This week's sign the apocolypse is upon us

[Lotus]

OK, I know Sports Illustrated has some sort of federal patent/copyright on that phrase, and I'm really really really sorry that I stole it.

It's 11:38 PM Saturday night, and I'm flipping channels. ESPN2 is running a show where you can watch other people play Madden's video game.

ARE YOU KIDDING????????????????

Will someone please tell me this is the most ridiculous excuse for "sports television" we'll ever see in our lifetimes?

• I'll never understand the idea of auto racing as a sport (a serious competition, takes outrageous skill that I'll never have, and there's always the perk that someone might explode), but I'll allow that one here -- millions of people watch it, and whether or not you consider driving a sport, there's unquestionably a high level of physical exertion.

• Golf is a hell of a lot of fun to play -- even when you're as bad as I am -- but it's unwatchable on TV, even when Tiger Woods and his rival of the week are in a playoff. Unless you want a good nap -- the Masters theme music can knock an insomniac into a coma.

• The lumberjack things they do .... what can you say? They're .... lumberjacks. You're right, I can't cut down a redwood in 4 seconds, or whatever they do. Don't care. It's not a sport.

• Dog shows. Enough said.

• Fishing shows. Fishing is like golf. Loads of fun. The guys who are good at it work at it and have talent or knowledge or luck or something that I'll never have. However, anything that can include a 12-pack and a box of Marlboros is not a sport, and should never be televised. OR WATCHED.

• But this video game show tops them all. They want you to WATCH SOMEONE ELSE PLAY A VIDEO GAME! Apparently guys flew in somewhere in their NFL jerseys and talked trash to each other ("I'm representin' Byron Leftwich" .... "you know who I am!") One guy, who identified himself as a single father, said he plays the game 7-10 hours .... EVERY DAY.

I realize the game is kind of fun. I realize guys like to talk smack to each other when they play. I realize hobbies are theraputic and generally good for the soul. I also realize that televising this is inane, and watching it is just sad. (Oh god .... I saw the first few minutes -- detailed above -- and just flipped back to see if it's still on. No, I did not sit through the show. They're INTERVIEWING THIS MORONS.)

This is unbelievable. I've got to do something more productive. Maybe I'll go slam my head in a door a few hundred times.

[HFvictory]

Pony fans happy with 11-35 Coach Bennett's contract extension.

[Thumper]

Um .... good one.

Do you have any idea what the first post says? You make a good point, sort of, but what does that have to do with Lotus's (rambling but funny) post?

[Thumper]

Oh, and I forgot:

21-10.

[CalallenStang]

To add to Lotus's first post---

Poker is NOT a sport. So why is it on ESPN and FSN so often?

[Rosebud]

Same reason the DMN covers UT and A&M - it sells.

[Lamont_Cranston]

You can also include demolition derbies and boat races on your list.

[covok48]

The worst is celebrity poker. Not only is it another "poker championship" on tv but its bad poker. Pathetic.

[SWC2010]

How 'bout Lady's Roller Derby?

[smupony94]

The roller derby is actually really fun here in Austin. Held in a hanger at teh old airport

[couch 'em]

I know everyone has probably seen it, but Rollergirl is a documentary style show about rollerderby in Austin. It comes on A&E or some such station. It springer-style white trash with a touch of polish.

[Lamont_Cranston]

The roller derby is actually really fun here in Austin. Held in a hanger at teh old airport

...because God knows the white trash in Austin need something else to do besides watch U.T. sporting events.

[smupony94]

The roller derby is actually really fun here in Austin. Held in a hanger at teh old airport

...because God knows the white trash in Austin need something else to do besides watch U.T. sporting events.

Nothing better than taking my 6 kids, my common-law wife Brandine, a 12-pack of Keystone Light and some beef jerky to see some mighty women skating. reminds me of the 80's when Brandine and I would sneak off to Skating America.

[that's great raplh]

LC=MM65

[SWC2010]

Nothing better than taking my 6 kids, my common-law wife Brandine, a 12-pack of Keystone Light and some beef jerky to see some mighty women skating. reminds me of the 80's when Brandine and I would sneak off to Skating America.

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Well spoken, 94.

Only a man from Bee Caves, TX!!!!!!