Sports vs. Events/Games

OK...my last post had me thinking for a minute, and I have had this argument a few times with people back in the day. Certain things on ESPN, NBC Sports, etc...that I do NOT consider sports. I have a few rules on what makes a sport, but these are fairly opinionated. One, to be a sport you must have a scoreboard. Second, some sort of object like a ball must be used. So. Other then the basic 3, baseball, football, basketball, are these considered sports, games, or events?

Soccer- Sport - Even though this is controlled by European and Third World countries, and you can't use your hands, not to mention I hate it, this is a sport. Its the most common game in the world, and it takes a ton of stamina, skill and endurance to play.
Golf - Sport - I know, you can rip heaters, lip darts, drink 400 beers and ride a cart. But, this too requires great hand eye coordination, not to mention patience, intelligence and technical skill. I have to go with sport on this one.
Auto racing - Event - Yes this too requires hand eye coordination and mental toughness, but jesus, anyone can do this...just go go go and turn left 2000 times.
Swimming - Event - Actually, I liken this more to survival...if you don't paddle, or float in the winter, chances are, youll drown. I dont see the highlights of the 50 meter individual medley getting top billing on ESPN, unless its the Olympics. And even the Olympics call their events, EVENTS.
Poker - Game. Blind people can play cards. This doesn't make them athletes. This should only be shown on its own network (see below.)
Track and Field - Event- same as swimming, only is big during the Olympics. Running and jumping is not sports, they are athletic events. No ball, no scoreboard, its who jumpest highest and who runs fastest.
Figure skating - Event - same with gymnastics, I don't believe anything that has a "judge" with a subjective view in charge of who wins constitutes sport. I guess under the same token, I would have to lump boxing in this, although it seems a bit hypocritical to do so. Not always does the best person or team win.
Tennis - Sport - I have to lump this in with Soccer. Great athletic ability, scoreboard, ball, you name it. Besides the judges this has everything a sport needs. At this point, a judge isnt needed, we have the screaming loud siren that goes off when a serve misses, why not include that all over the court??
Hockey - Sport - There is an object (puck), and a scoreboard. Plus this has almost as much contact as football, and you can get seriously hurt playing. This takes skill with hands and feet. I say its a sport.

Anyhow, im sure this could see some debate. Im interested in some reactions here.

My million dollar idea - PTV - Poker Television

Since we have the WSOP on ESPN 3 nights a week, we have the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel a couple times a week, high stakes poker on GSN, why don't we just get our shit together and create the Poker Network or Poker TV. The NFL network pulls off 24 hours of football coverage, even during the offseason. Why can't we create a network for poker? I mean let's be real here, poker isn't even a sport (ooh, another rant to blog about later!) Here is an example of how PTV can work

12 am to 6 am - Reruns of former WSOP satellites and main events.
7 am - 10 am - One hour of poker news(SportsCenter style- duh duh duh, duh duh duh)where broadcasters can discuss which big names are in what tournament, up and coming players, etc..
10 am - 2 pm - Player biographies - sort of the "behind the music" if you will about various poker players, their struggles, their success stories.
2 pm - 6 pm - Educational shows - how to play 7 card stud, Omaha Hi, stratgeies on Hold em, etc..
6 pm - 7 pm - Daily news again
7 pm - 12 am - Live coverage of current tournaments or big cash games. Live interviews

Come on now, how hard is it? Only need a few broadcasters for this, and I can bet dollars to donuts the average degenerate will fork over 7 bucks extra a month to Comcast or Dish Network if they think it will help them in the long run win more money. Good idea?????

Uh oh - the Rocket saw something he doesn't like

Now I understand this is a political slam created by the Douglas administration, but this still strikes home a bit, as countless colleagues of mine have lost jobs due to prior administrations' failure to secure long term growth at IBM BTV. Ill let the viewer(s) here decide for themselves what they think...

Friday Rock out!

Friends or enemies...the blog will be down for a week as im going on golfcation. So for you today is a special extra rock out...more songs then usual.

Susan Lucci wins at poker!!!

Rick Randall aka Susan Lucci won his first tournament on Thursday night, when his J A versus AQ and 88 held up with a J on the river. Congratulations....Susie

I need to be a golf coach!!

You cant spell Gentleman without G!!

Oh hellllll no!! the apocalypse is here finally! This is TV's version of Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami, 9/11, Pearl Harbor, Bucky Dent's homer in 1978 all in one. I watched the premiere of this for about 7 minutes last night. Thank God, or Allah, that the All Star game was on, otherwise my dumb ass would be roped into this. 15 douchebag Guido's and pimp wannabe's go to a house and basically learn to be gentlemen. This is the male version of Charm school. Could someone do me a favor and watch this, and let me know how it is....I dont want to get sucked in!