Top Five Sports: Why?

By The Goat

10 Jun

I’ve been spending a lot of time watching the World Cup this weekend, and I got to wondering about what my favorite sports really are… So here’s my top 5.. What are yours? Why? If you just hate sports, why haven’t you moved to Red China, you godless commie? (or, you could try to explain yourself..)

My 5:

1. National Football League

2. Major League Baseball

3. National Basketball Association

4. NCAA Football

5. National Hockey League

You’re up…

PS: Can anyone explain the offsides rule in soccer to me?

PSS: How did Sweden fail to beat TNT today? Are people freaking out up there?

Filed under: Lists, Sports, Sweden

6 Responses for "Top Five Sports: Why?"

Kables June 10th, 2006 at 3:08 pm 1
1. Cat throwing
2. Womanizing
3. Hunting with Dick Cheney
4. Pole vaulting
5. Playing catch
A.Ho June 10th, 2006 at 4:17 pm 2
1. Bottle cap removal
2. Leering
3. Evasion
4. Where’s my fucking phone?
5. That thing I do.
Boypan June 10th, 2006 at 6:23 pm 3
Offsides…..you can’t be closer to the goal then the opposite team on their side. It’s to help keep up a defense. You have to have two players (I think that is right) in front of you at all times. The goalie and a defender.

1. Soccer
2. Bowling
3. Lawn Darts
4. Marbles
5. Horse Races
Kerry G. June 12th, 2006 at 7:34 am 4
1. NHL (Go Oilers. Go Capitals.) and WHL (Go Americans.)
2. NFL (Go Colts.)
3. everything else.

I can be convinced to watch almost any sport if someone knowledgeable can explain it to me. I love the Olympics especially figure skating, gymnastics, and swimming. I like horse racing and NCAA basketball. The only thing I’m not into watching is golf and Nascar, but I probably just haven’t found the right person to watch it with yet.
Zandra June 12th, 2006 at 8:41 am 5
NFL
NCAA Basketball
Volleyball (beach or indoor)
Olympics (swimming, gymnastics and figure skating)
NBA/MLB
Aaron June 12th, 2006 at 2:04 pm 6
NFL
MLB Baseball
NCAA hockey (Go Maine)
NHL
NCAA basketball

10-12 years ago, the NBA would’ve been near the top of this list. However, the emergence of thugball in the mid 90’s (thanks, Pat Riley) slowed the game to such a crawl that it became painful to watch. I understand scoring is starting to creep up again, but I still can’t bring myself to sit through a game.