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BritBill

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  1. 1 minute ago, chongli said:

     

    To me it just seemed so funny. Like what's next? They are preempting the NFL to show tic tac toe? 

     

    In the US, darts is only done sometimes at bars. It's like playing bingo.

     

    But I understand different countries have different likes.

     

    i read that darts is very popular in the U.K., it is the highest rated indoor/arena sport by far, ahead of snooker, netball, ice hockey, and bowls. [But what the heck are "netball" and "bowls"? I never even heard of those. I guess I'm not too cosmopolitan, lol!]

     

    I think I've explained before Sky Sports Main Event channel shows a live event also being shown on one of the other Sky Sports channels. This time of year one of the other channels becomes Sky Sports Darts and they also chose to put the darts on Main Event too. I suspect viewing figures in the UK for darts will be higher than a regular season NFL game. 

     

    Darts is big over here and a traditional Christmas/New Year world championship has always been looked forward to . Especially by the "working classes". As, like you say, it's a pub game but that's what makes it so relatable to regular folk. Everyone can play. Like golf but less athletic. Prize money for first place this year is £500k. The players are all professionals and are very skillful. I'd say it's akin to the American love of bowling. 

     

    Netball is like basketball. Essentially the aim is to shoot a ball through a hooped net. You can't dribble the ball though. Only pivot, pass and shoot. Mainly played by women. 

     

    Bowls is catnip for retired gentle folk. A game where you send weighted balls at a smaller target. The close your ball gets to the target the more points you get. Like curling but on grass and with balls. My grandparents were big bowlers. If you can watch this film - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337879/ your life will be all that better. 

     

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, Ray Stonada said:

    Miami losing makes it way more likely we can take the division by winning out.

     

    We just need them to lose to either Baltimore or Dallas or the Jets.

     

    I’d say they have less than 25% shot to win all three of those. 
     

    LET’S GO!

     

    I think all 3 of those teams are more than capable of doing to the Dolphins O to what Bills did earlier in the season. 

     

    Miami losing last night was massive in terms of giving the Bills a little leeway in their game this week. The last game of the season really could be for the division. 

    10 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

    Saturday is a big day for us. All 3 games can really help us out or hurt us.

     

    What's the best outcome of the Colts/Steelers you think? 

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  3. 22 minutes ago, JoeF said:

    Mitch is the man!  Hysterical...

     

    So the Bills head coach is a egotistical ####### who has led the team to playoff berth 6 out of 7 years after a 17 year drought.  If the Bills fire him he will be on the market about a day before getting another offer.  Hope they have a solid plan B if this is the route they take.  Letting Josh hand pick his head coach is not a strategy.

     

    Although he is good at picks. 

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