# You hear "sports" what's the first you think of? (no peeking at other repl **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764 "2005-08-12T19:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/1 "2005-08-12T19:06:21Z")
Football – if team is implied Golf – if individual ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/2 "2005-08-12T19:08:28Z")
Bar. As in sports bar. As far as sports themselves, probably basketball. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/3 "2005-08-12T19:13:58Z")
Hockey. What do you mean, there are other sports? ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/4 "2005-08-12T19:21:57Z")
X Games ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/5 "2005-08-12T19:28:15Z")
Curling. Or Hurling. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/6 "2005-08-12T19:29:22Z")
Okay, seriously, football. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/7 "2005-08-12T19:33:50Z")
Fans. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/8 "2005-08-12T19:35:19Z")
A vague sort of event with people in shorts running pellmell around a field, with some hurdles thrown in here and there and some people carrying pole vault sticks. I know it’s not exactly a real sport, but it’s the image that immediately springs to my non-athletic mind. If you stipulated that it must be an actual sport, I’d go with volleyball. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/9 "2005-08-12T19:47:55Z")
Mutants, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/10 "2005-08-12T19:49:04Z")
American Football ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/11 "2005-08-12T19:50:07Z")
Baseball ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/12 "2005-08-12T19:52:36Z")
Nfl ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/13 "2005-08-12T19:53:51Z")
Football, baseball, & basketball. I do not consider golf a sport. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/14 "2005-08-12T20:10:45Z")
baseball basketball football in that order. (Assuming you mean pro sports, which is the first thing I thought of upon reading the word “sports”.) Then, the mental picture of that guy doing the ski jump and crashing from the old CBS “Wide World Of Sports” intro, with the voiceover mentioning “…and the AGONY of DEFEAT.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/15 "2005-08-12T20:12:10Z")
Football, football, football… ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/16 "2005-08-12T20:18:30Z")
Hard to say. Generally just a vague impression of grown men in silly outfits and large drunken crowds before my brain shuts down entirely. Now on the other hand if I hear the term “sport”…well, pretty much the same thing but I’ll have made a nice cup of tea first. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/17 "2005-08-12T23:15:07Z")
Football. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/18 "2005-08-12T23:29:28Z")
Weird, from reading just the subject line, I thought “soccer.” But I hate soccer, I think it’s boring to watch and I’ve only ever played it once. I wish I’d thought of “football” first. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/19 "2005-08-12T23:31:32Z")
Football. Aussie rules to be precise. Not that I’m a fan, it’s just what springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764/20 "2005-08-12T23:32:16Z")
Track (athough I’ve been told that’s “athletics” and not “sports”). Maybe it’s because I ran track in school. Baseball comes up next. Maybe because I got stuck in O’s traffic on the drive home. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-hear-sports-whats-the-first-you-think-of-no-peeking-at-other-repl/316764.md?page=2)