I live in an area that is obsessed with sports

that's why I like cable - I can find stations with no sports

I think there needs to remain a choice, to have sports tv and radio on some stations and others that have regular entertainment. I am not interested in sports on TV or radio. I do enjoy the in person types of sports. I better. I am now doing security at some sporting events in an arena. I have watched state highschool 4A basketball championship competitions all week. Next week it is National Junior College competition. In person is okay. I do not want it all taking over the airwaves.

Hi Dragon if you lived in Europe it would be the same thing. You will be watching soccer (football) programmes. In Italy there are so many programmes that you can watch soccer programmes all week long. The pre matches, the game itself and the after match. Soccer is really a big thing in Europe. So if you are not into it better have a dvd of your favourite soap opera and switch it on :) Since I am a football lover I dont mind it at all. I do zap from one channel to another to find a suitable programme to my liking.

Do what I do, turn off the radio and the TV and put on a CD.

i sure do! i also have a dvr and lots of times i miss part of a show because of sports,. they do the same way here. its still obviously very much a mans world!! Bones was usually over run by sports and now i dont even know if its on any more as i think that channels about all sports now

Here it is very similar. Now that we have more than 3 tv channels it is easier to avoid it on the weekends. When I was young my father would watch horse racing,wrestling ,cricket and football all day. Our radio choice isn't quite so obsessively sports directed although when we have the Olympics it will be everywhere again. I do like sport but not at the cost of all else.

Sometimes it seems like everyone around here is sports obsessed, especially during certain times of the year. I just start listening to music instead. I guess I've become very used to it, because that's just how it is around here. It was like this in my high school too.

YES! I was born and raised in Baltimore, home of the Orioles and the Colts, until we lost the Colts and acquired the Ravens. Of course, we had all those others, too, like hockey, basketball, etc. The last job I had in-house had about 400 employees in our building. The guys were always complaining about how expensive it was to go to the games yet they continued to buy the tickets and go. I got so fed up with hearing this that I finally suggested that the boycott ALL the games until the ticket prices came down to a reasonable level. Those players earn WAY too much money. It has gotten insane. They keep getting offered more and more, too, just to feed their egos. Some make millions a year to play a GAME and the season is only six months a year! It's so screwed up. When the soldiers who keep us safe, the policemen and the firemen get paid so much less than men chasing a ball around a field, something is really wrong with our society. That started me hating sports. I believe in fairness before anything else and it's not fair that the sports players earn so much money when those who truly deserve more don't get it. Also, with the economy in the toilet and these sports figures STILL earning those outrageous salaries, it makes it even more despicable in my eyes. I wholeheartedly agree that one sports station on the radio and one channel on TV is plenty.

Well, we have the Orlando magic here, but that's all. It's not like Gainseville with gator country.

That is what happens when you live in Texas! The state is so big there is sports coverage every were! I wouldn't mind it becuase I am a sports fan! I live in Wisconsin and there isn't a day that doesn't go by you don't hear something on the Green Bay Packers! The Packers are the top team in the state! I love sports!

I think the difference between sports obsessions in the north and sports obsession in the south is that in the north, it seems like everything is broadcast on radio and television.... on a local, regional, and national level.... It seems that only the smaller towns in the north are as fanatical about decorating and celebrating their hometown heroes on so many different levels.. it's like having a spoonful of baby food shoved down your throat - Gag! When I lived in Alabama, people there were fanatical as well! Crimson tide stuff EVERYWHERE you turned, but I can only seem to recall the college sports being pushed so heavily on the news/tv/media in general, despite the fact that everyone and their brother and their brother's kids were into high school and little league sports of some kind. I can't recall ever seeing little league events or non-championship high school sports being broadcast into the media.

Hi Dragon, That's ridiculous. Maybe i will be irate if it will happen in our country. i have not experience that yet. but i do understand what you feel. i feel bad watching the fight of manny pacquiao for boxing but commercials took over the air longer than the fight. so, how much more listening to all news everywhere in all stations.

I've got problems with people who have obsessions, but not with people who just watch mildly. Just so you know the Disabled Olympics are now on. Lately, there have been many major sport events. I cannot stand people who obsessively talk about sports. I just talk a little bit about them.

Sports are cool, why don't you like them? If you wish to watch the news on TV, I'm sure there are special news channels on TV (like CNN).