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Anonymous
02/28/26, 05:30No.153687418
02/28/26, 05:30No.153687418I want to get into American sports. Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why? Where do you watch them? Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?
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Anon
02/28/26, 06:01No.153687631
02/28/26, 06:01No.153687631You get into NFL because it's the best spectator sport for an outsider.Baseball is too boring.Basketball has too many fouls.Ice hockey is too random and is like watching a game of pinball on ice.Go with the NFL. Just read Wikipedia and r*ddit, and then watch YouTube videos of old games. Very accessible.
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Anon
02/28/26, 06:03No.153687636
02/28/26, 06:03No.153687636I went to a minor league baseball game in america once, was a pretty cool experience
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Anon
02/28/26, 06:16No.153687701
02/28/26, 06:16No.153687701American football and hockey are the best ones. Apehoop is boring and boreball is dead and won’t be back for a while with an upcoming strike.
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Anon02/28/26, 06:27No.153687752
02/28/26, 06:27No.153687752>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why?
I would say football, it's the most relevant one here and it's easy to keep up since teams only play once a week (kinda like soccer). However NFL season just ended and it won't start again until September, right now there's NBA, NHL and MLB is gonna start in a month.
>Where do you watch them?
Just search for streams on reddit
>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?
Wikipedia I guess?
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Anon02/28/26, 08:46No.153688313
02/28/26, 08:46No.153688313baseball is great because its relaxing enough that you dont need to follow every minute detail or play but it can snowball into a lead change or break the game open with just the smallest amount of momentum. what you need to remember, and I really, genuinely cannot stress this enough, please read what a pitcher's role is and what he does, and you'll understand why the ball isn't put into play every 5 seconds.unless you watch the rockies. or A's. Or white sox
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Anon02/28/26, 17:37No.153691615
02/28/26, 17:37No.153691615Baseball and football are the best, don't waste your time with basketball. I don't watch hockey so I don't have an opinion on it.
>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?
Watching games is the best way to learn the rules, you can check wikipedia or something as well.
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Anon02/28/26, 18:47No.153692453
02/28/26, 18:47No.153692453>ice hockey
because youre canadian
stream them
youre canadian
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Anon02/28/26, 18:53No.153692516
02/28/26, 18:53No.153692516Football = everybody
Baseball = latino's and whites
Basketball = blacks and eurotrash
Hokey = whites who live near Canada
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Anon02/28/26, 19:04No.153692638
02/28/26, 19:04No.153692638football is the most american. baseball used to be most american. its really chill, but theres 162 games in a season so you have to stay on top of the statistics to know ball. hockey is the most consistently fun to watch but its unfortunately kinda niche now, but you get rabid fans that love their teams (my red wings:) basketball is fun in the playoffs but its soft and gay during the season
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Anon02/28/26, 19:10No.153692683
02/28/26, 19:10No.153692683The NFL youtube highlights have been an alright way to casually follow it, although they could do with more replays instead of rushing through it. If you don't know any results you could go to the playlists and start at week 1 of last season.
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Anon02/28/26, 23:22No.153695298
02/28/26, 23:22No.153695298>American football
get a NES emulator and play Tecmo Super Bowl. it makes you appreciate american football and despite being 35 years old its still fun to play.
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Anon02/28/26, 23:24No.153695317
02/28/26, 23:24No.153695317baseball is the obvious choice with the WBC and season opener coming up in a very soon. You can rely on a baseball game every night till October
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Anon03/01/26, 03:33No.153697887
03/01/26, 03:33No.153697887The big 4 are all soulless. Ice hockey is decent but only really enjoyable in person plus only yankees care about it mostly. Baseball is boring but comfy, especially minor leagues. Worst part about it is that they let too many teams into the postseason and it was already a "get hot at the right time" kinda sport. Ape hoop's only function is to sell hiv prep meds to zesty nogs and for libtard Whites to follow to look less racist. As a sport it was perma crocked by spamming 3 pointers and the refs inability to call basic dribbling violations (due to racism). Leading us to the most soulless and retarded sport (hence the most popular) American football. This is the most boring sport to watch live because most of the time you stare at fat men milling about while the tv audience is shown the same truck/beer commercial incessantly. When they actually do play, stoppage is imminent due to catastrophic injury to a fat (legs finally gave up) or a roided nog (concussion). Playing fantasy football is as close to having a real Death Note as it gets. The gameplay seems high IQ but it really just boils down to whether the refs want to punish your team with arbitrary holding calls.All of these sports are subject to the whims of franchise owner, Mr Shekelberg. If Shekelberg can't get the city taxpayers to build him a new stadium with tax increases (his stadium is 5 years old and needs "modernizing") he will take your childhood team and move it to a metropolitan area naive enough to pay for his new stadium.I watch pro disc golf. The courses are usually interesting to look at and feature the one thing America hasn't ruined yet, the nature parks, and the players are there for the love of the game (also 90% White). There is a lot Christian frolfers that make redditors seethe and even some decently attractive female players.
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Anon
03/01/26, 04:43No.153698539
03/01/26, 04:43No.153698539playoff baseball
everything else is for retards, children, and retarded children
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Anon
03/01/26, 11:30No.153700714
03/01/26, 11:30No.153700714boreball and handegg take way too long and handegg is unwatchable with the amount of ads. Apehoop is dying because everyone is throwing 3 pointers.
Hockey is the clear favorite. With onhockey you always have a reliable source of streams too.
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Anon03/01/26, 11:33No.153700726
03/01/26, 11:33No.153700726/cric/
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Anon03/01/26, 14:10No.153701566
03/01/26, 14:10No.153701566american football is one of the more popular sport, so you should start there. you can watch college football or just watch the nfl. usually, people who watch college ball are college students or alumni. for me tho, i watch hockey (despite living in florida). glad you're taking interest!
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Anon
03/01/26, 14:28No.153701756
03/01/26, 14:28No.153701756why tf would you do that
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Anon
03/01/26, 21:34No.153707252
03/01/26, 21:34No.153707252As European, who only watched football all my life and just last 2 years started checking other sports, I would go with baseball and hockey. NFL is commercial galore with barely and gametime and lazy fucks play only like 17 games each regular season. NBA gets worse each year and is also completely boring with zero defense, diving and chucking 3s.1. Baseball
2. NHL
3. NFL
4. NBA
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Anon03/02/26, 00:16No.153709063
03/02/26, 00:16No.153709063Watch Bananaball OP.
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Anon03/02/26, 01:08No.153709429
03/02/26, 01:08No.153709429Football and basketball are the only true American sports. Baseball has been taken over by spics. If you want to get hardcore American watch college football and basketball although it’s not what it was before NIL.
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Anon03/02/26, 03:50No.153710372
03/02/26, 03:50No.153710372>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey,Why not follow all four? If "amateur" athletics doesn't put you off you could pick a college that sponsors all four big sports at the highest level and follow their teams as they as heavily or lightly as you desire. Here is a list:United States Air Force Academy (Air Force)
++Arizona State University
United States Military Academy (Army)
+Boston College
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green)
*Brown University
*Cornell University
*Dartmouth College
*Harvard University
*College of the Holy Cross
*Lindenwood University
*Long Island University
*University of Maine
*Merrimack College
Miami University (Miami(Ohio))
+++University of Michigan
++Michigan State University
++University of Minnesota
+++University of Notre Dame
+++Ohio State University
+++Pennsylvania State University
*Princeton University
*Sacred Heart University
*University of St. Thomas
++University of Connecticut (UConn)
Western Michigan University
*Yale University*These colleges play football in the Division 1 Championship Subdivision (FCS) so they are effectivly not at the highest level of football competion and have less media coverage as a result
+,++,+++Higher media coverage/larger fan basesRealistically you are on 4chan and will be a fan with other 4channers so find which general you enjoy lurking/posting in the most. /cbb/ or /march maddness/ will be coming up soon for college apehoop so watch out for tbose in particular. Its a fun time even if you don't have a dog in the fight.
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Anon03/02/26, 14:52No.153712497
03/02/26, 14:52No.153712497Baseball is a sport that’s really exciting when the games are at high stakes. If you’re really interested, the WBC (international tournament) is in a few days. The sport is an acquired taste but once you start understanding all the nuances there’s really nothing like it.
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Anon
03/02/26, 15:33No.153712671
03/02/26, 15:33No.153712671Peru should launch a baseball program and become a superpower.
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Anon
03/02/26, 22:38No.153715275
03/02/26, 22:38No.153715275all of them are rigged and rehearsed except maybe hockey
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Anon03/03/26, 00:58No.153716197
03/03/26, 00:58No.153716197I cannot agree more with this anon, great advice
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Anon03/03/26, 01:00No.153716217
03/03/26, 01:00No.153716217baseball
do it
it's very comfykino
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Anon03/03/26, 11:15No.153718628
03/03/26, 11:15No.153718628I used to think John Denver was from Denver. Later I discovered he's not from Denver, he got that stage name because his original surname is too awkward to pronounce correctly, so he went with John Denver.
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Anon03/03/26, 11:42No.153718687
03/03/26, 11:42No.153718687Basedball because it's the most comfy.
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Anon03/03/26, 14:47No.153719202
03/03/26, 14:47No.153719202NFL is by far the best American sport. It’s entertaining on the field with the best competitive balance. Everyone tries to win every game. Baseball and basketball teams stop trying when they’re no longer in contention. NFL also has the most interesting in-game strategy. It will take you a few games to understand the basics but once you do, you can criticize coaching decisions like the rest of us retards
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Anon03/03/26, 14:49No.153719210
03/03/26, 14:49No.153719210I watch the MLS and thoroughly enjoy it
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Anon
03/04/26, 00:43No.153723315
03/04/26, 00:43No.153723315baseball is kino
you can even watch/listen to it while shitposting without missing a thing unlike other sports
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Anon03/05/26, 05:07No.153733732
03/05/26, 05:07No.153733732well, in terms of game flow hockey is probably the most similar to soccer if that's what you're after.
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Anon
03/05/26, 08:36No.153734589
03/05/26, 08:36No.153734589Baseball is the kinoest one by far, and the one with the most matches (162 per season per team)
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Anon03/05/26, 23:17No.153741665
03/05/26, 23:17No.153741665>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why?
Ice hockey and baseball are my two favorites, the others just bore me. Ice hockey is fast and exciting, and filters out people with poor vision and/or bad screens. We also just had the olympic tournament renew excitement around the sport to a level that hasn't been seen in decades. Baseball is our tradition and admittedly I don't watch a lot of games on TV, but going to a game at the ballpark is a quintessential American experience. Playoff and international baseball are great because the slow sequencing actually pays off with many dramatic moments and storylines.
>Where do you watch them?
Streaming services, some paid and some are free previews that I just open a new tab in Incognito to watch each time they expire
>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?
/sp/
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Anon03/06/26, 19:37No.153751615
03/06/26, 19:37No.153751615Minnesota boys high school hockey state tournament is on now. Its low commercial hockey, so you can see if you like the game without as many ads as the NHL. https://kstp.com/45tv/prep45/mshsl-tournaments/#streamingplayer
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Anon03/07/26, 17:05No.153763957
03/07/26, 17:05No.153763957They're all good besides basketball
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Anon03/08/26, 00:43No.153770329
03/08/26, 00:43No.153770329just watch ncaa gymnastics bro
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Anon03/08/26, 11:11No.153781856
03/08/26, 11:11No.153781856NFL but it's a weird game, it's like a tabletop game in turns and they only play for 15 minutes
Hockey is better as a sport
Since you have time you should check rugby
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Anon03/08/26, 16:06No.153784275
03/08/26, 16:06No.153784275All the sports you listed are Canadian sports.
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Anon
03/09/26, 23:02No.153799228
03/09/26, 23:02No.153799228I like hockey, but it's better to start with low level hockey instead of going straight to the NHL. I like to watch my home town team play.
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Anon
03/11/26, 11:27No.153819419
03/11/26, 11:27No.153819419I honestly think the videogames are the best way to learn about American sports, as you literally learn by doing. The easiest sport to get into is hockey because it’s as simple to watch on a superficial level as soccer. Basketball used to be too but it’s kind of fucked at the moment, as statistics determine that you’re basically better off finding plays that allow your players to chuck open 3 pointers than literally anything else, which make games feel very sterile, homogenous and uninteresting to watch.Baseball and football require more understanding of what’s going on behind the action, so they’re not as easy to get into.
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Anon03/11/26, 11:28No.153819423
03/11/26, 11:28No.153819423been enjoying the WBC Perubro?
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Anon03/12/26, 18:31No.153837428
03/12/26, 18:31No.153837428Bump
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Anon03/12/26, 19:01No.153837722
03/12/26, 19:01No.153837722Peruvianbro, just follow all the sports and root Chicago across the board: Cubs/Bears/Blackhawks/Fire/Bulls.
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Anon03/16/26, 01:09No.153890327
03/16/26, 01:09No.153890327You've been bumping this thread for the last fifteen days? I've seen you in /mlb/ I assumed you got your answer.
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Anon03/16/26, 03:30No.153892896
03/16/26, 03:30No.153892896The real answer is Golf. Most of the biggest tournaments are played in the US. Obviously easy to follow, and final rounds of stuff like the Masters and US Open are always kino
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Anon03/17/26, 22:18No.153909713
03/17/26, 22:18No.153909713Bump