Professional Dominoes on ESPN2 wrote:What's next, All Star Cribbage?
OH NO THEY DIDN'T!!!!
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TSN up here actually broadcasts spelling bees...and they've been doing it for years, even before Spelling bees were cool.
They also show darts and pool--what's next televised bottle cap tossing?
And what's with televised Poker?
Professional sports is getting WAY out of hand..it's seriously not about the sport anymore
They also show darts and pool--what's next televised bottle cap tossing?
And what's with televised Poker?
Professional sports is getting WAY out of hand..it's seriously not about the sport anymore
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I don't get the deal with the rise in Poker's popularity--I mean I used to enjoy playing before it became trendy---but how exiting can it be to watch someone play?
I'll try it sometime and see...but I don't know.
I'll try it sometime and see...but I don't know.
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
I don't have a problem with TV broadcasting not-quite-so-athletic sports. Not saying that I would personally tune into sedentary events like poker, but it's always nice to have variety on TV. If there's an audience for these sports, then why not show them? I think that's democratic. Why should TV sports programming be slave to the "mainstream" dynasties like baseball, football, and basketball? (Referring only to the U.S., that is.)
You're just not limber and coordinated enough. I can eat the right sandwich while doing anything.
I think televised card games are beyond silly. Then again, ESPN used to show midget tossing when it first went on the air, so the more things change.....
I think televised card games are beyond silly. Then again, ESPN used to show midget tossing when it first went on the air, so the more things change.....
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Poker's the only thing that can get me to watch ESPN, the Travel Channel, or Bravo (which I don't get on my new cable package. it's ok, Celebrity Poker was only good for switching to during commercials. and now that they've signed Helmuth in Gordon's place, I don't think I could stand it).
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I don't see a problem with televising different games and events...but are they sprots?
Is a spelling bee a sport?
Poker?
Darts?
(all of these CAN be done while eating a sandwich)
It's funny, some people have a probelm with BallRoom dancing in the Olympics--but no one sees a problem with figure skating in the Winter Olympics (other than the biast shoddy judging)
Is a spelling bee a sport?
Poker?
Darts?
(all of these CAN be done while eating a sandwich)
It's funny, some people have a probelm with BallRoom dancing in the Olympics--but no one sees a problem with figure skating in the Winter Olympics (other than the biast shoddy judging)
I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
Glad to see my wise definitions are catching on.drew wrote: Is a spelling bee a sport?
Poker?
Darts?
(all of these CAN be done while eating a sandwich)
I'll occasionally watch poker or pool but i don't consider either a sport.
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I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
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Amen brutha
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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