I love ice hockey, I follow that.
I watch some baseball because my wife loves that.
I cannot stand football or basketball or blah blah blah.
Nascar has become boring.

I agree with you. My partial deafness is because co-workers would start sports talking and then I would pull out scratch awls and screwdrivers and jab my ears.

Yes I agree, high school gym teachers are wanna be Axis leaders.

Sports does not build character, it reveals it.

The group I used to hang with at church when Nascar was exciting would talk about it non stop. As soon as the last amen was said the group would assemble and it started. There is more to life than sports and after that I knew these guys were good men but were not the type that I could talk deep with.

At a former job guys would be making football picks. I gave them my picks but would not participate with money. I work for mine. My picks were based on....
Cards vs Packers. Packers because Bill Bidwell is a dope.
Jets vs Chargers. Chargers because Jets have boring colors.
Thing like that. MY picks were just as accurate.

Yes, sports talk is boring.