Whats your towns most popular sport?

[Guest Italian Stallion]

The news is starting to piss me off. Yeah where I live isn't much of a hockey town but come the fuck on, it's the Stanley Cup Finals. The sports part comes on, first baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, and then they talk about a couple trades, and no hockey. Today's hockey game was fucking great. But no news on it. So what's the most talked about or most important sport in your hometown? By the way I live in Santa Monica.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

My town itself's most popular sports are HS football & wrestling.

 

I'll add the pros.

 

Yankees - Number one.

Giants/Jets/Cowboys/49ers - the most popular football teams. most people in my town are a fan of one of them

Mets/Nets - tied. No one cares too much about either

Knicks/Devils/Rangers - No one cares at all

[Lightning Flik 0]

Since I'm from Edmonton the only thing that gets played on the news:

 

Edmonton Oilers - Our NHL team.

 

Calgary Flames - Everyone who fucking became a turncoat of an Oiler fan.

 

Edmonton Eskimos - Our CFL team (we won the Grey Cup last year, go us go!)

 

That's about it. I'm just really irked about the Flames thing. We cheer Oilers not Flames. So stop saying "Go Flames GO".

[Guest Choken One]

I can't fucking believe i created the same god damn thread as he did.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

In my home town, the most popular sport was HS Football. Our rivalry game usually is packed on both ends. You can't find parking to save your soul. And then basketball would be a close second.

 

As for the Pro Sports, since this is in the Bay Area, the Raiders and Niners are the most popular football teams, Giants/A's for basball, and for basketball, well I am not too sure, I know I am a Warriors and Kings fan, but I think many like the Lakers amoung other teams. And the Sharks are the most popular Hockey team. Pretty straight forward.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Without a doubt, baseball. Cubans are fanatical about baseball, and in a town basically based on our hispanic population plus a world series championship, the Marlins get mad love around here.

Also for some odd reason the Dolphins have some crazy support as well. No support for that joke of a hockey franchise and no support until recently for the Heat.

 

And when I lived in LA, I remember in regards to football, most people loved the Rams, Niners, or Raiders, but could be extremely diversified which made going to the sports bars and such there a lot more fun when you have supporters from just about every team in the league. But when it came to basketball, there was no other team you could legally like in LA county besides the Lakers.

[CanadianChris 0]

Hockey, no question. It's scary how much air time on sports radio and column inches in the two dailies are devoted to the Senators. The 67s and Gatineau Olympiques (major junior teams) get decent coverage as well.

 

Football would be second, with the Renegades just recently joining the CFL, while baseball is a distant third, even though there's a decent AAA team here. Actually, when it's in season, curling gets more coverage around here, so that'd be third.

[Slayer 0]

Marathon fucking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seriously? I have no idea....

[Black Lushus 0]

Nebraska Football...i swear if there's a crazier college state than this dumb ass state i live in, i have yet to see or hear about it...men beat their wives over college football here, men have killed over college football here...don't be an Oklahoma or Texas fan in THIS state and proudly display it, your life WILL be in jeopardy...next is Cubs baseball and Chiefs football...

[Ripper 0]

Man, get this. On the news in Atlanta for about 2 nights, they didn't even report who won in the NBA playoffs. They went from Nascar, to golf, to Hockey, and said "well, thats all for the sports tonight". I thought I might have missed it so I watched the repeat. And yep...no NBA results...AT ALL.

 

In my Home town, it is College football. Troy State Trojans WERE all that was talked about until they changed division and actually lost a game. I mean, the fans there are still rabid. After that I guess it would be High School Football.

[Damaramu 0]

It's football.....duh. The Sooners are all we have.

[Red Baron 0]

Here's how my town goes since I live near the border.

 

Definitly Hockey, but its followed by Toronto then Montreal then Buffalo, and our Junior B Hockey team.

 

Next would be High School football, and especially since our my graduate highschool was ranked number 1 in Ontario and won the Ontario championship (Lakeshore Catholic Highschool), its pretty popular.

 

Then golf.

[Fuzzy Dunlop 0]

In my hometown, it was definitely high school football. My school was right down the street from our biggest rival, and every year we'd have the "Sauk Trail Superbowl."

 

For my city, Chicago, I think it goes Bears, Cubs, Bulls, Sox, Blackhawks, although for the better part of the nineties it was The Bulls on top.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

For Ottawa it goes hockey, football, basketball, soccer, tennis, rugby, then baseball bringing up the rear. Personally, I like baseball the best, then football, although I definitely prefer the NFL to MLB.

 

In terms of the teams, it is the Senators & 67s, then no other team is even close.

[welshjerichomark 0]

I'm not sure if this sport has a name, but it involves driving up and down the high street in kitted out vauxhall corsas, picking up 14 year old girls and shagging them in McDonald's car park. Oh and rugby.

[DangerousDamon 0]

Well, hometown wise, shit it would be high school football. Two state title game appearances, numerous playoff appearances over the last thirty years, league championships, having the head coach of arguably the biggest football program in the country (Michigan) as a former graduate and player, and you have all the makings of a football crazy town.

 

But as far as in the Metro Detroit area, it would be Hockey most of the time, followed by the Pistons,Tigers, and Lions

[nl5xsk1 0]

I'm not sure if this sport has a name, but it involves driving up and down the high street in kitted out vauxhall corsas, picking up 14 year old girls and shagging them in McDonald's car park. Oh and rugby.

Looks like my plans for the summer have been finalized. Finally, a vacation that's worthwhile.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

College basketball: IU or Purdue, and Nascar.

 

There's a lot of Colts and Bears fans, but it doesn't get talked about as much as the above. No one here gives a rat's ass about baseball, the NBA, or Hockey.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

[Brett Favre 0]

My Hometown:

 

1) Baseball = Yankees and the Mets are the most important thing here, and I mean pretty damn important.

 

2) Basketball = New York Knicks/New Jersey Nets. Not so much the Nets as the Knicks. Knicks are damn important around here.

 

3) Football = NY Jets/NY Giants

 

4) Hockey = Very Little People Care. Although there are decent amount of Ranger and Devil fans, haven't seen much Islander fans.

[Guest Redhawk]

Seattle (my hometown) is a football town first. Ranked or not, the UW Huskies are always a big deal. High school football is a big deal, but moreso in the suburbs where the teams are good. And on the occasions when the Seahawks are good, the city is rabid about them.

 

Baseball is probably second, although before 1995 you couldn't find anyone who'd admit to being a Mariners fan. And no one really cares about college or high school baseball.

 

Conversely basketball used to be hot when the Sonics were good, but now no one claims to like them anymore. The UW basketball team was a big deal when they were good last year, and HS basketball is big around here now. And we do have the Storm, who are fairly popular within the city.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

I think it really boils down to what team is winning at any given time. Only real exception is the Red Sox in Boston. Even the Yankees take a back seat during thier (few) losing years.

[Spicy McHaggis 0]

Well L.A. is a bandwagon town essentially, like wrestling marks. If the Clippers got good, they'd be popular. Dodger popularity is based on their winning, or losing, streak. Oh and Trojan fans are now coming out of the woodwork, but UCLA splits the fanbase. I hate non-school affiliated Trojan fans though.

 

The Lakers, obviously, are #1.

[Tawren 0]

Hockey. Only thing close is high school rugby.

[treble 0]

Hockey followed by everything else almost equally. The front page of the sports section in the local paper had an article on the Cup finals and an article on one of the local Jr. A teams. Everything else from pro stuff to local minor sports may get a paragraph or 2 in the 3 or 4 other pages that are dedicated to sports.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Red Wings > Everything else in Michigan.

 

If I had to guess I'd put them in this order:

-Detroit Red Wings

-Michigan Wolverines Football

-Detroit Lions

-Detroit Pistons

-Michigan State Spartans

-Detroit Tigers

[Guest Anglesault]

Even the Yankees take a back seat during thier (few) losing years.

Usually to the Mets

 

I can't really think of time when baseball fell behind another sport, even when both teams were bad for a couple of years.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

From an outsider's perspective, perhaps the New York Rangers in 1994.

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Also for some odd reason the Dolphins have some crazy support as well.

Probably because they were the only team in the city until the Heat came about.

[Guest Anglesault]

From an outsider's perspective, perhaps the New York Rangers in 1994.

Borderline.

 

Baseball was a pretty big news story here all throughout 94.