tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post4535530891445528236..comments2023-09-26T12:18:39.374+03:00Comments on Boreal Expat: Pelotons and Center CourtsKent Tankersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-10312079022149985092014-10-06T21:51:56.377+03:002014-10-06T21:51:56.377+03:00So, you've managed to get hooked on sports the...So, you've managed to get hooked on sports they can't find even sports-crazy Finns willing to do a commentary on then, huh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-78009129596497289232014-10-03T16:50:43.555+03:002014-10-03T16:50:43.555+03:00I don't think so. Actually, sometimes the comm...I don't think so. Actually, sometimes the commentary on Eurosport is in English, or even Finnish, depending I guess on the sport in question. But mostly for tennis it's in Swedish. Same is true for ski-jumping.Kent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-62834223587032720032014-09-27T13:52:59.136+03:002014-09-27T13:52:59.136+03:00"the commentary describing the action on Euro..."the commentary describing the action on Eurosport is only in Swedish"<br /><br />Are you sure you haven't accidentally made the preferred audio language Swedish?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-6146057146905100412014-09-25T01:08:44.802+03:002014-09-25T01:08:44.802+03:00I never was a big fan of tennis. Or cycling. I app...I never was a big fan of tennis. Or cycling. I appreciate them, but they just don't float the old boat. In fact, these days I'm not much of a sports fan at all. Not like the days when I was a kid. I used to love American football and baseball. I also really got a kick out of watching track & field events, and gymnastics and swimming. But now I just don't watch them. The part of me that used to adore that kind of thing has just shut down, I suppose. I did go see a pro baseball game this year (well, Triple-A), and I went to see a pro football game during last season (Carolina Panthers vs. Atlanta Falcons). But I wasn't really into it. I mainly went because the tickets were cheap (the Falcons sucked last year and no one wanted to see them play), and I had never been to see the big stadium that they built here in town.<br /><br />My dad was a big fan of baseball and he taught me how to appreciate the game. He called it "the chess of sports", and saw it more as a duel between two managers than as one team against another. I kept up my enjoyment of that game until this past year. I just got tired of it all.<br /><br />Also...and this has nothing to do with your sports thoughts today...but should your subtitle be changed? Now that you're a full-fledged citizen of Finland, you're not precisely "an American in Finland" anymore.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com