Comments on: Everything You Need to Know to Survive a Conversation on Sports

By: david@engagement rings

david@engagement rings — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:32:57 +0000

Good article Thanks

By: Brianna

Brianna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:54:13 +0000

Just had to say great post! Enjoyed reading it. I don’t comment much, but just had to say, “Very informative.” Keep up the good work! Thanks for the insight and will check back…

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:06:01 +0000

Your hockey minor league information is slightly awry:

The hockey minor leagues are classified and affiliated similarly to professional baseball. There are two “official” levels, AAA (the AHL) and AA (the ECHL) which have NHL affiliations. Other leagues, including the IHL, SPHL and CHL, represent themselves as A-level hockey, though affiliation is tenuous at best, and most operate as independents.

Most importantly, the USHL is not a professional league. The USHL (and it’s counterpart, the NAHL) are junior leagues, restricted to amateurs generally aged 20 and below, with a minimal allowance for “overaged” 21-year-olds. While some players from these leagues are drafted directly, most find their way into college hockey before moving on to the pros as 25 or 26-year-olds.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:17:31 +0000

Elisha Cuthbert (whatever team for which her current boyfriend plays)
What, you’re telling us that she’s sloppy seconds? Too soon?

Anyway, Kiprusoff is horrible this year. Evgeni Nabokov (as much as I hate him) is definitely one of the best. Even Niklas Backstrom is better than Kiprusoff.

Best Rivalries. Montreal vs Boston or Toronto definitely.
Iconic Canadian voice: Don Cherry. Hate him or love him, he is a voice in Canadian Hockey.

Also, you should have put “Best Players (Not Named Crosby or Ovechkin)”.

Just a quick reply.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:48:45 +0000

Wooo! Go Sabres!

By: Reno

Reno — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:12:54 +0000

Awesome article, thanks. I’ve always tried to counter a sports conversation with a political one: No I didn’t see the game, did you see the supreme court ruling that will actually have bearing on your life?

With the above info maybe I can be less aggressive now.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:56:31 +0000

For the record: I am well aware that much of this (and every article bearing my name) is subjective; no matter what, everything that comes from my mind and my mouth is my autobiography — but most of sports is that way, too. There’s four dozen TV shows built on the principal that most things in sports can be argued about.

There’s no universal quantitative system for ranking things like Best/Worst Fans or Best Places to See a Game, which is why my name is affixed to this, and it’s not titled “A Consensus of Indisputable, Scientifically Proven Facts From The World’s Sports Community At Large”.

Things like “Best Players” are based not upon who won an award most recently or who gets the most press coverage (if that were the case, Brett Favre would most certainly be the greatest human being to ever live) or who sells the most jerseys but by looking at numbers and accomplishments over the last few years and just how much value a certain player has for his team and in the league at large.

So, please, do not take this article too seriously, in any fashion. Don’t wave it in someone’s face as empirical evidence of sports truths but also don’t overanalyze it; it was written by one person for a person (like DAN88) who doesn’t follow sports.

By: K

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:57:26 +0000

Good run down–even for those of us who may follow one sport (basketball) but not so much of the others (especially baseball). I would say, though, that you should be careful who you call “best” and “worst” fans…

By: Dan88

Dan88 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:18:42 +0000

Really helpful I must say embarrassingly.

By: Kevin M.

Kevin M. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:14:29 +0000

I had a few problems with this article, mostly with completely subjective proclamations like where you choose veteran players over younger guys in Best Pitchers even though neither won the Cy Young in their league last season but then in the NFL you mention guys like AP, a guy in his second year, and completely ignore Brett Favre who is arguably the biggest star in national sports right now. You’re a little off on the Jackie Robinson bit as Mariano Rivera was grandfathered out of the rule and wears #42. And where do you get off saying the Cubs, Sox, and Giants have the best fans (ignoring Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees, Cardinals fans)!? First off I went to college in Rhode Island and if there is such a thing as obnoxious, uneducated baseball fans Red Sox fans are their name (well, not saying they’re all like that but they definitely have their fare share). Also Tampa Bays’ fans are most certainly worse than Colorado, have you seen their attendance records?

I tried to read the NHL bit but then I just didn’t care enough, ever since the lockout hockey sucks.

By: Karl Hungus

Karl Hungus — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:25:37 +0000

It’s Miikka Kiprusoff, not Nikki. Thus proving your statement of hockey being largely ignored in the US.