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What is your favorite sport?
You can play it or not. Tell me why it's amazing. Aug 05 14 06:40 am Link Dressage. It's magical to flow with a horse. Then there's fox hunting. Exhilarating. Because horse. Also, fencing. Controlled and well-mannered violence. Aug 05 14 07:00 am Link The only one I actually follow (somewhat) is women's physique/bodybuilding. I actually put on my OkC profile that if you actually want me to respond to messages, DO NOT invite me to go to Red Sox games with you. That's my criteria for the first round of eliminations; anyone who invites me to a team sporting event, ESPECIALLY a Red Sox game, is never going to hear from me again. Aug 05 14 07:30 am Link Irish Hurling . . . I'm pretty sure it was invented by the Irish just to give them a reason to bash each other with BIG sticks . . . do they even keep score . . .  Gaelic Football may be a close second, those guys think rugby players are sissies . . . SOS Aug 05 14 07:37 am Link Drum and Bugle Corps. There are a lot of people who don't consider it a sport, but they've never marched in a drum corps. If they had been out on the field, sweating through 12 hours of practice, then going from there to a competition, they'd change their minds. I marched for four years, and I was in the best shape of my life. Aug 05 14 10:28 am Link No brainer. Just watch and attend some games, you'll know why. Bless you Canada.   Aug 05 14 10:33 am Link In this order. (as a spectator obviously) 1. Major league baseball 2. Major league soccer 3. NFL football 2 and 3 have flipped over the past few years. I am a ferry ride away from downtown Seattle. And a fairly short walk to Centurylink field, home of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and The Seattle Sounders, of major league soccer. Safeco field, home of major league baseball's Seattle Mariners is a short walk from Centurylink. Aug 05 14 11:38 am Link Auto Racing. Just about any form of it. Aug 05 14 01:07 pm Link Hockey. It's in my blood. But to actually play, I love soccer and basketball because they're fun, I really have no better explanation.  Aug 05 14 02:04 pm Link I used to play Underwater Hockey. You play it in an olympic size pool. There are goal posts set up at each end of the pool and you putma brass puck in it with a short stick. If you like to breath the air is 13 feet above you. Aug 05 14 02:15 pm Link Horse Racing. I love the beauty of the horses and spectacle of the sport, and the bravery of horses and jockeys, the camaraderie, the fashion association, the common bond of passion that unites different classes and cultures, etc. I like the history, the geographic manifestations, the breeding, and the intellectual challenge of observation and studying to pick a winner, the traditions, the characters etc. I am just a fan not a participant. I also like it as a photographic subject. Some of my pics  This is,skijoring at St Moritz, they have one race on the card, which is held on a frozen lake, where the 'jockeys' are on skis behind the horses!  A local amateur steeplechase , a sport known as point to point, as they used to follow the old church steeples as markers.  This is me from The Racing Post modelling at the races with Leonna Mayor the jockey/model, and an old gentleman who was trying to convince us to bet a horse We liked this because nobody really wore leathers with millinery to the races before and they questioned it. I tipped it as a look that would come in. Then eight months later the fashion editor of Vogue wore a leather jacket and similar disc hat to Royal Ascot  So hope that answers why I like it Aug 05 14 02:20 pm Link ferret legging Aug 05 14 02:29 pm Link Kelli wrote: The last hockey game I saw was at Maple Leaf Gardens (Leafs vs The Winners) in 1999. Aug 05 14 02:34 pm Link Cross country running and biking, yes I do them all the time. Yesterday was a 40 mile bike ride. Its amazing because it gets me front and center in nature, its a get up and go sport. And self reliant. Aug 05 14 02:35 pm Link Tennis! Love the fact that it's just you against your opponent, love that feeling when you hit that sweet spot and send that ball down the tramline! Love the volleys and rally's, and love the ladies in their short skirts! Aug 05 14 02:46 pm Link Ex ice hockey player here... My kids now play Aug 05 14 02:47 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: Can you send this one to England please? Aug 05 14 02:47 pm Link P O T T S wrote: This! Aug 05 14 03:19 pm Link I really fond of waking up each morning. It's breath-taking! Aug 05 14 03:21 pm Link Olympic couch surfing. Been training for decades, will compete when I finally perfect my form. Why do I love it? Doh! besides, while training I can watch some of the lesser sports on TV. American Football (played in high school and college) Baseball (never could hit a damn thing) now for a quick power nap (all part of my training, I assure you!) Aug 05 14 03:27 pm Link JoJo wrote: That's hockey! Aug 05 14 04:21 pm Link NFL football. I have been a fan since I was a child. I became an even bigger fan at age 12 when I was a cheerleader one summer. I watch the Olympics and love most of the events as well. I love the Triple Crown. It would be easier to name sports I don't like. I'm spirited and passionate. How can I not like sports? I like them more than most men I date do. Aug 05 14 04:33 pm Link Isis22 wrote: Yerp. Huge fan of NFL football, here! Aug 05 14 05:00 pm Link Aug 05 14 05:09 pm Link MM forums.... it's on the edge sport. Aug 05 14 05:15 pm Link  Rowing, which is to say, Crew- For more than a few years I had an Alden Ocean Shell, and the camaraderie of a bunch of guys that I rowed with, sometimes racing. We raced from the Isthmus to Avalon on Catalina one year, and then Goleta to Santa Barbara for Semina Nautica. Each, about 12 miles. Our leader, Frank, had competed in the Cal Berkeley heavy eight, for a school that had the fine history of three Olympic golds. Nothing is more beautiful, more demanding, or more exhausting. With a sliding seat boat, you work your legs, your abs, and, of course your arms. And, unlike swimming, which I did for a while in my very youth, you don't bend over so the water can drain out of your sinuses after a race or workout. Now...? I'm old, and occasionally post to the Mayhem forums. Sometimes fun, but a fool's game. RBD Aug 05 14 05:25 pm Link Frank Lewis Photography wrote: The old guy didn't do to bad at Eldora either! Beat his way into the main and ended up 4th. I wish NASCAR would get back onto more dirt. Aug 05 14 06:10 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: As a Spectator this ^ The action is intense. Aug 06 14 06:47 am Link NFL football. The combination of power and finesse, complexity, tactics/strategy and just plain excitement is not matched in any other sport, IMHO of course, lol. Sometimes NCAA basketball (the tournament) or tennis. Aug 06 14 10:53 am Link Jules NYC wrote: Whats yours Jules? Aug 06 14 11:04 am Link All things motorcycle. Motocross, off road, trials, road racing... Actually not much of a Supercross fan, though. Aug 06 14 11:05 am Link I was on a ski team. Exhilarating. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiaOq5wb9og Racing at night Jumping High Altitudes Ooooo very nice 2 Dollars Aug 06 14 02:10 pm Link Eliza C new portfolio wrote: Very nice. Aug 06 14 02:51 pm Link Auto racing, Sports cars, F1, Indy and anything else with NASCAR and Drag at the bottom of the list. NASCAR moves up when they leave the ovals and go roadracing. Aug 06 14 05:22 pm Link Girl Watching. Short skirt spotting in particular. Aug 06 14 06:58 pm Link I played baseball competitively for the majority of my life and it's always been the top of my list...But it's pretty tough being a Mets fan. I played a lot of football growing up, and it's (usually) not too bad being a Giants fan...So NFL has topped MLB for me. But both sports are still fun to play. Though personally I don't consider it a sport Parkour has been evolving into that it seems over the past few years. These days it's much easier to go out any train alone than it is getting a group of people together or joining a team to play baseball or football. Aug 06 14 07:26 pm Link Roller derby (flat track)  I am so lucky I get to referee these amazing women, and to photograph them when not on the ref crew. Amazing physique, balance, power, and tactics. Aug 08 14 01:50 pm Link London Fog wrote: I'll trade, you know who to send. Aug 08 14 01:54 pm Link James S wrote: I payed Soprano Bugle with the Kingmen in 1972 and was with them when they won both of their DCI championships Aug 08 14 01:55 pm Link Soccer I played in College Aug 08 14 01:57 pm Link |
