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Not.
In terms of watching, I will very, very occasionally turn on a baseball game, or go to Dodger Stadium. But I don't really follow the standings, or care much. If there's an NBA game on, I might watch, but I won't really ever bother to turn one on myself. I find pro basketball impressive, but not compelling. I like baseball, but not enough to be a fan. Other sports do nothing for me at all. Who was it that said of football that it combines the two worst aspects of American society: mass violence and committee meetings?
As for playing, I have very occasionally played some softball, but I have no real desire or passion for doing so. I like martial arts, but for the spiritual work, not for tournaments or whatever other things there are that try to make them into sports. I can shoot with a bow, but I have no interest in competitive archery. My passion is broadsword combat: I have a friend or two with whom I spar. But that's not really "sports."
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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