This Thursday, when I get together with my family for Thanksgiving, it will be sports on TV from morning till night. I can’t stand to watch a game without having something on it. That said, having minimum interest in sports makes me have maximum interest in betting on them. I Can’t Stand To Watch A Game Without Having Something On It Whatever the case, blowing him off was not a successful gamble on my biology grades. I opted not to acknowledge penchants for smoking weed, obsessing over underground comix and spiriting copies of Penthouse up to my bedroom. I kind of smirked and said, “Uhm, I usually listen to records and read.” He was intimating that I should try out for the team. In 10 th grade, my biology teacher, who doubled as a coach on the school football team, buttonholed me and asked, “What does a big guy like you do after school?” I Hate Sports, But I Love Betting On Them However, the truth is that I find sports boring to watch and, frankly, I never had what it took to play them particularly well.

They watch back-to-back games on TV, they talk about their glory days playing as teenagers, they try luring me out to the golf course. Almost everyone I know loves sports, says SportsLens feature writer Michael Kaplan.