What are those popular sports that you hate?

[Vielleicht]

And why?

For me it's basketball and tennis. For the former I really find it hard to appreciate a contact sport where only steal is allowed but no tackle And the absurdity as I see it in both sport is that two points can be scored in very different ways with the same importance, i.e a meticulous build-up vs. a seemingly mindless display of individualism in basketball, or a very exciting 20-stroke rally vs. a boring ace in tennis. I'm certainly too biased!

[Master Po]

I don't know if I "hate" these sports -- and I'm not even sure one of them is sport at all -- but I'll use the "if it's regularly on ESPN, it's a popular sport" definition for purposes of this response. I certainly can't generate any interest in these:

poker
bowling
billiards
auto racing
Winter X Games
boxing
MMA

There is of course skill, talent, knowledge, in these activities, and real athleticism in some. I won't begrudge those things, but -- no interest from me.

[dukehjsteve]

I dislike any sports that contain subjectivity in deciding who wins, such as

diving
boxing
figure skating
gymnastics
etc.

[Cooter Brown]

Basketball
Baseball
NASCAR
Golf
Boxing
MMA

[jhc68]

Any and all X-Game events.

[lonewolf]

I dislike any sports that contain subjectivity in deciding who wins, such as

diving, boxing,figure skating,gymnastics, etc.

That kinds says it for me..
I don't "hate" any "sport" but have no interest in many that are popular somewhere.
hockey, cricket, rugby, lacrosse, ....

[bambam]

My five least favorite sports are:

NFL football
college football
high school football
American football
Canadian football

[jhc68]

Also anything synchronized.

[Per Andersen]

Also anything synchronized.

I'm with you there and also the X-games.

I would add the many new Mickey Mouse sports that keep infesting the Winter Olympics. Some of them probably come from x-games.

Also no fan of equestrian events and Curling.

[cullman]

My five least favorite sports are:

NFL football
college football
high school football
American football
Canadian football

Sooo...that means you like lingerie football?

[Helen S]

Baseball- either to play or to watch. The few games I have attended I took a copy of T&F News to read when I got bored. A quick search showed there are only at most about 11 minutes of actual baseball, with hours of standing, scratching and spitting. Never understood americans who say they don't like futbol (to differentiate from their concussion generator) which has constant action, low scores but love baseball (virtually no action, low scores).

[odelltrclan]

Women's beach volleyball, or men's for that matter. Especially when they interfere with coverage of Track and Field or Swimming.

[TN1965]

My five least favorite sports are:

NFL football
college football
high school football
American football
Canadian football

Totally agree. It is a hyper-specialized game, and the decision-making is mostly taken out of players' hands. I know both points appeal to some (even "many") people, but they are complete turn off to me.

[Halfmiler2]

NFL
NBA
Soccer
Purely subjective sports in the olympics

[Marlow]

Also anything synchronized.

That.
If someone can say 'poker' in an earlier post, then I'll add ballroom dancing, billiards, darts, bowling, or anything else that requires a minimum of speed and strength.

[26mi235]

I dislike any sports that contain subjectivity in deciding who wins, such as

diving
boxing
figure skating
gymnastics
etc.

If you wan to talk subjective sports, then add basketball and football and soccer, because the referring is subjective and affects the outcomes of each, although both football and baseball have utilized technology and multiple officials to help. In contrast, soccer seems to be to be thinking about transitioning into the second half of the 1900s, although it is a bit radical of a notion for some of those at the top.

As for sports I dislike, there are two categories -- I overall dislike the MMA kind of thing, and I much dislike the addition to the X-Game type of events into the Olympics (and syncro stuff fits under that categorization).