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jampa17 
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 Posted: May 14 2012 at 11:36 |
Football, the real one (you know, with a real ball and played with feet), that's the most popular sport on Earth, also my favorite.
But I also love basketball, baseball and Volleyball, but those are not that popular.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 14 2012 at 10:57 |
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^Israelis just love basketball.
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frippism
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Posted: May 14 2012 at 10:51 |
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I'm surprised Basketball has so little love D: . It's probably my favorite sport along with Amercian Football.
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OT Räihälä
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Posted: May 14 2012 at 09:38 |
 akamaisondufromage wrote:
^ Trouble is Baseball is so international they play Quiditch in more countries than that.
Guess its not that popular. |
AFAIK baseball is the most popular sport in Japan, practically their national game. Apart from that I believe it's a major sport in US only. There are of course different variants of the same game, like cricket and pesäpallo. Cricket must be the most widely spread game of that genre, because it's big in many parts of the Commonwealth, especially in South Asia.
Football is number one game in all but two European countries when measured by the number of spectators. The exceptions are Lithuania (basketball) and Finland (ice hockey), but if you count by the number of players, football is easily number one also in Finland.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 18:48 |
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Of these choices, Hockey.
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manofmystery
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 18:40 |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 18:29 |
^Yeah, I don't think Baseball is THAT international. We've got it here in Norway, but it's basically played by kids in school playgrounds on a highly unorganized level 
And we don't call it Baseball. We call it 'slåball' (yes, with an 'å') 
Edited by The Bearded Bard - May 13 2012 at 18:30
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 18:09 |
^ Trouble is Baseball is so international they play Quiditch in more countries than that.
Guess its not that popular.
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smartpatrol
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 17:40 |
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where the f**k is baseball!?! That's the best sport out there (well, that and Quidditch)!
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 17:10 |
1. Football (I refuse to add its rather idiotic name used in North America)
2. Ice Hockey
3. Handball
4. Basketball
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CPicard
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 16:47 |
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I can't stand soccer.
Ice hockey is to me what Water Polo would look to a Saharaoui.
A friend of mine plays in a female handball team. She must bring me some pictures taken in the showers.
So, I vote for handball.
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 14:33 |
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I find football/soccer to be somewhat appealing, but have never really gotten into the sport. From the list, basketball, because it's fun to play (sometimes) and I enjoy the college game when I get around to watching it.
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I love dogs, I've always loved dogs
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 13:19 |
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To play? Soccer. To watch, I prefer hockey
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Tapfret
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 12:02 |
OT Räihälä wrote:
Tapfret wrote:
Machismo attitude? Who would consider such a horrible thing existing amongst male competitive athletes?
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What goes on on ice doesn't really bother me, but rather what the ice hockey people write in the papers and/or say on TV. That's soooo 20th century. |
Well, I can't disagree with that. Sports writers/commentators in general are pretty bad. Only surpassed in poor professional writing skills by internet political correspondents. I would be so much happier with televised athletics if they just had an in-arena mic and let us supply our on thoughts and analysis.
akamaisondufromage wrote:
The great thing about football is that you can
play it anywhere and with just about any number of people. |
Which is what makes it the most popular sport in the world. All you need is something round (about the size of a head, hopefully soft), the ability to draw a giant rectangle on the ground, and 4 sticks to mark the goals. OOPS!!! EDIT FAIL DOUBLE POST! SORRY...
Edited by Tapfret - May 13 2012 at 12:04
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Tapfret
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 12:00 |
I'm a bad editor.....
Edited by Tapfret - May 13 2012 at 12:05
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 11:54 |
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The great thing about football is that you can play it anywhere and with just about any number of people.
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tamijo
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 11:48 |
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Soccer/Football
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 11:26 |
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I've played Soccer for years and I really enjoy playing it and watching it. I also love watching Hockey, but I don't think I'd be really fit to play it; Plus, it's expensive.
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OT Räihälä
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 10:54 |
Tapfret wrote:
Machismo attitude? Who would consider such a horrible thing existing amongst male competitive athletes?
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What goes on on ice doesn't really bother me, but rather what the ice hockey people write in the papers and/or say on TV. That's soooo 20th century.
manofmystery wrote:
Soccer and basketball have the amazing ability of being equally boring but for completely opposite reasons. One has men of average height slowly plodding up and down a field the size of Central Park |
Isn't it about the same size as in those rugby related games (ca. 100mx70m)? I think football is much easier to follow even for those who aren't really familiar with the game than the different rugbies/handegg games, because all players aren't chasing the ball and each other all the time. In the American rugby, they are even wearing gear that makes it impossible to recognize the creatures bumping into each other on the pitch. And there are also too many lines on the pitch.
Ice hockey on the other hand is even more strange game. Players wear similar gear to those American handegg players, but you can hardly see the puck they play with. Players even wear gloves and helmets, yet they always take them off before they start whacking each others's faces. Why do they have the helmets?
It's funny that there are more registered football players in the USA than in any other country, both male and female, and the USA has also become one of the top international teams the world. Yet only few people see it as an American game.
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: May 13 2012 at 10:32 |
JJLehto wrote:
Not what I expected....
Was certain it would be:
Soccer/Football
Handegg
Baseball
Hockey (maybe bball)
Well my favorites aren't listed and I don't like basketball, and don't know team handball
So I guess Hockey
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That would be a list of sports popular in the States. 
Football of course. I always think Basketball is a sport about missing rather than scoring. Dull to watch.
Handball is a very popular sport especially in Europe. Baseball is about as international as Pelota.
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