theunderstudy Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Rugby for me, followed by cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Football of the American variety. Can't get into either rugbys or cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copey11 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Live, hands down hockey, especially play off hockey. One of the few times these days that you see millionaire athletes really, really giving it their all and putting their bodies on the line, and everybody, I mean everybody is playing hurt. And the only North American pro sport where the players really do want to win the actual cup itself. Then they each get a day with it in the offseason, they drink out of it, etc. One legend is that the Penguins actually lost it for a couple of days only for it to be found at the bottom of Mario Lemieux's pool. On television, NFL. The perfect television sport. Played on sunday starting at 1PM, roll out of bed with hangover by 12, greasy food, a bit of the hair of the dog and your off and running. No need to pay attention too hard because they show every relevant play 3-4 times, then some guy actually "chalkboards" the thing in case the replays weren't slow enough for you. Any excuse for wings and beer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I used to enjoy watching kabaddi when it was on Channel 4 back in the day. Probably enjoy watching boxing the most these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 NFL for me then NHL. My family in the States has season tickets for the Steelers and the Penguins, so I go quite often whenever I am back over there and it is great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Golf The Masters next weekend, absolutely awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 NFL, College football, darts, boxing and cricket . If you can bet on it then I'll watch it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomer Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 NFL for me too. Love the competitiveness of the league which makes every season and most games unpredictable...unless you follow the Browns of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 MMA, pure combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Actually NHL is awesome though haven't seen it in years. When I was out in Canada got to see a double overtime loss for the canadiens ( montreal ) against the boston bruins. it was one of my favourite sporting occasions live. have also just got back from working at an arena where premier league darts was going on. **** mental atmosphere chock full of pissheads. though got lots of "**** offs" due to selling crates of carlsberg at £80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Cricket F1 Rally Golf NFL UFC Bout it really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2012 UFC for me. Used to love boxing as a kid but it just seems tame now in comparison. Tennis can be good too as can cricket and athletics but only if the national team are being represented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baselayers Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I quite like some NFL and UFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 On TV, NFL, ice hockey a close second. In person, baseball, ice hockey a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2012 I quite like some NFL and UFC Same here, but I watch MMA in general rather than just the UFC. It's great following the rise of future UFC stars as they progress in the XFC, KOTC, Titan FC, Legacy, MFC, BAMMA, Bellator or whatever show is on. HDnet is a great channel for MMA fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 UFC for me. Used to love boxing as a kid but it just seems tame now in comparison. Tennis can be good too as can cricket and athletics but only if the national team are being represented. Forgot about athletics, that can be good on a sat/sun morning just vegging out in bed or summat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Tennis between giants like Nadal, Djokovic, Federer are as good as anything. Boxing is also enjoyable, not a huge fan of anything else. 100m/200m, well Usain Bolt. I think he's incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Horse Racing, only the jumps though not a fan of the flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 29, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2012 Horse Racing, only the jumps though not a fan of the flat. Really? Never really understood the love of horse racing, other than for pure gambling sakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 30, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 30, 2012 We (as in Britain & Ireland) get the live American feed including replays. A game kicks off at 6pm our time and another kicks off at 9pm. Sometimes you miss the first few minutes of the 2nd game and sometimes you don't. You never miss an hour though. So I dunno what your network are doing PussEKatt! The average NFL game is roughly 3:15-3:20 from start to finish in real time*. The NFL tweaks the rules/points of emphasis/etc. every year to keep it in that range. The TV scheduling on the doubleheader network for a given week makes it fairly apparent: 1pm: early game 415pm: late game, and for the first 10-15 minutes or so you'll be hearing the commentator saying "we welcome those of you who were just watching $EARLY_GAME" (followed by a quick summary of anything noteworthy in the early going); alternatively, if one lives in a market that's obligated to show a particular late game in its entirety, you'll often get the "due to contractual obligations, we will be cutting away to show you $OBLIGATORY_GAME" at about 410pm, with an often-abrupt cut (occasionally in the middle of a play) to local adverts at 412, and then to the beginning of the late game. *: the only real exception to this is the Super Bowl, which is almost never shorter than 3:30 or 3:45 (the most recent one is a notable exception, finishing in 3:23), largely due to the extra advert breaks. For me, football in general is good: association, rugby league, rugby union, gridiron, australian, gaelic,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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