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[Owlie]

Am I the only one around here who could care less about the Patriot's game? Usually, DH and I go out to some restaurant that is really hard to get reservations at during play off games, but he's at his company yearly meeting, and everyone I know is watching the game, or at some party.
I guess I will use the time to do some work.

I felt that way about the Cavaliers when I was living in Cleveland. And if I ever hear LeBron James' name again, it will be 20 billion years too soon.

[Crankin]

I mildly follow the Red Sox, but it is NEVER the center of my social life. I was a huge fan as a young teen (went to a lot of games and sat in the bleachers). My interest has waned since I started doing my own sports like cycling, hiking, etc. I don't even know who half the new players are, now. Watching cycling is fun, because I can relate to it, but if I never watched a race on TV or on line again, it wouldn't be the end of the world. I abhor football, basketball, and especially hockey. Thankfully, even my "regular" friends aren't huge fans, but they do go to games and watch on TV some of the time.
My son has a new job where he is opening an office of a company based in SF. He told me that he immediately was sent to deal with a long time client here in the Boston area, as they need a "New Englander to deal with them." He told me he has to brush up on the local sports scene to converse with these people...

[Owlie]

I'll watch football if someone else has it on. I won't go out of my way to watch it. If I find out the Bengals are playing and I'm at my parents' place, I'll wander into the room and ask my dad if the Bengals are losing again, watch for five minutes and wander back out.

[OakLeaf]

He told me he has to brush up on the local sports scene to converse with these people...

My family never watched sports when I was growing up. Football wasn't a big deal in my schools (my second high school didn't even have a football team). My first husband had to explain the rules to me. When I hung out my shingle I did some appointed criminal defense work, and with that, there was a lot of waiting around in the courthouse for cases to be called. I needed to be able to make small talk with the other lawyers, so I learned what I could about football. I was as surprised as anyone that I actually like it! But yeah, Owlie, being a Bengals fan takes a special kind of devotion.

[skhill]

Around here it's University of Kentucky basketball that is all-encompassing. Men's, that is. I'm a big fan of the women's team, ranked #5 right now; the men, not so much. But when the men's team is playing, there's less traffic on the roads, businesses are less busy, etc. It's a good time to run errands! And on evenings like we had last spring when they were playing for the national championship, the city pretty much shuts down. It's also a sad fact that during the victory celebrations that ensue upon winning the championship, you can count on a very slow response time from the police if you want to get up to mischief anywhere but right around campus.

[Owlie]

I think we have a proto-spammer around here...

[snapdragen]

Possibly, but until the spam actually appears.....