Daily writing prompt

What are your favorite sports to watch and play?

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I could watch golf anytime, which might make some cringe and wonder how that could be possible. It’s relaxing, the scenery is often sublime, and the level of play is mindboggling. It makes a difference when you play the game yourself, because you begin to appreciate how good these folks are.

I enjoy watching a football match, whether it’s one of the world pro circuits or college or MLS here in the states, and I enjoy American football, though I’d never play it. There’s something about a big rivalry game in college football that’s exciting, a real event.

Hockey was big when I was in high school– we couldn’t wait to get home from school so we could head down to the pond and play until dark. It was also high on the must watch list, back in the days when Bobby Orr was lighting things up, but not so much anymore. And I’ll catch bits and pieces of a baseball game every now and then.

Daily writing prompt

What are your favorite sports to watch and play?

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To play? Golf, and throwing a ball back and forth. To watch? Mostly just PGA golf; an occasional college football or NFL playoff game; NHL hockey, and the beautiful game, i.e. actual football.

I grew up, and still am, a faithful Boston fan– Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and even the Patriots, when they played their games at Fenway Park. Anymore, though, professional sports, and even the Olympics, don’t much interest me. Except golf, for some reason.

And though I occasionally have difficulty thinking of it as sport, sitting or standing in a boat with my brothers, angling for small- and largemouth bass, northern pike, and muskies.