ExiledInIllinois Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." ~Ernest Hemingway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 8 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: "There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games." ~Ernest Hemingway Hemingway should have watched more "games" may have ended up a happier chap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 55 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Hemingway should have watched more "games" may have ended up a happier chap. World Wars will do that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I'm pretty old and just recently heard there is kickball and pickleball , I really am a alien 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 10:30 PM, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said: Was talking with someone today and commented how Soccer has always been considered the worlds #1 sport. Got me thinking, is that still the case or has basketball taken over? 30 to 40 years ago the world centered around the Americas and Europe. Now Asia and even Australia paint a much wider swath and not sure soccer has as large of the following there. Even in Europe basketball seems to be much more popular than in the past. No wait, soccer is simply huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: World Wars will do that... Thats fair. Football probably wouldn't have helped him not remember WWI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Around the world its soccer. In America its football and nothing else is even close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 10:00 PM tonight USWNT plays Canada for Concacaf womens tournament. USA is #1 in World while Canada is #6. This has become a strong rivalry. Paramount+ Winner gets berth in 2024 Olympics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-police-indonesia-java-c31edecf524ddbb1d3a4b276c581d0b0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 7/16/2022 at 4:19 PM, Augie said: I was going to say curling, but you make a good point. Curling has to be second. I grew up watching curling on one of my three channels as a kid. Happy times! I did not realize barbell curing was a spectator sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of a K-Gun Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I opened this thread hoping for some engaging pickleball talk… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Soccer is by FAR the most popular sport on the planet. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 7/15/2022 at 10:59 PM, SinceThe70s said: IMO, the World Cup soccer tournament makes soccer the #1 global sport. No other sport that I can think of has an equivalent global championship with mass interest across so many countries. Cricket is way higher up the list than people realize and I believe it has a World Cup as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 7/16/2022 at 10:44 AM, Rigby said: So if you are a soccer fan, you are simple minded? Just trying to follow your logic here. Yes. And also because the world is impoverished. You only need a foot and a ball. 😉 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritBill Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 11 hours ago, 4merper4mer said: Cricket is way higher up the list than people realize and I believe it has a World Cup as well. Cricket has 2 world cups and a world championship. Due to there being 3 different formats played at international level. Its the National sport in India and Pakistan. Almost a religion in Asia full stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 World wide its soccer In the USA its football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 10/3/2022 at 12:56 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: Yes. And also because the world is impoverished. You only need a foot and a ball. 😉 😜 And not even a ball. My nephew works for a special effect company based in Singapore and one of the special effects he did was a bunch of guys who were annimated into a ball in his first movie. I think it was Shaolin Soccer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 12:57 PM, thenorthremembers said: Thats fair. Football probably wouldn't have helped him not remember WWI. But bullfighting did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 10/2/2022 at 2:37 PM, Nextmanup said: Soccer is by FAR the most popular sport on the planet. There was a comedian years ago who was ripping on soccer. He couldn't understand why it was so popular. He had the perfect line when describing the sport. He said "If I want to watch 3 straight hours of no scoring I will just go the club with my single friends and watch them hit on women". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Soccer, socialism and metric system...three things Europeans have that we don't need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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