# Slowest day in American sports? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314 "2006-07-13T10:41:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/1 "2006-07-13T10:41:00Z")
I was listening to sports radio today, and the host said something about today (wednesday, day after all-star game) being the second slowest, non-eventful day in American sports. I’ve always thought that the day after the all-star game had to be it. There are no games in any of the major 4 sports. There was the WNBA all-star game going on, but that was it. I must have missed what he claimed to be the actual most non-eventful day in sports. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/2 "2006-07-13T12:36:28Z")
Probably the day _before_ the all-star game. Again, none of the four major sports have anything scheduled. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/3 "2006-07-13T12:39:01Z")
But the day before the all-star game has the home-run derby. The day after has nothing baseball-related. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/4 "2006-07-13T14:39:26Z")
At one time, Christmas was a dead day for sports, until the NBA started scheduling a couple of afternoon games. I think the new, official slowest day for sports is some point shortly after the Super Bowl when the NHL and NBA have traditionally taken the day off. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/5 "2006-07-13T17:21:44Z")
The NHL and NBA usually play some games everyday during their seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/6 "2006-07-13T17:24:28Z")
The slowest day in sports is any day there is a baseball game. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/7 "2006-07-13T17:25:05Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > The NHL and NBA usually play some games everyday during their seasons. Except for a few days around the all-star game, at least in the NHL. The NHL also has stopped for a couple of weeks for the winter olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slowest-day-in-american-sports/364314/8 "2006-07-13T18:07:09Z")
> [@zuma](#): > > But the day before the all-star game has the home-run derby. The day after has nothing baseball-related. I guess you missed this then… [AAA All Star Game](http://sports.espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/story?id=2517682)