Frisbee Golf

Well, I'm not sure about the offside but the Sunderland player was indeed holding down the goalkeeper. I still doubt he would've got there in time, though.

This topic has spurred me on to create a GW's favorite sport poll battles tournament. (Hopefully it will bring some more attention to this forum and bring about some discussion about the various sports we have around the world.)

There are a whole ton of sports throughout the world, and many people have their own personal favorite(s). How does GW as a whole feel about these sports and which one is the most popular here? To answer that question and to promote activity and more discussion in this forum I bring you "GW's Favorite Sport Battle Tournament"!

One by one various sports will be pitted against each other in 24-hour poll battles, with the most popular sport being the victor and surviving in the single-elimination tournament. 32 sports in all will compete, but there will only be one eventual victor. GWers will vote based on their own personal criteria - which sport is more fun to play, which one is better to watch, which one takes more strategy/skill, etc. No matter what reasoning is used in voting, the more popular entry on the poll will live to fight another day.

I bet you're curious as to the identity and matchups of these 32 sports, so here they are:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=238419

ROUND ONE:

















ROUND TWO:









ROUND THREE:





ROUND FOUR:



THE FINAL ROUND:
TBA

To make the tournament go by faster 2 matches will take place each day. This will mean that the whole tournament should take 16 days to complete.

The first two matches will either take place today or tomorrow. Discuss predictions, matchups, complain about my choices, etc. May the best sport win!

Go Ice hockey!

Go Ice hockey!

YES!

(reminds me of the GameSpy Greatest Game Ever tournament they had a couple of years ago.  I think Half-Life won and SMB3 came in second)

Also, where is Canadian Football?

EDIT:

And, WOW, does Baseball have an easy path to the final, or what?

Overbay is a horrible fielder.  I understand if someone makes an error on a ball every now and then, but this guy does it repeatedly. 

dude, the guy has 4 errors this year. don't sweat it if a guy has 2 key errors over a six game span. it happens. the guy actually leads the majors in range factor at first base(and leads the AL by a wide margin). so basically he's getting more outs for toronto at first base per game than any other player in baseball. it's his total lack of power since coming off the DL that you should be worried about.


anyway, i'm really glad to see wily mo pena out of boston before he hit his stride. i was convinced he'd be the next great power hitter in boston and then nobody would have a chance of doing anything in the AL east for the next 10 years. washington is a great fit for him. everyone seems to turn their career around there nowadays.

also kevin millar is the fucking man. it took me a good year to stop thinking of him as YUCK YUCK YUCK REDSOCK but now i am sold.



look at this face. how could you not love this man?


also it doesn't hurt that he's a few games away from breaking the orioles mark for consecutive games reaching base. he's gotten either a hit, a walk, or a hbp in 43 consecutive games. that's fucking ridiculous.

Same as DP.
No I don't own one.

i am insulted that competitive eating did not make this list

Pool/Billiards isn't on this list? This is madness.

Pool/Billiards isn't on this list? This is madness.

this is sparta lol

I'll probably be in the minority, but I just absolutely love Baseball.

Damn't... where's Muay Thai/Kung-Fu/Any MMA for that matter?! I refuse to pair them up with Boxing... I loved Boxing but MMA's much more intense, at least that's what I found for both because I did compete in both of them competitively..

So uh... yeah.. I guess from the current list, I'd say either: a) Boxing; b) Basketball; c) American Football or d) Rugby

P.S. In that order

You know what, I'll take out two sports up there and add Competitive Eating and Billiards. I know how much it will mean to Hundley to have his favorite sport representing. 

Say goodbye to paintball and fencing. I doubt they had a chance to win anyway.

I predict that baseball will be in the final 2.  And not because it's worthy of that spot...

i am insulted that competitive eating made this list but not poker