Continued Responses

Well...I've been caught. I'm glad I at least have a careful reader. "Tom Foolery" pointed out that I said golf IS a sport under my "Sport/Not Sport- Poker" article. And, due to much discussion over the past week, I changed that belief to post recently against golf as a sport. A mistake, I'll admit it, but one that came after being better educated on what a sport is. No, TF, I didn't craft my definition of sports to exclude golf and NASCAR purposely (by the way TF, you haven't given YOUR idea of what a sport is). And as to why I called cycling and cross-country running sports, but rowing and swimming NOT sports...it has nothing to do with land vs. water racing. I ran cross-country in high school, and I had friends on the swim team. Both are ridiculously challenging for the mind and body, beyond any doubt. BUT...cross-country involves a team running together, all in the same race, with much more "defensive strategy" than you'd think at first (for example- the last 2 runners out of the 7 in a race cannot score, so their job is to attempt to displace the scorers for other teams...lots more team strategy for movement and hindering the other team than a casual sports fan would recognize at first). Cycling, too, involves teams (you just see Lance winning, for the others are there to cut the wind for him and displace other cyclists). These questions are great...keep them coming. And as for you, TF, thanks for keeping this blog tidy and correct. That being said, for your future opinions- bring it!