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From: William Clark on 13 Jun 2010 13:47 In article <7r3a169aaj97el8g5s045ehv4enqulg87c(a)4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:13:22 -0700 (PDT), "John B." > <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >> It's all what we're interested in. � I bet more people would be bored > >> watching (or playing) golf than watching (or playing) soccer. > > >That's utterly ridiculous. On any given day in America, are more > >people playing golf or soccer? Which sport do people watch more of on > >TV - golf or soccer? > > My guess is that in America, more people are playing soccer. From > where I play golf, I can see soccer fields that are full of kids > playing soccer. I agree - every public park around here is simply packed with kids' soccer games. > > On TV, I would guess golf. Golf has its own channel, but there are a > couple of foreign channels that have soccer as well. Well, I would suspect that yesterday (and probably through most of the WC) ESPN and ABC soccer figures will dwarf golf. It will be interesting to see how the US Open fares alongside next weekend's marquee WC games.
From: Frank Ketchum on 13 Jun 2010 15:03 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-CB4EED.18493912062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > In article <4%SQn.57616$mi.28861(a)newsfe01.iad>, > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > >> "Moderate" <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote in message >> news:824004852298066942.099433nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net... >> >I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The >> > whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire time. >> > Ridiculous. >> >> Soccer? I'd sooner watch paint dry. > > That figures. Better yet, I'd sooner spend a couple hours reading the thoughts of William Clark.
From: William Clark on 13 Jun 2010 15:45 In article <xX9Rn.76448$HG1.33425(a)newsfe21.iad>, "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > news:wclark2-CB4EED.18493912062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > In article <4%SQn.57616$mi.28861(a)newsfe01.iad>, > > "Frank Ketchum" <nospam(a)thanksanyway.fu> wrote: > > > >> "Moderate" <nospam(a)nomail.comu> wrote in message > >> news:824004852298066942.099433nospam-nomail.comu(a)news.suddenlink.net... > >> >I tried watching some soccer today. One-one tie after 90 minutes. The > >> > whole time I watched the sub-human fans blew air horns the entire time. > >> > Ridiculous. > >> > >> Soccer? I'd sooner watch paint dry. > > > > That figures. > > Better yet, I'd sooner spend a couple hours reading the thoughts of William > Clark. Of course you would. No surprise there.
From: Paul Schmitz-Josten on 13 Jun 2010 18:12 William Clark in <wclark2-13EAA1.12294613062010(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>: (basketball) >...and a series of >deliberate fouls. This is how they are in front of golf ;-> Ciao, Paul
From: johnty on 14 Jun 2010 04:27
On 13 June, 15:52, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: > It's funny that soccer fans tend to put the goalkeeper as the last and > least of the players on the field. Very different from hockey. > > There was only one world-class goalkeeper on the field in that game, > and it really mattered. > Tim is the goalkeeper of the Premiership team I support. He's good, but not world class, I'm afraid. |