# Least likely radio sports **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 23, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467 "2013-04-23T03:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/1 "2013-04-23T03:35:23Z")
A few weeks ago, my local sports radio station broadcast the Masters. Not surprisingly, golf is pretty much impossible to follow on the radio. Then I remembered this station also broadcast Olympic ice dancing (!). What sports have you been genuinely surprised to hear on the radio? ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/2 "2013-04-23T11:56:06Z")
Novel writing form Dorchester? Tennis, particularly doubles, is usually pretty stultifying. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/3 "2013-04-23T14:30:09Z")
Track and Field. Especially the 10,000 meter run. “They’re making another left turn!” Or is that NASCAR? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/4 "2013-04-23T15:20:21Z")
I would have once thought NASCAR would be pointless to listen to on the radio, but once on a twelve-hour drive, I was bored enough to give it a shot. It was actually way more entertaining than on TV. On TV it’s just a bunch of cars going in circles, and sometimes one passes the other and sometimes they crash. But on the radio they are giving you a good description of what’s going on with regard to strategy and whatnot. It was much more engaging than any time I’ve tried to watch NASCAR. ---
**Author:** ![brad\_d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@brad\_d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brad_d)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/5 "2013-04-23T16:08:56Z")
Back in 1994 I tried listening to a World Cup soccer match on the radio while driving across the California desert. I like soccer, but this was dreadfully dull. Auto racing radio broadcasts can be surprisingly engaging if the producers know what they’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/6 "2013-04-23T16:25:48Z")
I can’t imagine that bowling would be at all interesting on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/7 "2013-04-23T16:26:01Z")
It’s up to the announcers. Good announcers can turn a dull baseball game into something exciting. > [@](#): > > And there’s a solid hit out to left field. It’s going…it’s going…it’s going…it’s going FOUL! Tons of exceitement. If you’re watching it, then it’s just a pitcher’s duel, scoreless in the seventh. Also see Reagan’s favorite anecdote bragging about how good a liar he was. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/8 "2013-04-23T16:27:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I can’t imagine that bowling would be at all interesting on the radio. And it’s more interesting if you watch it? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/9 "2013-04-23T19:33:11Z")
Darts. Seriously. > **[Global Darts](http://www.globaldarts.de/globalDartsEN/misc/articles/Radio.html)** > > Global Darts ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/10 "2013-04-23T19:46:47Z")
Cricket is great on the radio. Test Match Special from the BBC is one of the finest sport programmes on the planet. It can be very eccentric though, but in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/11 "2013-04-23T19:54:06Z")
High diving Synchronized swimming Shot Put Any and all of the X-Games Fencing ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/12 "2013-04-23T20:22:38Z")
Chess, bridge, poker or Scrabble. Do keep in mind that one of the most famous radio acts of all time was a ventriloquist and his dummy. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/13 "2013-04-24T16:15:22Z")
A ping pong match. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/14 "2013-04-24T18:40:32Z")
Sky diving Ballroom dancing Archery Poker ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/15 "2013-04-25T01:04:05Z")
I never understood how boxing was one of the big draws in the golden age of radio, but it was. I remember seeing a photo of people listening to a Joe Louis fight in the forties, and they wore three piece suits and cocktail dresses. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-likely-radio-sports/656467/16 "2013-04-25T02:49:07Z")
The student radio station at The University of Alabama used to broadcast the gymnastic meets. I’m not sure if they still do.