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- By Anne Stuart
- October 24, 2006
You're also fond of courts -- both basketball and tennis -- and many
of you know your way around baseball and softball diamonds as well.
That's what approximately 500 RCP readers told us in a recent
informal survey, which focused primarily on business issues but included
a few lifestyle questions just for fun. Among them: What's your favorite
participatory sport?
Golf was by far the most common response. Second place went to baseball/softball.
Basketball ranked third. Tennis came in fourth, followed closely by football
and soccer, which tied for fifth. Volleyball, bicycling, running and hiking
or walking all showed up several times as well. Cricket and table tennis
each made a surprisingly respectable showing.
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A few of you prefer adventurous activities such as skydiving, scuba diving,
hang-gliding and auto racing. You've got at least one triathlete and one
serious paintball combatant in your ranks.
Others cited more leisurely pursuits: darts, poker, chess; while two
wags cited an activity that, while physical, isn't technically a sport.
Not everyone listed a best-loved pastime, X-rated or otherwise. "I'm
too lazy for sports," reported one brutally honest respondent. Another
listed her favorite activity as "getting home in time to make dinner
with my kids, hang out with them [and] read ... All the other stuff is
in the 'used to' category."
About the Author
Anne Stuart, the former executive editor of Redmond Channel Partner, is a business technology freelance writer based in Boston, Mass.