I can tolerate basketball, but it is more or less last resort for me, I also love the Australian Open in Tennis, it always coincides with the commencement of the ATD so it's usually a pretty exciting time!
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Baseball in the summer, when I can drink a beer, wear my Jeff Francoeur Braves jersey unbuttoned and sit there like a slob and watch a game because there's nothing else to do...
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Basketball I can't watch because I don't like the concept or the squeaking, how can you tolerate the squeaking?!?! I respect soccer/football, but I just can't get into it...and those are the 5 sports...so, yeah...
I can tolerate basketball, but it is more or less last resort for me, I also love the Australian Open in Tennis, it always coincides with the commencement of the ATD so it's usually a pretty exciting time!
Agreed , though I like all majors except Roland Garros.Hate clay tennis.
I can tolerate basketball, but it is more or less last resort for me, I also love the Australian Open in Tennis, it always coincides with the commencement of the ATD so it's usually a pretty exciting time!
I had the privilege to be in attendance for the Australian Open, Rolland Garros and Wimbledon. Out of the four Grand Slam, I'm only missing the US Open, but I live in Montreal, so I will go in the next few years, no question.
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Exhibit A as to how hockey doesn't matter on ESPN:
Last night an ESPN program was discussing how the Detroit Pistons needed a hero citing the heroes on the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and no mention of the Detroit Red Wings. All this despite the Red Wings probably being the most succesful team in Detroit right now.
1. NHL playoff hockey; 2. NHL regular season hockey of my fav nine teams (SJ, WAS, PHI, VAN, WIN, BUF, NAS, EDM, MON); 3. Tourney hockey (World Cup, Olympics, World Juniors, Frozen Four, Canada vs. USA women's); 4. Other hockey leagues (U.S. college, WHL, AHL playoffs, ECHL, some KHL this year, other Euros occasionally online); 5. Archived classic hockey games and documentaries (Soviets, Summit Series, Miracle on Ice, youtubing).
I have been all about hockey for many years now.
I am a B.C. Lions fan and member of the Rider Nation but have only caught parts of four games this season. (Sadly. CFL football should be fourth on my list but isn't these days. Maybe in the future again...). I was a diehard Cleveland Browns fan (grew up a Seahawks and Joe Montana's 49ers fan) until they moved to Baltimore, though I did watch them win the Super Bowl there, I haven't seen a complete NFL game since.
I gave up watching Grand Slam Tennis (a lifelong tradition) when butt-yanking Nadal overtook Federer. I haven't seen a match in years.
I still watch World Cup Football/Soccer. But as with football and tennis, interest has waned....
don't care about anything else, really. CFL football, if the riders get to the west final... that's about it.
used to care about baseball. don't watch the world series, the super bowl or the grey cup unless the riders are in it.
pretty much have to force myself to watch something in the olympics other than hockey.
like playing golf and tennis, don't watch them though. Like playing baseball and football on the side with friends, though naturally you can't just say "hey, let's go play baseball" like you can football.
Literally 99.99% of my sports attention (playing, watching, studying, discussing) goes towards hockey.
Oh. Of the TEAM sports: I played high school football (receiver and special teams coverage), soccer for nine years lots of pick up 3-on-3 basketball. And hockey of course.
Nowadays the only team sport I play is ball hockey here in South Korea. Here I am, the chubby (was in the process of losing 100 lbs at the time, took eleven months!) bald (shaven head) passing left winger who scores the goal! on the second rush high stickside against a great goalie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paizRoFg4Q (we lost 3-1 even though we outshot them greatly; they went on to the semifinals).
2. American Football
3. Winter Olympic Sports (non-hockey)
4. Auto Racing
5. Tennis
6. Soccer
7. Basketball
Basketball used to be my second favorite sport to watch, but I can't stand the NBA now.
Golf and Baseball aren't even on my radar. Maybe I have ADHD or something I really don't care for the Summer Olympic sports like Track and Field either. Okay, beach volleyboll is pretty good
Oh. Of the TEAM sports: I played high school football (receiver and special teams coverage), soccer for nine years lots of pick up 3-on-3 basketball. And hockey of course.
Nowadays the only team sport I play is ball hockey here in South Korea. Here I am, the chubby (was in the process of losing 100 lbs at the time, took eleven months!) bald (shaven head) passing left winger who scores the goal! on the second rush high stickside against a great goalie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paizRoFg4Q (we lost 3-1 even though we outshot them greatly; they went on to the semifinals).
Oh. Of the TEAM sports: I played high school football (receiver and special teams coverage), soccer for nine years lots of pick up 3-on-3 basketball. And hockey of course.
Nowadays the only team sport I play is ball hockey here in South Korea. Here I am, the chubby (was in the process of losing 100 lbs at the time, took eleven months!) bald (shaven head) passing left winger who scores the goal! on the second rush high stickside against a great goalie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paizRoFg4Q (we lost 3-1 even though we outshot them greatly; they went on to the semifinals).
Really nice goal , you look like a decent player.Doesn't look chubby to me in that video.
I like playing badminton a lot (rarely have the chance anymore), but I can't imagine watching other people play for any length of time.
I enjoy playing badminton a lot more than watching it, but seeing Lin Dan or Lee Chong Wei (Peter Gade used to be in the same category for me) play is just insanely cool experience for me
Ran an ATD for Penguins players only - brief, simple rules: min. 150 GP for players, 100 GD for keepers, 100 GP for coaches...
Recommendations:
- Can't do anything about goaltending, so don't penalize teams for taking them so high (too high) and further, don't penalize a team for not having goaltending at the end, there's only 2 goalies in franchise history, maybe a third (and he wasn't picked until way, way down)...
- Crosby was taken over Jagr because that particular person is still a sour sally about July 11, 2001.
Round 1
1. Team 1 - Mario Lemieux, C
2. Team 2 - Sidney Crosby, C
3. Team 3 - Jaromir Jagr, RW
4. Team 4 - Evgeni Malkin, C
5. Team 5 - Ron Francis, C
6. Team 6 - Paul Coffey, D
Round 2
7. Team 6 - Jean Pronovost, RW
8. Team 5 - Larry Murphy, D
9. Team 4 - Marc-Andre Fleury, G
10. Team 3 - Tom Barrasso, G
11. Team 2 - Les Binkley, G
12. Team 1 - Kevin Stevens, LW
Round 3
13. Team 1 - Randy Carlyle, D
14. Team 2 - Rick Kehoe, RW
15. Team 3 - Syl Apps, Jr., C
16. Team 4 - Alexei Kovalev, RW
17. Team 5 - Joe Mullen, RW
18. Team 6 - Mike Bullard, C
Round 4
19. Team 6 - Martin Straka, C
20. Team 5 - Mark Recchi, RW
21. Team 4 - Pierre Larouche, C
22. Team 3 - Dave Burrows, D
23. Team 2 - Ulf Samuelsson, D
24. Team 1 - Ron Stackhouse, D
Round 5
25. Team 1 - Lowell MacDonald, LW
26. Team 2 - Sergei Gonchar, D
27. Team 3 - Kris Letang, D
28. Team 4 - Jordan Staal, C/LW
29. Team 5 - Darius Kasparaitis, D
30. Team 6 - Rick Tocchet, RW/LW
Round 6
31. Team 6 - Ron Schock, C
32. Team 5 - John Cullen, C
33. Team 4 - Brooks Orpik, D
34. Team 3 - Greg Malone, C
35. Team 2 - Bob Errey, LW
36. Team 1 - Rob Brown, RW
Round 7
37. Team 1 - Robert Lang, C
38. Team 2 - Petr Nedved, C/LW
39. Team 3 - Randy Cunneyworth, LW
40. Team 4 - Doug Bodger, D
41. Team 5 - Johan Hedberg, G
42. Team 6 - Zarley Zalapski, D
Round 8
43. Team 6 - Ken Wregget, G
44. Team 5 - Chris Kunitz, LW
45. Team 4 - Ryan Malone, LW
46. Team 3 - George Ferguson, C/RW
47. Team 2 - Kevin Hatcher, D
48. Team 1 - Greg Millen, G
Round 9
49. Team 1 - Bryan Trottier, C
50. Team 2 - Tomas Sandstrom, RW
51. Team 3 - Ken Schinkel, RW
52. Team 4 - Kjell Samuelsson, D
53. Team 5 - Rob Scuderi, D
54. Team 6 - "Battleship" Bob Kelly, LW
Round 10
55. Team 6 - Jiri Slegr, D
56. Team 5 - Alex Goligoski, D
57. Team 4 - Ryan Whitney, D
58. Team 3 - Moe Mantha, D
59. Team 2 - Gordie Roberts, D
60. Team 1 - Pascal Dupuis, LW/RW
Round 11
61. Team 1 - Dick Tarnstrom, D
62. Team 2 - Randy Hillier, D
63. Team 3 - Greg Polis, LW
64. Team 4 - Jim Johnson, D
65. Team 5 - Maxime Talbot, C
66. Team 6 - Brad Werenka, D
Round 12
67. Team 6 - Stu Barnes, C/LW
68. Team 3 (via Team 5) - Bob Woytowich, D
69. Team 4 - Michal Rozsival, D
70. Team 5 (via Team 3) - Matt Cooke, LW
71. Team 2 - Rod Schutt, LW
72. Team 1 - Russ Anderson, D
Round 13
73. Team 1 - Rod Buskas, D
74. Team 2 - Bryan Hextall, Jr., C
75. Team 5 (via Team 3) - Peter Lee, RW
76. Team 6 (via Team 4) - Vic Hadfield, LW
77. Team 5 - Shawn McEachern, LW/C/RW
78. Team 4 (via Team 6) - Pat Boutette, RW/LW
Round 14
79. Team 4 (via Team 6) - Colby Armstrong, RW
80. Team 5 - Mark Eaton, D
81. Team 6 (via Team 4) - Phil Bourque, LW/D
82. Team 3 - Bryan Watson, D
83. Team 2 - Paul Gardner, C
84. Team 1 - Ruslan Fedotenko, LW
Round 15
85. Team 1 - Tyler Kennedy, RW
86. Team 2 - Keith McCreary, LW
87. Team 3 - Ross Lonsberry, LW
88. Team 4 - Troy Loney, LW
89. Team 3 (via Team 5) - Duane Rupp, D
90. Team 6 - Colin Campbell, D
Round 16
91. Team 6 - Jan Hrdina, C/LW
92. Team 5 - Jarkko Ruutu, LW
93. Team 4 - Aleksey Morozov, RW
94. Team 3 - Craig Adams, RW
95. Team 2 - Nick Harbaruk, RW
96. Team 1 - Bob Paradise, D
Round 17
97. Team 1 - Mike Rupp, LW/C
98. Team 2 - Val Fonteyne, LW
99. Team 3 - Gregg Sheppard, C/LW
100. Team 4 - Tyler Wright, C
101. Team 5 - Petr Sykora, RW
102. Team 6 - Al McDonough, RW
Round 18
103. Team 6 - Paul Martin, D
104. Team 5- Andrew Ference, D
105. Team 4 - Dan Frawley, RW
106. Team 3 - Denis Herron, G
107. Team 2 - Orest Kindrachuk, C/LW
108. Team 1 - Kip Miller, C/LW
Round 19
109. Team 1 - Jay Caufield, RW
110. Team 2 - Ian Moran, D
111. Team 3 - Dave Hannan, C/LW
112. Team 4 - Jean-Sebastien Aubin, G
113. Team 5 - Dan Bylsma, coach
114. Team 6 - Scotty Bowman, coach
Round 20
115. Team 6 - Brent Johnson, G
116. Team 5 - Warren Young, LW/C
117. Team 4 - Craig Simpson, LW
118. Team 3 - Michel Therrien, coach
119. Team 2 - Eddie Johnston, coach
120. Team 1 - Dan Quinn, C
Round 21
121. Team 1 - Kevin Constantine, coach
122. Team 2 - Michel Dion, G
123. Team 3 - Dean Prentice, LW
124. Team 4 - Marc Boileau, coach
125. Team 5 - Doug Shedden, C
126. Team 6 - Wayne Bianchin, LW
Round 22
127. Team 6 - Chris Tamer, D
128. Team 5 - Grant Jennings, D
129. Team 4 - Red Kelly, coach
130. Team 3 - John Chabot, C
131. Team 2 - Paul Stanton, D
132. Team 1 - Jim Paek, D
Round 23
133. Team 1 - Frank Pietrangelo, G
134. Team 2 - Paul Baxter, D
135. Team 3 - Andy Bathgate, RW
136. Team 4 - Peter Taglianetti, D
137. Team 5 - Marc Bergevin, D
138. Team 6 - Markus Naslund, LW
Round 24
139. Team 6 - Dunc McCallum, D
140. Team 5 - Wendell Young, G
141. Team 4 - Gary Rissling, LW
142. Team 3 - Darryl Edestrand, D
143. Team 2 - Lew Morrison, RW
144. Team 1 - Wally Boyer, C
Round 25
145. Team 1 - Deryk Engelland, D
146. Team 2 - Blair Champman, RW
147. Team 3 - Chuck Arnason, RW
148. Team 4 - Rico Fata, C
149. Team 5 - Francois Leroux, D
150. Team 6 - Milan Kraft, C
Kevin Stevens - Mario Lemieux (C) - Rob Brown
Lowell MacDonald - Robert Lang - Pascal Dupuis
Ruslan Fedotenko - Bryan Trottier (A) - Tyler Kennedy
Mike Rupp - Wally Boyer - Jay Caufield
X: Kip Miller
X: Dan Quinn
Randy Carlyle - Ron Stackhouse (A)
Russ Anderson - Rod Buskas
Dick Tarnstrom - Deryk Engelland
X: Bob Paradise
X: Jim Paek
Greg Millen
Frank Pietroangelo
PP1
Stevens - Lemieux - Brown
Stackhouse - Carlyle
PP2
Fedotenko - Lemieux - MacDonald
Lang - Tarnstrom
PK1
Trottier - Dupuis
Carlyle - Stackhouse
PK2
Boyer - Lemieux
Anderson - Engelland
Team 2
Head coach: Eddie Johnston
Rod Schutt - Sidney Crosby (C) - Rick Kehoe
Bob Errey (A) - Petr Nedved - Tomas Sandstrom
Keith McCreary (A) - Orest Kindrachuk - Nick Harbaruk
Val Fonteyne - Bryan Hextall, Jr. - Paul Gardner
X: Lew Morrison
X: Blair Chapman
Ulf Samuelsson - Sergei Gonchar
Randy Hillier - Kevin Hatcher
Gordie Roberts - Ian Moran
Randy Cunneyworth - Syl Apps, Jr. - Jaromir Jagr
Greg Polis - Greg Malone - Ken Schinkel (C)
Ross Lonsberry - Gregg Sheppard - George Ferguson
Dean Prentice - Dave Hannan - Craig Adams
X: John Chabot
X: Andy Bathgate
X: Chuck Arnason
Dave Burrows (A) - Kristopher Letang
Duane Rupp - Moe Mantha
Bryan Watson - Bob Woytowich (A)
X: Darryl Edestrand
Tom Barrasso
Denis Herron
PP1: Randy Cunneyworth - Syl Apps, Jr. - Jaromir Jagr - Kristopher Letang - Moe Mantha
PP2: Dean Prentice - Greg Malone - George Ferguson - Dave Burrows - Bob Woytowich
PK1: George Ferguson - Craig Adams - Dave Burrows - Bob Woytowich
PK2: Gregg Sheppard - Dave Hannan - Duane Rupp - Bryan Watson
Team 4
Head coach: Marc Boileau
Assistant coach: Red Kelly
Ryan Malone - Evgeni Malkin (C) - Alexei Kovalev
Troy Loney (A) - Pierre Larouche - Pat Boutette
Craig Simpson - Jordan Staal - Colby Armstrong
Aleksey Morozov - Tyler Wright - Dan Frawley
X: Gary Rissling
X: Rico Fata
Brooks Orpik (A) - Doug Bodger
Kjell Samuelsson - Ryan Whitney
Jim Johnson - Michal Rozsival
X: Peter Taglianetti
Marc-Andre Fleury
Jean-Sebastien Aubin
PP1: Ryan Malone - Evgeni Malkin - Alexi Kovalev
Ryan Whitney - Michal Rozsival
PP2: Jordan Staal - Pierre Larouche - Pat Boutette
Doug Bodger - Brooks Orpik
Chris Kunitz (A) - Ron Francis (C) - Joe Mullen
Mark Recchi - John Cullen - Petr Sykora
Matt Cooke - Warren Young - Shawn McEachern
Jarkko Ruutu - Maxime Talbot - Peter Lee
X: Doug Shedden
Larry Murphy (A) - Darius Kasparaitis
Rob Scuderi - Andrew Ference
Mark Eaton - Alex Goligoski
X: Grant Jennings
X: Marc Bergevin
X: Francois Leroux
Johan Hedberg
Wendell Young
PP1:
Recchi - Francis - Mullen
Murphy - Goligoski
PP2:
Kunitz - Cullen - Sykora
Eaton - Ference
PK1:
Cooke - Talbot
Kasparatis - Scuderi
PK2
McEachern - Ruuttu
Eaton - Ference
Team 6
Head Coach: Scotty Bowman
"Battleship" Bob Kelly - Mike Bullard (A) - Jean Pronovost (C)
Stu Barnes - Martin Straka - Rick Tocchet
Vic Hadfield - Ron Schock (A) - Al McDonough
Phil Bourque - Jan Hrdina - Wayne Bianchin
X: Markus Naslund
X: Milan Kraft
Paul Coffey - Zarley Zalapski
Jiri Slegr - Brad Werenka
Paul Martin - Colin Campbell
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I really don't care for the Summer Olympic sports like Track and Field either. Okay, beach volleyboll is pretty good 
