{"id":524,"date":"2005-12-04T18:31:29","date_gmt":"2005-12-04T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2005\/12\/right-now-the-best-sport-to-wa.html"},"modified":"2005-12-04T18:31:29","modified_gmt":"2005-12-04T18:31:29","slug":"right-now-the-best-sport-to-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2005\/12\/right-now-the-best-sport-to-wa.html","title":{"rendered":"Right now, the best sport to watch is&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some might suggest that football is the best thing going right now. If so, they&#8217;d probably point to:<br \/>\n1. Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning or<br \/>\n2. Chicago Bears with the best defense and the lumpiest offense ever. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nOthers might point to the NBA with its nearly meaningless games (at this time of the year) and nearly endless games (with too many TV timeouts) and nearly superhuman- sized players who push and shove their way around so they can get a shot off in the minuscule time allotted by the shot clock.<br \/>\n1. I&#8217;m not even interested.<br \/>\nOthers might point to hockey, and I&#8217;d give them a hat tip for being interested in a game that is totally meaningless to me. Soccer on ice, I say. And I don&#8217;t care for hockey.<br \/>\nShould you wish to know the purest and best sport to watch right now it is:<br \/>\nThe Tennessee Lady Vols led by Candace Parker. Hands down, the best thing going. 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