Ask HN: How do you consume sports?

Ocerge · 2024-09-10T18:55:12.000000Z

I used to (mid-2000s to 2020, basically) live on message boards and listen to sports radio every day; I basically lived and breathed college football. Nowadays it's pretty much just a curated list of sports writers I like on a sports-only twitter account followed by watching most of my teams' games + a handful of interesting games going on that day using YouTube TV. There's something about the pervasive, constant nature of content these days that seems to have taken a lot of the fun out of it for me.

adaisadais · 2024-09-11T11:21:50.000000Z

It’s less of a mystery - I agree. Less fan fare.

I think that’s also with the news in general right now.

adaisadais · 2024-09-10T12:23:48.000000Z

Here’s my current flow:

1. ESPN app - mostly for the headlines across sports

2. Tigernet - clemson specific / mostly football. Like the message boards.

3. Instagram - great place to get lots of good news

4. Maybe a google search - “when is x game?”

5. YouTube for game recap / highlights / long form.

6. Occasionally 247.

7. FotMob for soccer

vik0 · 2024-09-10T18:00:20.000000Z

I have a very cheap TV package that includes something like a dozen, maybe two dozen sports channels. That's where I mostly watch soccer, but very rarely these days. I watch no other sport, and I pay for all of those channels because they come together in a bundle

I occasionally go on r/soccer purely for goal highlights

I used to use sofascore to keep track of games, but I don't anymore since I rarely sit down to watch matches. When I do want to find out when a particular match is, I will search on google

I do play premier league fantasy with a few buddies. We have our own league

Also, I don't think hn is the place to do research about people and their sports-watching habits, since most people here won't watch any sports regularly. A better place would be to go to some communities related to a certain sport and interact with the people there to find out how they do things; but also, if you're not into sports yourself and know a particular sport in and out and the culture associated with it, it's probably not the best idea to do a startup about this

adaisadais · 2024-09-11T11:23:57.000000Z

I totally agree. This is a terrible place to research - but I also seek to get the “nerd” perspective bc I’m curious if they’ve hacked it to be better.

I did some research at a football game recently. If you’re bored / interested you can find it on YouTube under “charleswilliamss” or instagram under “gethalftime”

TrustPatches · 2024-09-14T01:27:11.000000Z

Started playing fantasy football last year. Vastly improved my enjoyment of football, find myself following players and teams I wouldn’t care about before. I use my fantasy app for scores, news, etc.

I watch RedZone, and created a multireddit for nfl, teams, fantasy, etc. for the rest + YouTube for highlights

shortrounddev2 · 2024-09-12T15:36:49.000000Z

Whenever there's a big game of some kind (stanley cup, world cup), I hear about the results after the fact on reddit

brudgers · 2024-09-10T21:10:53.000000Z

Curious why attending in person or otherwise watching the game is not among the considerations.

adaisadais · 2024-09-11T11:24:50.000000Z

I think that’s the desired outcome but not the most common path.

I love music but I mainly Spotify - concerts are a once a quarter thing, right?

skydhash · 2024-09-10T16:29:56.000000Z

F1TV and YouTube Live (esports).

YouTube for recap highlight.

Some random sites for soccer.

I mostly discuss with my partner.

adaisadais · 2024-09-11T11:25:13.000000Z

I appreciate your insights.

inSenCite · 2024-09-11T22:25:08.000000Z

Mostly F1tv app, and frankly ... various random streaming sites for motogp, soccer, cricket. Only really follow racing through the season other sports I'm just tuning in for semis/quarter/finals