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Flyingbebert 
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Joined: April 19 2005
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 Posted: September 11 2005 at 09:34 |
 Citanul wrote:
I like cricket, but I prefer rugby to cricket. In fact, those are the only two sports that South Africa has really been any good at, other than a few isolated incidents in things like swimming, athletics and tennis. |
Yeah another vote from me in favor of Rugby ! It is by far the most progressive sport...The build-up of the actions before scoring is as gorgeous as the best prog build-ups by Genesis, Yes...
Of course rugby was better in the 70's, the new rules make it such a stereotyped game (just joking, I'm not old enough to have really known rugby at that time) !
Moreover Rugby is not really well-known and appreciated in the whole world (like prog). Only a few countries have good teams (England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Australia, New-Zealand, Argentina ... and I think South Africa too)
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greenback
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Location: Canada
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Posted: September 10 2005 at 23:57 |
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the best sport is long driving
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Ben2112
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Joined: March 15 2005
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Posted: September 08 2005 at 20:54 |
Borealis wrote:
^ I like Hockey too, but will get a real interest if Québec get a team once again. Now I a bit taking for Montréal (well...) and Vancouver.
Khabibulin, Aucoin and Lapointe sure are great acquisisions.
Montréal ; No change in the team! I wasn't liking them much, but now... |
I hear ya man. I'm an American fan but there has been no greater crime in pro sports over the past decade than what Gary Bettman (and others I am sure) has done to the Canadian fans of the sport. It's actually the same type of thing that has killed the Blackhawks in recent years: the inability to compete with teams like Detroit  , Colorado and others with so much money to throw around that other teams have basically no chance. Hockey has been screaming for a hard salary cap for years, and I think it will be just what the doctor ordered for smaller market teams.
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Borealis
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Joined: May 06 2005
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Posted: September 08 2005 at 18:58 |
^ I like Hockey too, but will get a real interest if Québec get a team once again. Now I a bit taking for Montréal (well...) and Vancouver.
Khabibulin, Aucoin and Lapointe sure are great acquisisions.
Montréal ; No change in the team! I wasn't liking them much, but now...
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Vive le Québec libre!...
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Ben2112
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Posted: September 08 2005 at 17:40 |
Any hockey fans?
I used to be a HUUUUGE fan, and play some as well. Though I have largely lost interest the last several years (in the NHL at least), I must say I am nevertheless looking forward to this season as it appears my hapless Chicago Blackhawks are FINALLY a contender again (thanks in no small part to the new Collective Bargaining Agreement's salary rules). 
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Sekkyoku
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Joined: April 27 2005
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Posted: September 08 2005 at 07:33 |
I don´t like any team sports at all, especially not football (soccer). Perhaps it is because of the lack of complexity, I haven´t really thought of that before. It´s boring to watch, however.
I like martial arts (traditional or sport-converted). I practise Tae Kwon Do a lot, and sometimes compete.
Other sports that can be fun to watch are Track and Field, and Gymnastics.
Take care now.
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KoS
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Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: September 03 2005 at 03:12 |
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I like bastketball GO LAKERS!(im from LA)
i also like futbol and Judo(good Prog sport)
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Dick Heath
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Joined: April 19 2004
Location: England
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 20:48 |
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abyssyinfinity
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Joined: May 13 2005
Location: Italy
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Points: 443
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 18:20 |
Motorsports (only on TV...  )
VALENTINO ROSSI RULES! 
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Drew
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Joined: June 20 2005
Location: California
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Points: 12600
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 14:16 |
yeah- college basketball-0 ncaa tourny- best event ever- makes the world cup look like crap!
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Arnold Layne
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 14:09 |
Logos wrote:
But have any of you ever watched curling?
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I like curling but ive hear thats a canadian thing
Hey, 40 posts, Im a groupie now
Edited by Arnold Layne
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HELP!
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Fearless
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Joined: July 11 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 14:05 |
anybody like Basketball? me favorite sport  I love also golf, tennis, and (american) football.
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If you don't stand up
You don't stand a chance!
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Arnold Layne
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 14:00 |
Drew wrote:
Baseball is great- its our sport- if people say they don't like baseball- they dont ubderstand it.
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i understand baseball but still I hate it. I even know someone who is playing it in a local league and he liked it at the start but now he hates it as well
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HELP!
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Drew
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:57 |
Baseball is great- its our sport- if people say they don't like baseball- they dont ubderstand it.
College football is my favorite. (not soccer- but football)
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Arnold Layne
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Location: Canada
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 13:19 |
Football(Soccer) the best sport ever and i play year round
i love progressive music far more than anything else
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dojo
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Joined: August 27 2005
Location: Romania
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Posted: August 27 2005 at 10:14 |
Cannot say I'm a specialist in prog, but I have no connection with
cricket or baseball since in Romania we don't have these sports ..
official :D
I still practice karate, well am in a small vacation since I had some back problems, due to sedentary work 
Hope I'll get back soon :)
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RaphaelT
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Location: Poland
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 09:59 |
[/QUOTE] That's actually croquet on the Nursery Cryme cover. Some of you may have seen this before, but I'll post it anyway:
Cricket: As explained to a foreigner... You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
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Thanks for explanation, it was illuminating, but tell me - how do cricket players score goals?
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yet you still have time!
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Citanul
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Joined: June 14 2005
Location: South Africa
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Posted: August 26 2005 at 09:51 |
Borealis wrote:
I got a question for Europeans : Do most of you
know how to play American football, or no one know a rule? (like most
people here about cricket )
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Well I'm not a European, but I'll give it a go.
American football is similar to rugby in that the aim is to get the
ball to the area behind the opposing teams posts. It differs from
rugby in the following ways:
The amount of protective clothing.
The ball may be passed forwards (in rugby it may be kicked forwards, but must be passed backwards).
Each team is made up of two sub-teams, an offensive and a defensive
one, one of which will be on the field while the team is attacking, and
the other while the team is defending.
The team in possession has 4 attempts in which they must gain 10 yards, otherwise possession is given to the other team.
I know that there are things that I've missed, but that's all that I
can think of right now. I think non-Americans know more about
American football than Americans know about cricket from movies and TV,
as I don't think there's been a movie or a TV series that has had
cricket playing a significant part.
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Be or be not. There is no question. - Yoda, Prince of Denmark
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Borealis
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Joined: May 06 2005
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Points: 599
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 20:30 |
Paradox wrote:
I would have thought most prog fans would do as little sport as possible. |
Eh, why? We are all nerdy jerk who waste all their time playing computer game in our basements? 
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Vive le Québec libre!...
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Borealis
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Posted: August 25 2005 at 20:28 |
I absolutly love to play to a almost any sport; Hockey, Baseball, Tennis (the one I do the most), American Football, Soccer/Football, and others too. On TV, It's great to watch American Football and Hockey, Baseball sometime, mainly in the playoffs.
I got a question for Europeans : Do most of you know how to play American football, or no one know a rule? (like most people here about cricket )
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Vive le Québec libre!...
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