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What sport(s) did you used to like but are just tired of now?

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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I used to watch boxing all the time on TV but somewhere along the line I just lost interest. Can't really
pinpoint the reasons why either, it just happened.

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  • onlyanumberonlyanumber Posts: 2,433
    I'll mention the obvious--hockey. I used to watch 60-80 games a year on tv and see 15-20 all over the US/Canada, not including the playoffs. With the lockout taking away last season and the new players on every team, I haven't been able to get back into it. On a side note, my baseball game viewership and attendance are up ten fold.
    Next MONTH? So he's saying that if he wins, the best-case scenario is that he'll be paying for it two weeks after the auction ends?

    Forget blocking him; find out where he lives and go punch him in the nuts. --WalterSobchak 9/12/12



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    Looking for Al Hrabosky and any OPC Dave Campbells (the ESPN guy)
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Used to love heavy weight title fights watching on pay per view but after being dissapointed so many times I have not watched one in years.

    Also used to love Red Wing vs Avalanche hockey but that lost its luster as well.
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    It was boxing for me also, used to watch every fight I could get image

    Watching that classics fight show on ESPN back in the 80s, couldn't get enough old Suger Ray Robinson image

    Best fight of my time was Hagler and Hearns image
  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    College basketball.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Arena football.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366
    The first 42 minutes of NBA games
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>College basketball. >>



    Agreed. The level of play in most games is so bad that I can't keep my eyes on it. And I can't stand that ridiculous 3 point line either.
  • hardcorehockeyfanhardcorehockeyfan Posts: 573
    Sprewell's whiny dealings a decade or so ago, kinda brought basketball out of my life!!!! I am sick of seeing pro athletes get away with things that would cause the ordinary worker their job!!!
  • DirtyHarryDirtyHarry Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭
    I still enjoy boxing - but it's not available like it was years ago. So, I enjoy it more when I can see it.

    To me, regular season basketball is tired and not worth watching. I really do enjoy watching it when the playoffs kick in - a season in itself. I like the TNT coverage better than anything else. Regards.
    Proud of my 16x20 autographed and framed collection - all signed in person. Not big on modern - I'm stuck in the past!
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Basketball/hockey playoffs...they have just been stretched waaay too long, and throw in the ridiculous 2-2-1-1-1 format in basketball, and you end up more travel days than play days.

  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    Badminton just doesnt do it for me like it used to.

    The once great spectator sport has become a mere shell of its former self image

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    "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
    -- Yogi Berra

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  • fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭
    Bocci Ball in back of Buddys Pizzeria.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
  • thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭
    Hockey, I used to be a madman about it many years ago. I have no use for it now.
  • DaBeefDaBeef Posts: 2,478
    Baseball, stopped watching in the mid 90's .
    Am I speaking Chinese?



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  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Hockey. The Bruins suck and the NHL lost me last year.
  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭
    Wow, hockey is really taking a beating. I grew up a very mind fan but it seems the older I get, the more I watch to watch it. For me, it's growing.

    I've lost a little bit of interest in Baseball and Basketball. I used to LOVE the old 80's Celtics then I lost interest in the late 90's. Lately though I've been getting into Bkb a little more since I live near Cleveland and Lebron plays here. He draws my interest.

    Baseball I can't get into until players stop switching teams every single year. I loved the D-Backs back in the 2001 World Sereis. Within about 3 years, almost every single player was gone. The teams have no loyalty to the players and vice versa. That makes me lose interest each year. I loved seeing Randy Johnson pitch. Now he's a friggin Yankee. Kinda kills the whole part of routing for somebody.

    Football is still the s**t and always will be, it's the greatest game on earth, to watch and to play.
  • MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭


    << <i>Wow, hockey is really taking a beating. I grew up a very mind fan but it seems the older I get, the more I watch to watch it. For me, it's growing.

    I've lost a little bit of interest in Baseball and Basketball. I used to LOVE the old 80's Celtics then I lost interest in the late 90's. Lately though I've been getting into Bkb a little more since I live near Cleveland and Lebron plays here. He draws my interest.

    Baseball I can't get into until players stop switching teams every single year. I loved the D-Backs back in the 2001 World Sereis. Within about 3 years, almost every single player was gone. The teams have no loyalty to the players and vice versa. That makes me lose interest each year. I loved seeing Randy Johnson pitch. Now he's a friggin Yankee. Kinda kills the whole part of routing for somebody.

    Football is still the s**t and always will be, it's the greatest game on earth, to watch and to play. >>




    Football (American that is) not that wimpy game they call "football" in other countries where they run
    around a field in shorts kicking a ball) is the greatest sport ever invented in the history of mankind.

    What else would you expect me to say? image
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I think alot of people stopped watching boxing after the Hagler/Leonard fight. Sugar Ray won because of "ring generalship" say what??
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