The dark period in sports
 

After the Pro Bowl, but before the NBA/NHL playoffs, I think of as the darkest part of the year in sports. March Madness offers a brief respite, but I don't get into it all that much, and the office doesn't have a real pool. Spring training? Who cares, there're 160 games in the season. Not even golf or tennis, really.

Only good thing is the swimsuit edition.

So what do ya'll do to occupy the time spent normally watching sports? Does anyone get into the other sports that maybe I'm just missing? I'm curious.

if the Lakers were doing better, I'd be fully hyped... arrrgh

Just be grateful you aren't a Celtics fan. The dark period has lasted for over 17 years.

Arena Football, bay-bee!

Seriously though, I won't be happy until the beginnign of March when ywo major events happen: the ACC touurnament, 50th anniversery edition, followed by the Terrapins winning the NCAA tournament; and the Orioles start Grapefruit League baseball.

After THe NBA/NHL playoffs it is the worst point of the year. Sports Center is filled with nothing but baseball.... woof.

Man I hate that time too. Usually around this time my friends and I have Madden tournaments with fantasy drafts. The stats have gone through the final season updates and the games are a lot more fun than ESPN with nothing but baseball.

Hail Sports Starved Refugees!

There are only 9 more days until Astros pitchers and catchers report to Kissimmee, Florida. It will not be long before my television/radio/computer issues forth the sweet sounds of baseball.

Due to the Astros inability to ever win a playoff series I must savor all 162 games of the regular season.

Maybe this year it will last longer.
-GH

The time between the Pro Bowl and Preseason of the NFL is the dark period for me

its gonna be a long off season :(

The dark season is the summer when all we have is baseball.

Geez...all this hating on baseball. I mean, the best part of the year IS August through October, when both baseball and football are going and there is nothing else important happening, but that doesn't mean the rest of the baseball season is boring or anything.

I fill the time with lacrosse and arena football, the football is a little bad but lacrosse is great.

Boxing and MMA have no seasons so if there's any downtime between the major sports I don't really care.

I think the darkest time in sports is when there is no football or basketball =\ Not a fan of baseball personally. Just can't get into it. Doesn't help im a big hometown fan, and I live near detroit, but still, I just can't watch an entire baseball game without changing the channel.

With the way pro sports are going now, (i.e nothing but $$$ controversy everywhere you look), my dark period is waiting for Ohio State's first football game.

I'm afraid my dark period will get even darker. There might not be a hockey season next year.

Pitchers and catchers are reporting back to training camp :thumbsup:

Although Javy Lopez won't be reporting to the Braves... Sob!

My feeling on baseball are very seasonal. It is 20 freaking degrees here today in My Nations Capital so I can't wait for baseball because that means warmth and O's games and summer nights with overpriced cold beer.

By end of July, when the orioles are 15 games out and losing 3 0f 4 to Detroit I am like baahhh. Bring on the Ravens.

Fortunatly, you won't have to worry about that this year :D

totally.
but the time the nba and nhl playoff are happening is the best. kind of like a climax with an abrupt resolution.

Baseball is always number 1 in my book.. and then NFL, and then NBA playoffs, then college football/basketball, NHL playoffs, NBA season, Bowling, tennis, golf, NHL season :D hehe

(im juss kiddin w/ the bowlin, tennis, gold, altho tennis is pretty entertainin sometimes :D)

har!!! Be glad you aren't a SIXERS fan...... we are going to trade Iverson and go into a 20 years shitty streak.... YAY!!

I tend to go into a sports coma and come out of it for the NFL Draft. Then I go back to sleep until the NFL preseason. Then the Saints start having yet another shitty year and I give up on football until two crappy teams I don't even care about go to the Superbowl. And the whole damn cycle starts over again!

You guys are all pussy's.

Real sportsmen love all sports and can always find something on.



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