Fifty Plus (50+) - Besides Bikin', what's your favorite sport to watch on TV?

Title says it all...... mine is Auto racing.... F1 - Nascar....

I remember watching Jai Alai from TJ on UHF ch 14 or 28 on Sundays at dinner time. That was pretty cool. And roller derby Sunday nights on KCOP. Swim meets are exciting. Dressage is rather thrilling. Co-rec corporate league softball games are especially fun to watch when somebody named Tiffiny starts to cry after she falls down.
But what I like most of all is all the commentary and editorializing about sports. Is Lance filthy? How about Bonds? Would the guys on UFC still fight if they weren't paid or on TV? Its a shame I dont have Hi-Def!

College football.........and then whatever the current sport of the season is.

Divorce Court. What a hoot!

The only sport I watch is football. I have been glued to the tv for three weeks now watching the World Cup.

I tried American style football a couple of times but can only last three or four minutes. zzzzzzzzz

Other than that, the tv is usually in the O-F-F position.

And roller derby Sunday nights on KCOP.
Don't forget wresting (and midget wrestling) on the Los Angeles independant stations!

And how about "Roaring Wheels" on KHJ channel 9? With Stan Richards, I think?

None. I was one of those unfortunates born double recessive for the Sports Gene. Not a trace!

The silver lining for us double recessives is that come NFL season, the trails are all ours!!

+1 for college football. Go you hairy dawgs!

I don't watch much lately, but for me spectator sports ended after the World Series and didn't pick back up until Spring Training.

I don't watch much lately, but for me spectator sports ended after the World Series and didn't pick back up until Spring Training.
+1. Besides cycling, baseball is about it for me.

I watch football after Thanksgiving, but only if there's an interesting story line in the season...a cinderella team, or whatever. Superbowl Sunday is my favorite day of the year. Everything is empty! The world is mine, I tell you!

F1 is good, but hard to see live in the States, due to the time difference. Nascar is a bore to me.

Speaking of cycling on TV, have you ever noticed that Paul Sherwin begins every comment he makes during a race by repeating the last sentance that Phil Ligget just said? Seriously! Check it out when the Tour starts next week!

Phil: "My goodness, Hincapie was certainly showing good form in the spring classics."

Paul: "Hincapie was showing good form in the spinrg classics, but he's 16 minutes in the arears now..."

Phil: "This is usually the warmest part of France during this time of year..."

Paul: "Usually the warmest part of France during this time of year, but great conditions today."

Bocci: Hands down the most exciting spectator sport there is.

NASCAR: I am a closet redneck.

If I watch any sports it's the NFL and only if the Bronco's are one of the teams playing (born in CO).
Sometimes I'll watch figure skating with my wife or maybe the Olympics. I kind of like the weigh lifting.

Baseball, because you don't really have to pay attention and can do other things at the same time.

Used to be F1 but the rule changes over the past few years mean that for me it is now ruined. It is supposed to be the Ultimate Motor sport, but the rule for the last couple of seasons about NO tyre changes meant that the drivers could not afford to push the Car to the limit as the tyres would not make it. The still current rule about one engine having to do two races means that you cannot push the engines. Then the Timed practice- This year has got something sensible and I think is probably the best it has ever been. Problem is that the limitations placed on preserving machinery no longer delivers the ultimate sport. Then any form of motor sport no longer has the same fascination for me. EXCEPT Moto GP. Here is a sport on a vehicle that I am not interested in- Motorbikes but the racing is fantastic. Can't overtake in an F1 car- Watch Moto GP for all aspects of racing coming to the fore.

I don't know, its close, but domino's sure beats Soccer!

TV- who watches TV other than july????

Superbike racing. Just beautiful. Poetry in Motion. :) But I don't care who wins, I just like the line and form.

In order of preference:

1-Baseball, preferably Yankee baseball
2-Football
3-Hockey

+1 for college football. Go you hairy dawgs!

+1 Class of 1976

I played a lot of baseball as a kid and as a young man. That was back when the uniforms were made of wool and were always 9 sizes too big.

I still like the game and like to watch the Cleveland Indians on TV. I tend to watch more baseball if the Indians are having a good season, so this season I'm almost TV free. :(

Watching football or basketball is quite rare for me, although it's easy to get caught up in the Caviliers with LeBron James and the playoffs and all the hype.

My wife is a graduate of the same high school that LeBron played for when he was building his fame. She watches far more basketball than I do.

Football... the kind with a round ball. :)

Still recovering from the Dutch loss to Portugal today, alas. And hoping my boys from Spain are gonna open a can of whup-derriere on Les Bleus on Tuesday!

Baseball is the only sport I watch on TV

Motorsports: F-1, ChampCar, IRL (don't say that too loud!), MotoGP, GP2, WRC, NCTS

Hockey, hands down. I grew up thinking Dan Kelly was the best announcer I ever heard, but I don't know who wouldn't become a hockey fan listening to/watching Mike Emmrick calling games. I'd love to hear him call a sprint in the Tour de France!

I also can't live without bass fishing on OLN on Sunday ams or World's Strongest Man. Lawn mower racing. Sitting in a smokey sports bar staring at a 19" color TV mounted on the wall, watching $1000 claimers from some dust bowl 5 furlong track run for the third time that week, racing for a $500 purse. THAT'S good stuff.

Womens wrestling. Big busted babes beating the snot out of each other. Cold brew and a meatball sandwich. Priceless. bk

Superbike racing. Just beautiful. Poetry in Motion. :) But I don't care who wins, I just like the line and form.
+1

The uniforms in the Olympic Womans' Beach Volleyball were interesting.

Don't watch TV. Don't own one.

Midget Roller Derby!

MOTOGP!!!

but I watch it real time on the laptop at motogp.com. 2nd World superbike, 3rd AMA

Thunder ball! Except James Caan is probably too old to skate anymore. And ever since he got his legs broke up by that crazy woman a few years ago.......maybe James Caan in a wheelchair and Thunderball? Senior citizen Thunderball! Kids Thunderball! Little girls riding pink and purple bikes with sparkly streamers and training wheels and Thunderball! Pets from the pound Thunderball. Greyhound racing and Thunderball. Gardeners, bird hunters, and people with butterfly nets and Thunderball! Illegal immigrants, Oregonian gas station attendants and politicians and Thunderball! Mystery book writers, Microsoft programmers and bike mechanics and Thunderball! The list is endless.

"This week, ladies and gentlemen, we have here at the Halliburton Thunderball Arena a team of salad eaters that dont like cucumbers, people that try to fry eggs on black cars in hot weather, and those who thought they could get a new career by taking a gemology course. In just one hour, only one team will stand (sic) victorious!"

Motorcycle racing - - any kind; but I prefer dirt over pavement and GP over Superbike.

Golf. It's about the only thing I watch on TV, period. And I read during the commercials.

Thunder ball! Except James Caan is probably too old to skate anymore.
Uh, do you mean Rollerball?

ACC Basketball

Paint drying.

Speaking of cycling on TV, have you ever noticed that Paul Sherwin begins every comment he makes during a race by repeating the last sentance that Phil Ligget just said? Seriously! Check it out when the Tour starts next week!

Phil: "My goodness, Hincapie was certainly showing good form in the spring classics."

Paul: "Hincapie was showing good form in the spinrg classics, but he's 16 minutes in the arears now..."

Phil: "This is usually the warmest part of France during this time of year..."

Paul: "Usually the warmest part of France during this time of year, but great conditions today."
Paur Sherwin & Phil Ligett are the best announcer pair on TV. The one thing about Sherwin that bugs me is when he misuses the word "literally". Many times he has said that someone "literally exploded" on the climb, which brings out images of Monty Python.

Besides the Tour, I never miss an F1 race. Now that I have a digital video recorder (similar to TIVO) I again watch NFL football. I had given up on it because of all the commercials, but now I set the DVR and start watching the game about 1 1/2 hour after the start time. Jumping through the commercials and half time I usually catch up to live action towards the end of the 4th quarter.

I got high definition along with the DVR, and I will watch almost anything that is HD. I am still blown away by the quality after 7 months. I am even getting into World Cup.

Trickshot bowling on ESPN

I went to high school in Oakland, CA, so I like to watch NFL football, but it's too bad the Raiders aren't as mean and dirty as they used to be...

But then I've been living in Canada for the past 34 years, so I like to watch ice hockey (what a great Stanley Cup series this year, Edmonton and Carolina; too bad the Canes won, but at least Rod Brind'Amour is from British Columbia - actually, the Canes had more Canadians on it than the Oilers...)

I also like watching Canadian football. In fact, I think I prefer it to US football. A wider field, 3 downs instead of 4, and a longer field make for a far, far more wide-open passing game. Plus, it's possible to get single points on punts or missed field goals, so there's way more strategy. The Grey Cup is always a close game, unlike the Super Bowl, which is usually a super blowout decided by halftime.

I was also really getting into the World Cup, but any more games like Switzerland/Ukraine and I may go back to Craftsman Trucks...

- L.

I went to high school in Oakland, CA, so I like to watch NFL football, but it's too bad the Raiders aren't as mean and dirty as they used to be...

But then I've been living in Canada for the past 34 years, so I like to watch ice hockey (what a great Stanley Cup series this year, Edmonton and Carolina; too bad the Canes won, but at least Rod Brind'Amour is from British Columbia - actually, the Canes had more Canadians on it than the Oilers...)

I also like watching Canadian football. In fact, I think I prefer it to US football. A wider field, 3 downs instead of 4, and a longer field make for a far, far more wide-open passing game. Plus, it's possible to get single points on punts or missed field goals, so there's way more strategy. The Grey Cup is always a close game, unlike the Super Bowl, which is usually a super blowout decided by halftime.

I was also really getting into the World Cup, but any more games like Switzerland/Ukraine and I may go back to Craftsman Trucks...

- L.

KennyThe Snake was awesome.

often motorcycle road racing - WSB, WSS, AMA, MotoGP - 250 & 125
ski racing, especially the big Downhills, SuperG and GSs
Dakar (terrible broadcast team and coverage this year...)
used to luv hockey, back in the days of Orr, Richard, Gump, Sawchuk, Howe and so on.
Gretsky kept me interested, when the Euros came over it was new and better (more skating less hacking), but now the hack level is off the meter and not worth the effort.

Soccer/FuBball? - Mexican league - so heavy on the showboat style that they should all wear masks and costumes like their wrestlers. EPL - sometimes okay, often more like rollerball - refs are all descendents of Sweeny Todd..., Bundtes Liga - same as EPL except they smile incessantly as they hack the shins out of their opponents - like Lothar Mathias. French League - more the same of today's Italy V Aussie and Schweiz V Ukraine stuff. SerieA - heavy acting, occassional rare glimpses of football. Argentinian league - DaKine!!!
Brasil league - beautiful can also be boring when itz mostly 'pass-around'.
MLS - often quite some fun

Rugby - real sport, real exciting, reffed by real refs who take **** from no one. always worth recording.

gymnastics - watching perfect human specimens is enthralling, even if they are only 12 yrs old. The old "SO THATS what that muscle is spposed to look like..."

Iditerod - truly alien lifeforms

anything with nice lookin wimmenses

Big Paulie is right. Its Rollerball.

Big Paulie is right. Its Rollerball.
Woo hoo!!! I got one right for a change!!! :D

Although, recasting Jamed Caan in a remake of Thunderball has it's appeal, especially if they bring back Ursela Andress!!!

Superbike racing. Just beautiful. Poetry in Motion.
+2. What gets me is when a rider will lose the bike in a curve at 100 mph, slide 30 yards on pavement, hit the sand and do a couple of somersaults into the hay bales, then get up and start kicking the bike like it was the bike's fault it went down.
My favoritest motorcycle race is the Isle of Mann TT. Those guys are nutz!!!

I bet Big Paulie gets stuff right all the time.
And I probably get stuff wrong all the time.

Women's Figure Skating. Where, oh where, are they keeping all those gorgeous babes? I swear, there must be some enormous secret base where they're hiding them.

That aside, I'll catch a Red Sox game when I can.

Never was or would have been a star but I really liked track in Jr. Hi and H.S. I was ran over the winter of my Junior year and that ended that but I love watching track and field on TV. Hmm...neither of my sports are really televised much.

Anything on ESPN 8 'The Ocho'
Then Football, Nascar, soccer, Champ cars, and baseball.

Any world championship chess match woweee some AWESOME moves, spine tingling blood racing

next ....flyfishing fantastic wrist motions