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Monday, August 19, 2024

Power Rankings: Summer Olympic sports I always mean to watch but don't

Each Olympics I have an informal list of sports I intend to watch but don't really. This year the dissonance is even stronger since it is easier than ever to watch whatever I want. I have no excuse!

this list is not meant to demean the events, but it is based on which sport would beat another sport if they competed in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania:

(Note that there are sports that I somehow do end up watching, like swimming, gymnastics, basketball, and volleyball)

1) Team Handball: I enjoy this sport. I really do. Each time I see it, I wonder why it isn't more popular. So why don't I actually watch it during the Olympics?

2) Water Polo: Shout-out to one of my college roommates, a Water Polo-er who talked about how physical the game was.

3) Badminton: This is an awesome event, but maybe I'd watch more if it were in a backyard.

4) Breaking: I really meant to watch.

5) Rugby: To be fair, this is a fairly recent addition to the Summer Games.

6) Judo: The only combat-related spot I watched for years was boxing, but I think that was because boxing was so common on TV coverage.

7) Table Tennis: See Badminton, but replace "backyard" with "dingy basement."

8) Trampoline: It is kind of cool, but it's not the kind of thing I seek out.

9) Archery: They could be allowing trick arrows like Oliver Queen uses for all I know, and I wouldn't be aware.

10) Taeknwondo: See Judo.

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