then the NFL…

In fact, I’d probably put it ahead of baseball. Only have a passing interest in anything else.

Both participation and watching, although my playing tends to conflict with the time I would spend watching it during the winter.

I live and die with the Patriots every weekend during the NFL season. In descending order after that: Golf (especially the ongoing saga of Mr. Woods, and Michelle Wie), Tennis (Williams sisters), College Football (whoever is playing Notre Dame), Soccer (US Team mostly), Basketball (Spurs and Silver Stars and the NCAA tournament), Hockey (no favorite team), Olympics.

Big hoops fan, college and NBA. The real beautiful game.

Football (the real one, as in soccer), NBA, hockey but the NHL is losing me (terribly run league) and to a lesser extent the NFL though when the Bills move to Toronto that might encourage me to follow it more closely.

But not too closely - wouldn’t impact my life greatly if they disappeared. My interest in college basketball stems from living in a town where I can go to Pac-10 games by walking up and buying tickets on the day of the game, so I get to see some really good teams usually kick the crap out of the Beavers. I never was able to get tickets to see the Wildcats when I attended the U of A, but I have seen them play a number of times here. I also like soccer, especially around world cup time.

Except Soccer, and I even got into the World Cup.

If you can play a fantasy version of it, I follow it (writing a fantasy column does that). Hockey and Basketball I’m more of a local team only guy (Wiz and Caps) with some loyalty to guys I like in other cities. I have season tickets to a D1 Football team (Navy) and watch enough Maryland/GU basketball to know most of the players.

Gotta love my Cal Golden Bears!

I love baseball and I like NFL. I like PLAYING any sport, though (except for basketball, which isn’t a sport).

College Football is the most exciting sport to watch IMO (Outside of March Madness that is), followed by the NFL, College Basketball and Hockey. I have lost all interest in the NBA.

Football (both college and pro), college basketball, hockey, college lacrosse, and I love the World Cup

Of course the NFL, that’s a staple of most americans lives. But mixed martial arts is the fastest growing sport in the world. And unlike other sports you don’t have to retain a ton of stats, rankings or roster info to enjoy it. I used to watch NBA, Nascar, etc - but they are too time consuming.

Hockey! without the fighting

Hockey (Flyers) takes priority. Also big Eagles and PSU Football fan.

March Madness is great (Philly-area teams). Also like to occasionally play Golf, Tennis.

Not a big NBA fan/basketball fan, but I do keep tabs on it.

I used to love basketball in the ‘90s, but I guess as a Knicks fan, there was only so much I could take. Plus, if you’re not a fan of a particular team in basketball, it’s depressing that only a few teams ever have a player good enough to be the best player on a championship team.

bocce. catch the fever.

I am a Cleveland fan. I love Basketball but Baseball is higher on my list.

then football
But I’m canadian, so a little biased
Though baseball is certainly first and foremost.

After baseball, I probably watch bowling more than anything when it’s on. Although, it’s definitely more of a game than it is a sport. But I’m an avid bowler myself…and I find it much better than watching the NFL on Sundays.

I’ll watch the occasional NFL game, usually because there’s nothing else on, but I’m rarely interested or invested in the games. Same with the NBA, which will probably be to an ever lesser degree this year. I’m not a fan of Hockey (I live in Chicago area, didn’t watch a single hawks game) or Soccer….they sports just have little to no entertainment value to me.

I loved watching old UFCs, where they fighters had to win multiple times in one night, and it was only shown once a year….I don’t watch MMA at all anymore.

I do enjoy watching College football, especially if it’s Florida State. And I’ll usually tune into March Madness.

It not for fantasy sports, I wouldn’t have much of any knowledge outside of baseball and bowling.

Baseball is #1 for me, by a wide margin, but I’ve learned to appreciate hockey recently. I went to a school that was a hockey power (in the Division III universe) and I now live and work in a town with a huge Division I team. I casually follow the NHL also.

Basketball and football put me to sleep.

Baseball is also #1 by a wide, wide margin.

I keep an eye on the NFL, and by virtue of living in the Northeast, most of my friends and colleagues follow the NHL closely, so I keep up with that just by being around those people.

The only other sport not mentioned in this thread I have a passing interest in is horse racing.

… but mostly that just means Maryland (my alma mater) and the rest of the ACC. I’ll watch the odd national game, too.

I like football, too, but not as much. I’m a Giants fan and I’ll watch college football if it’s a good matchup.

Other than that, I can watch pretty much anything if it’s on, but I’m not that interested. It’s been a fun World Cup, but I’m mostly into soccer as a national pride thing (the USA, of course, but also Ireland, Germany and Poland).

Baseball has been my No. 1 since I’ve been old enough to have a No. 1.

The only other sport I follow religiously is Ohio St football. I am aware of what is going on in other sports but beside baseball and college football, I could care less

I am far more interested in baseball than any other sport. Basketball probably next since both of the kids play it and the Mavericks have atways been good if frustrating over the past decade. I don’t follow college basketball much anymore. I’ll get into the Olympics, watch a few minutes of the Tour De France, a few minutes of the world cup, the Superbowl, Tiger Woods in a major championship, etc. so I am not completely out of touch on other sports, but I made a decision a long time ago that I’m not going to schedule around watching any sporting event other than a baseball game.

Before I had kids, baseball was followed by college and pro football as well as college basketball.

Now that I have 2 boys (6 & 3), and my baseball writing on top of my day job, my free time is largely monopolized by all things baseball. I still watch football and college basketball but I don’t pay attention to it like I used to. I haven’t cared about the NBA since the early 90s when I was in HS and have never been a big NHL/hockey fan. That said, I would much rather watch hockey on TV than the NBA.

The NBA isn’t even on my radar. Part of that is probably living in St. Louis and never being around an NBA team, but I just don’t find it all that interesting. I can’t get into it until the end of the playoffs.

then I love to watch about anything. Hockey, Baseball, Basketball (college and pro), Football (college and pro), Soccer, Tennis (played in college). I’ll watch golf if its the Masters or U.S. Open. Poker, if you consider that a sport. I’ll watch the olympics, summer and winter.

Some sports I lose interest in if my favorite team isn’t involved (Pittsburgh, WVU, LA Lakers), but others I’ll watch just to watch. I like college much more than pro in terms of football and basketball. In order of specific events

1. Playoff Hockey (if the Pens are in it), nothing better or more exciting
2. March Madness/World Cup (tie because the World Cup is every 4 years)
3. Olympics (Summer then Winter)
4. NBA playoffs
5. playoffs sports with my favorite teams
6. Tennis Majors
7. everything else

For playing, I’ll play basically anything: football, soccer, softball/whiffleball, baskeball, golf, tennis, etc. I wish I could skate well enough to play hockey.

I love sports wayyyyyy too much.

I played rugby for a long time and will watch it when I can find it; I’m also a golfer and like to watch golf on TV more than any rational human should.

I grew up a huge college football fan (Big Orange!) in the deep South, but since moving to NYC many years ago, I’ve become a big New York Football Giants fan, as well. Keep a good eye on the English Premier League (Gooners!), and the French league (PSG!) as well. Oh, and I played lacrosse for years, but still can’t get into the MLL. I pay some attention to college lacrosse, but most of those guys are such a-holes it’s hard to really care.

I’ve watched entire Nascar races. Whole rounds of golf. 9-ball action on ESPN. Tennis matches. Gymastics competitions.

Over time, I have found that I’ve lost a bit of the obsessiveness I had as a youth. There used to be a time when I knew 90%+ of the starters on every team, because I collected baseball cards regularly. I still remember my Chris Sabo rookie card!

Now, it seems like half the names I see in the baseball highlights are brand-new to me.

I am Huge Baseball fan, as I coach my son’s 10U travel ball team, as well as his litle league, all stars, etc. but I am a die hard San Diego fan when it comes to Padres and Chargers. Pretty big NBA guy too, though a fan of the game not any particular team. Play Golf frequently and love to watch golf as well. Also a fan of all college baseball, football, and hoops and even high school level as well. The beauty for me is my son loves sports and we go to events together ALL THE TIME!!! The wife luckily for me is into sports as well so its all pretty good out WEST for me :)

When i was young i used to watch basketball, football and baseball. But in college, I felt like I was wasting my life watching sports all the time. However I knew that I enjoyed it also, so I made a decision to pick one sport and forget the others. So i picked baseball and have never looked back. I’m pretty happy with my decision. I get to take winters off (except for trades, rumors, winter meetings etc.) and read, relax, and enjoy not being tied down to what game i’m going to be watching that day.

No use for football or hoops at all

I see very little NBA here—I agree with this—I love basketball, but can’t watch the NBA, because they have ruined the game—I don’t like the short shot clock, I don’t like illegal defense calls and even independent of Donaghy the officiating has been suspect for years (nobody will ever convince me that that game 6 Sacramento/Lakers wasn’t fixed).

Any way my list of non-MLB….
1, 1A, 1B) NFL (Broncos), World Cup, March Madness
2) College Hockey, Olympics

I’m a watcher of several other sports but the only other 1 I am passionate about is basketball. I coach so that influences things but it’s a beutiful game and a 180 for me from baseball which I love for different reasons.

MLB, NCAA football, NFL, NHL, NCAA basketball in that order.

Also, does “Betting on why the cops showed up at my neighbor’s house THIS time” count as a sport?

Closely followed by rugby, cricket, golf, tennis and then NFL. Don’t really get to watch much NHL anymore and I have really gone off the NBA.

 I love most sports, and college basketball, but the NBA is beyond trash. How can anyone watch a game of Free Throws is beyond me? All the do is call a foul every 20 seconds, the games have no flow.

College basketball runs a close second to baseball. I’m Tar Heel born and bred. Anyone who went to an ACC school or lives in the area knows there is nothing else like it. I lived in Memphis for years and they tried to convince me college football was better. I told them when UT and Florida are 8 miles apart, like Carolina and Duke, and Alabama is another 20 miles away (like NC State) then we’ll talk excitement. You guys are too far away to really hate each others fans.

NFL runs a popular third with me. College football and college baseball are right there, too. I pay attention to hockey, but not as much as the other sports. The NBA is up there with professional wrestling - I seriously think it is rigged (cite 1985 draft).