ESPN: Worldwide Leader in Sports....Sports.
When I turn the channel to ESPN, I expect to be watching things that pertain sports. Sometimes when I watch it, I feel like I am watching ESPN ocho, filled with random activities. Here is my list of things (not in any particular order) I never want to see on ESPN, ever!
1. Scrabble
You may laugh, but I have actually viewed the Scrabble National Championship match on ESPN. Since when do we as a country follow board games as a headlined sport?
And staying with this theme,
2. Chess
There has been several times I have seen chess as the headlined event of the day for ESPN. What's next? Chutes and Ladders? Come on.
3. Fishing
This is a sport. Really? Since when did this happen? If fishing is a sport, than at least half of Michigan's population is flocking with athletes.
4. Darts
I love the game but it really takes no athleticism. Anybody with a tad bit of hand-eye coordination can get good at it.
5. Rodeo or Bull Riding
...I've said enough for this one.
6. Horse Racing
I absolutely love everything about horse racing. But let's be honest, the horses are the real athletes. Yes, jockeys do have make sure that they do everything right in the race but who watches horse racing to watch the jockeys performing? If you disagree with me right now on this one, I want you to, without Googling it, tell me who was the jockey of Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby. That's right you don't know it. Neither do I. We watch it for the horses.
7. Bowling
Almost the same as darts. Only takes good hand-eye coordination. Bowlers aren't really athletes, sorry.
8. Hockey
I have a HUGE bias on this one. Many people consider this a sport, and I say I agree...to an extent. To me it's 20% sport, and 80% a spin-off to WWE. I don't think I've ever watched a full game of hockey where there wasn't a major brawl in the middle.
9. Anything to do with the Lions.
See description on #5.
10. World Series of Poker.
If you know me, you know that I adore poker and everything about it. But to put these poker players on ESPN? Really? They are a bunch of people sitting on comfortable chairs for weeks at a time in a tournament with the only exercising they get is picking up a couple grams of poker chips or flipping their cards in to fold.
So there it is. Things that should never be seen on ESPN again.
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6 comments:
You left out the uncontested #1 most annoying "sport"
BODYBUILDING
If this is a sport you'd have everyone that ever looked in a mirror and ogled themselves conceitedly qualifying for the National Championship
i have a new most annoying commercial that caries on the tradition of insulting the viewers like we're a bunch of cattle. its the one where the insurance chick from the future is showing the ignorant consumer how much they just saved a customer on a big tote board and the savings is like $250 dollars and the IC says "thats a new pair of shoes and the future chick says "or a new tricked out nametag" I mean where the F are these people shopping where F'n shoes and nametags go for more than $2oo bucks its either subliminal messaging to make those price levels acceptable or they think we're too stupid to notice
LOL-->and thats a true lol. I love those commercials. They make me laugh because of how stupid they are.
As I stated the other night, you need to apply your writing skills to a profession. Submit this to the GC Magazine editor and see what she says. Your writing is superb! Yes, I may be biased, but still very critical when it comes to your work! And you rock when it comes to subjects you love!! Love you, MOM
hey Zach,
Now that TN looks like they are going to run the table I really want to see a Titans-Giants Super Bowl. How cool would it be for the Giants to face an 18-0 team in the Super Bowl for the second straight year? Thoughts?
HOCKEY?! Are you out of your mind?! Hockey is not only a sport, it blows away most of the other garbage ESPN shows.
No other sport is steeped in history and tradition like Hockey. No other sport takes as much skill, agility or intelligence as Hockey. (I realize you're a Ravens fan, but please, stay with me here...) No other sport takes as much GUTS as Hockey, not to mention the physical conditioning.
Now, if you want to talk about non-sports, let's start with Nascar. What a joke. Racing isn't a sport, it's what I do on my way to work every morning - pass the jerk in front of me. If that's a sport, screw Richard Petty, _I'M THE KING_ and y'all can bow before me. Seriously, it takes as much skill as poker, also not a sport. Sitting on your ass making left turns, wow - THAT is a thrill. Oooh look, I passed somebody! It's worse than watching a Lions game.
And what about Soccer? Gay white men running is not a sport.
The rest of our list is great...but, Hockey not a sport? You must be crazy.
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