go to a bar with a boxing gym owner to watch
Didn't check NASCAR because I like racing but not that kind. I like F1 and touring car racing

 

[Filip Chytil]

Hot Dog Eating Contest

Curling

Cheese Roll

Ostrich Racing

Underwater Hockey

Face Slapping

NHL

 

[DialUp]

Local hockey in Australia (yep, we got an amateur national league down under).

Melbourne Ice is the team and I‘m the leader of one of the booster groups that sit in and around Row I in the main stand and are notorious for chirping. Pic below is from our club website during the 2017 playoffs. I’m the goon with the scarf and my wife is just to to the right in the pic (she’s a canuck and cusses worse than me at the games). Most of the folks in the pic are part of our group and we travel to other states to watch games together.

Also follow Australian Rules Football, Cricket and and boxing.

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No matter which way the toilet flushes, a goon is a goon.