I'm not sure whether this belongs here or in general chatter, seeing as most of the stuff here seems to be fandoms, so mods please move as appropriate. Most of my teen years were spent as the kind of person who derided sports because a) no one took the time to explain them to me in a way I understood and b) I was a geek and geeks deriding sports was The Done Thing when I was in my high school years. I made a small exception for baseball. Then I lived with my platonic life partner and her family for a while and discovered that I really love hockey??? (I live in South Carolina, her family's from Boston. Yes fellow hockey people that means I am Bruins trash. Sorry not sorry.) And that sort of made the whole sports thing click, although no one has as yet explained football in a way I understand. Anyway, this thread is so people can tell me about how awesome their favorite sport is and why I should love it! Because this is a thing I would like. My favorite thing about organized sports teams is that inclusive "you like thing? So do I!!" mindset that you also get from seeing people wear a shirt with your favorite band or show on it. And I want to share in that.
Also if anyone wants to talk about team chances next season. I am also 100% here for that. I read gossipy sports blogs about this stuff a lot. And I do not live in an area where college hockey is accessible to me without great cost, so sometimes I get really confused about undrafted players. Who are they? How do I get this information? I am not hooked in to this info and I am aware that the gossipy sports blogs are not a reliable source. ETA: I have just found out that this may have been a poorly timed post given the biggest personal news in hockey right now. To clarify, I have zero problem talking about the cult of celebrity and how weird it is that we pay people so much for sports and related topics, but this is meant to be a happy sports thread and I'd like to take that to PMs.
I might get to play hockey again this year - I haven't played in a couple of years and I'm really excited.
That sounds awesome :D I would love to learn to play but I don't think there's classes or anything around me.
I have no idea what is going on in hockey but boy am I excited about sometimes talking about sports as a weird not-really-fan-but-super-into-it-sometimes. I like watching football (soccer for you gringos) during the world cup or when Bolivia plays against other countries because patriotism and stuff. I don't have much of an opinion on most teams, except that Chelsea is a hot mess, I am nominally a supporter of Barcelona, and that World Cups are the BEST THING. I also really want to get into the Women's World Cup next time it happens, I am a dumbass for not watching it this time XD I used to play Basketball in high school and it was fun, even if I wasn't very close to my team and weren't particularly great. It was still good, and I am now nominally a fan of the Celtics since I lived in Cambridge for two years. My biggest sport love? QUIDDITCH. ALL QUIDDITCH. YES IT IS A SPORT. WE ARE A LEGIT SPORT AND AWESOME AND I LOVE QUIDDITCH AND YOU SHOULD GOOGLE MUGGLE QUIDDITCH AND IQA AND JUST. QUIDDITCH. <3