[BeatleManU]

What sports does everyone in here like? Do you like to play them? Watch them? I'm a huge fan of football (soccer), but I watch and play basketball a lot too.

[Mary Murtha]

I used to play basketball in HS, but now only get a chance to play it occassionally with friends. I love college ball!

I also like to ski and water ski.

[jbolte1976]

I used to play football, basketball, some track, in HS.

Now I'm trying to be a MN Vikings fan but they make that challenging , I like watching MMA, and I got into watching the Olympics this year.

I'm trying to be a runner, I ran two 1/2 marathons last summer and I'm hoping to do my 3rd this spring.

Jason

[BeatleManU]

Wow, marathons, how hard is it to train for one of those? Must be really tough. I just watched "Run Fat Boy, Run" and it was about a guy who promised to run the London marathon. It's a comedy, you should check it out though.

[jbolte1976]

I think I will check that movie out, it sounds firmiliar. I haven't done a full marathon, not sure if I will or not. Training for a 1/2 can be tough but you just add a little bit of mileage to your runs every week or so. Depending on what kind of shape your in you can train for a 1/2 marathon in 12 - 16 wks (or less if your in good shape).

I'm definetly not a super athlete or anything, it just takes persistance. Believe it or not, running will become theraputic after you get past the point where you can think about something besides....this sucks, I'm tired, I'm not even half-way done, etc. etc. lol.

Plus you get a huge sense of achievement when you get through it. I plan on running another 1/2 marathon in May so I'm gonna start doing a few runs a week.


Sorry you got me started. Long story short, I enjoy running and I'm looking forward to getting back into it.

Has running gotten very popular in your country as well?

Jason

[aakay4u]

Originally Posted by BeatleManU

What sports does everyone in here like? Do you like to play them? Watch them? I'm a huge fan of football (soccer), but I watch and play basketball a lot too.

I used to play cricket which is similar to baseball in few ways and the most popular in India.It is a dream sport for any young indian kid.However,apart from cricket i love to watch,hockey and soccer.

[buffalo]

Originally Posted by jbolte1976

Now I'm trying to be a MN Vikings fan but they make that challenging

You think that's bad, try being a Lions fan.

I'm a fan of the Detroit Lions (football), Detroit Tigers (baseball), Detroit Pistons (basketball), and Detroit Redwings (hockey). Not so much a fan of the sports themselves, but I like watching my teams.

I'm a huge fan of the Olympics too. I'm really looking forward to the Opening of the Vancouver Olympics next year. Something about the top level international competition is just inspiring and dramatic. And when else do you ever watch stuff like Water Polo and Curling?

[vazrakar]

Let me give my opinion, I love badminton game , in the past I used to play cricket as my first preference, my during my graduation I started to play badminton, and found it is very beneficial in order to survive at winter in India, because it produces a lot of heat and we can feel the heat even as the temperature is very low .

And your thighs become very stiff and muscles build harder, that’s the reason made me to quit cricket as my first preference,

[aryaman2008]

Originally Posted by BeatleManU

What sports does everyone in here like? Do you like to play them? Watch them? I'm a huge fan of football (soccer), but I watch and play basketball a lot too.

I love watching hockey,cricket,soccer,tennis,basketball and squash.I love playing cricket and badminton which i used to play a lot in school and college.However,my number one sport is cricket as it is treated like a religion in my country and people turn into frenzy whenever a match is going on and indians win,there is no better sight than that.

[clittle78]

My family all are big Minnesota Twins fans. We love baseball.

We're kinda torn in the football department. I'm a Steelers fan, but we also have fans for the Cowboys, Dolphins and Seahawks all in the same house.

I love to play basketball with my kids and we all have fun playing our own version of lacrosse in the backyard. Bowling is also a big draw especially in the winter months.

[buffalo]

Originally Posted by clittle78

We're kinda torn in the football department. I'm a Steelers fan,

Must have been a nice Superbowl for you!

[gggggg]

i like playing cricket i m a die hard fan of sachin i also lke playing basketball my height is of great use to me. i also sometime play football inspiration for me is beckham.

[buffalo]

Originally Posted by gggggg

i like playing cricket i m a die hard fan of sachin i also lke playing basketball my height is of great use to me. i also sometime play football inspiration for me is beckham.

Oh, how tall are you?

[mira91]

Hello. I am not that interested in soccer. I'm not sure as to where the thrill lies in, because whenever i watch soccer matches, i find that it's so hard for them to score a goal, and i get bored just waiting to see who actually GETS the first score. haha. Well, i'm interested in netball, floorball, hockey, american football and definitely track & field.

[yasha1]

I like to play Badminton. This is my favorite. I play game with my brother and my mom and dad. Mostly i preferd to play in weekends. Some time i also plys Basketball.

I also watch cricket. In cricinfo.com.

[TheoGio]

Yea! I love badminton also. It's the only sport I was very good at in HS. I was pretty good at swedish vault and gymnastics, but I loved badminton!!

[piya84]

I use to play when i was in college.But since i left it i have grown more and more lazy.Now a days i enjoy sport just on tv.i love to see cricket,football.Sometime i watch tennis matches too.

[phanikollace]

My favorite sport is cricket.I like this game because it gives more relaxation to the mind and by this we can gain body fitness.Most of the people in the world love this game.Its really interesting to watch.

[meutube]

Sport is the part of everyone's life.

I want to play cricket most. Its famous all over the world except USA.
But if you look in other countries like Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, China, all loves cricket.

There are lots of scope and money in this sport.

[jbolte1976]

Originally Posted by TheoGio

Yea! I love badminton also. It's the only sport I was very good at in HS. I was pretty good at swedish vault and gymnastics, but I loved badminton!!

I gotta admit I loved badminton to! I wish I could play it again. It was one of my favorites in PE class.

I've never played cricket but I'm sure it's fun.

Do any of you guys or gals do distant running? I'm training to run a 1/2 marathon in May (13 miles). I've done it twice before, two summers before. I've found running is theraputic and it's hard to not loose weight when you run 12 - 20 miles per week training. My goal is to run it in under 2 hrs this time. Hopefully I can do it.

Jason

[buffalo]

Originally Posted by jbolte1976

I gotta admit I loved badminton to! I wish I could play it again. It was one of my favorites in PE class.

I've never played cricket but I'm sure it's fun.

Do any of you guys or gals do distant running? I'm training to run a 1/2 marathon in May (13 miles). I've done it twice before, two summers before. I've found running is theraputic and it's hard to not loose weight when you run 12 - 20 miles per week training. My goal is to run it in under 2 hrs this time. Hopefully I can do it.

Jason

I'd love to train for a marathon someday. Right now, I lift weights 9 months out of the year, and the other 3 months I run outdoors. When I run, I just do 3 miles/day.

[rankbo]

I've been lazy in the recent past but i like:
Caving, climbing, biking.

[shekdp]

I'm a great fan of cricket !!!!
Specially T20 format of the game, it is short,dynamic and action pack
I watch almost all the cricket matches which come on TV

I play it whenever I get free time on PC and even with my friends in leisure..
I also play basketball sometimes