# Your favorite spectator sport **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661 "2011-02-08T16:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/41 "2011-02-14T04:47:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Other: **College lacrosse**. > [@mnemosyne](#): > > Hockey. (This is Canada - the ice is implied!) > > I’m already addicted: a day without hockey is a sad day indeed. I watch other sports only when there’s no hockey on TV. > [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > I kind of assumed I’d be the first one in to say lacrosse… > > I am a HUGE baseball junkie and, as a Canadian, I am constitutionally bound to love hockey. However, since the first time I saw a game of box lacrosse, I’ve been completely hooked. Best. Spectator. Sport. Ever. If I had to pick just one sport to enjoy purely as a spectator, it would be lacrosse, without question. I haven’t seen a lot of field lacrosse, but what I have seen was also sweet! Being married to a sports junkie, I’ve seen lots of various sports live; I’m not interested in sports much, but I like watching lacrosse live. Hockey and baseball are okay, but lacrosse is FUN to watch live. Give it a try if you have a local team, **Mnemosyne** - it’s like hockey, except with the fun put back in it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/42 "2011-02-14T14:41:32Z")
Extremely close for me between football and ice hockey. NFL football might just edge out. If it were NCAA football vs ice hockey, hockey would win going away, though. I think I prefer hockey as a live spectator sport, though. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/43 "2011-02-15T02:38:55Z")
Baseball is easily number 1 Hockey comes in second, but those sports’ seasons dovetail nicely. But I’d really be disappointed if I couldn’t turn on TV and find an Aussie football game or Irish hurling just for the sheer variety. ESPN used to air things like that as well as Canadian football, which I enjoy more than the U.S. variety (though I live in the U.S.), but alas they no longer have that wide variety of things. I suspect they’ve all gone to cable channels I don’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/44 "2011-02-15T16:14:49Z")
I’m shocked at the lack of love for basketball. I guess a lot of people mildly like basketball, but not many consider it their favorite. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/45 "2011-02-15T17:33:29Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I’m shocked at the lack of love for basketball. I guess a lot of people mildly like basketball, but not many consider it their favorite. Actually basketball is my favorite sport to _play_, and for a long time, to watch as well - until Knicks tickets got so expensive, and the team so unrootable to me (not to mention lousy) for so long that I lost my bug. I still enjoy watching even good pickup basketball games, but as a true fan spectator of pro teams (which is what I assume the OP was about) you really have to know the players not just on your team but their opponents in the same league as well, and I just don’t care enough about the NBA any more to be able to claim that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/46 "2011-02-15T23:32:24Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > I’m shocked at the lack of love for basketball. I guess a lot of people mildly like basketball, but not many consider it their favorite. Basketball is the Circus Peanuts o sport, yup. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/47 "2011-02-16T00:15:39Z")
I play lots of racketball, but it is rarely on TV. I do watch it on line when a tournament is on . ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/48 "2011-02-16T01:55:33Z")
> [@SubcomandanteMarcos](#): > > American College Football, hands down. Ditto. I don’t even care for pro football. My second choice would be MMA (no need for boxing). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661.md?page=2)