1107: Sports Cheat Sheet - Revision history

76.183.232.121: Replaced football descriptions with emojis

2025-12-28T20:14:50Z

Replaced football descriptions with emojis

Localboyinaphotograph at 18:16, 15 October 2025

2025-10-15T18:16:39Z

172.69.195.121 at 16:15, 14 December 2023

2023-12-14T16:15:26Z

172.71.178.55: /* Explanation */ Hmmm... Setting up a worldwide franchise system to establish suitable area-specific and socially-adjusted variations to steer those who need such steerage.

2023-12-14T15:55:16Z

‎Explanation: Hmmm... Setting up a worldwide franchise system to establish suitable area-specific and socially-adjusted variations to steer those who need such steerage.

172.70.85.152: /* Explanation */ Another reason why this (and certain other non-US sports) could be found year-round. Even if it's too hot/cold/wet/dry in one place, it will not be in another. (Possibly also means around the clock, too, but haven't checked that.)

2023-12-14T15:00:46Z

‎Explanation: Another reason why this (and certain other non-US sports) could be found year-round. Even if it's too hot/cold/wet/dry in one place, it will not be in another. (Possibly also means around the clock, too, but haven't checked that.)

Maplestrip: /* Explanation */ A bit of non-US perspective here is helpful; we don't want to leave people with the impression that Europe doesn't have seasonal sports! I hope these details are helpful.

2023-12-14T12:34:55Z

‎Explanation: A bit of non-US perspective here is helpful; we don't want to leave people with the impression that Europe doesn't have seasonal sports! I hope these details are helpful.

Kynde at 16:23, 1 December 2022

2022-12-01T16:23:48Z

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 :[The second column, reproduced using approximate dates.]
 :US:
-:Football [ovoid ball drawn in brackets]: January 1 - February 10
+:Football (🏈): January 1 - February 10
 :Basketball: February 10 - April 20
 :Baseball: April 20 - May 25
 :Basketball: May 25 - June 15
 :Baseball: June 15 - August 20
-:Football [ovoid]: August 20 - October 5
+:Football (🏈): August 20 - October 5
 :Baseball: October 5 - October 20
-:Football [ovoid]: October 20 - December 31
+:Football (🏈): October 20 - December 31
 :[The third column, reproduced using approximate dates.]
 :non-US:
-:Football [truncated icosahedron, 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons]: January 1 - December 31
+:Football (⚽️): January 1 - December 31
 ==Trivia==

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 Traditionally, the Red Sox and the Yankees have a {{w|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|long-standing rivalry}}, especially among fans. Many Red Sox fans consider a loss by the Yankees nearly as good as a win by the Red Sox (and the Red Sox beating the Yankees the best of both worlds). If the Red Sox can't win the World Series, then at least they can help prevent the Yankees from winning it.
-For those with less interest in either depicted form of 'football', there are several other {{w|Australian rules football|local}} or {{w|Rugby football|global varieties}} that could be discussed, as there are also other world-spanning sports that may provide a significantly {{w|Cricket season|seasonal or year-round}} interest for their adherents. From Randall's own perspective, however, they are perhaps unlikely to feature prominently enough in observed conversations to need mentioning in this simplified cheatsheet, or form the basis of useful 'opinion hints' along the lines of the baseball one. Other people, especially outside the US, could probably make use of significantly different versions (''possibly'' still dominated by soccer, at least in the non-local scope).
+For those with less interest in either depicted form of 'football', there are several other {{w|Australian rules football|local}} or {{w|Rugby union|global}} {{w|Rugby league|varieties}} that could be discussed, as there are also other world-spanning sports that may provide a significantly {{w|Cricket season|seasonal or year-round}} interest for their adherents. From Randall's own perspective, however, they are perhaps unlikely to feature prominently enough in observed conversations to need mentioning in this simplified cheatsheet, or form the basis of useful 'opinion hints' along the lines of the baseball one. Other people, especially outside the US, could probably make use of significantly different versions (''possibly'' still dominated by soccer, at least in the non-local scope).
 This strip is one of several in which Randall attempts to trivialize sports (see for instance [[904: Sports]], [[1480: Super Bowl]], [[1507: Metaball]] and [[1859: Sports Knowledge]]).

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 Traditionally, the Red Sox and the Yankees have a {{w|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|long-standing rivalry}}, especially among fans. Many Red Sox fans consider a loss by the Yankees nearly as good as a win by the Red Sox (and the Red Sox beating the Yankees the best of both worlds). If the Red Sox can't win the World Series, then at least they can help prevent the Yankees from winning it.
-For those with less interest in either depicted form of 'football', there are several other {{w|Australian rules football|local}} or {{w|Rugby football|global varieties}} that could be discussed, as there are also other world-spanning sports that may provide a significantly {{w|Cricket season|seasonal of year-round}} interest for their adherents. From Randall's own perspective, however, they are perhaps unlikely to feature prominently enough in observed conversations to need mentioning in this simplified cheatsheet, or form the basis of useful 'opinion hints' along the lines of the baseball one. Other people, especially outside the US, could probably make use of significantly different versions (''possibly'' still dominated by soccer, at least in the non-local scope).
+For those with less interest in either depicted form of 'football', there are several other {{w|Australian rules football|local}} or {{w|Rugby football|global varieties}} that could be discussed, as there are also other world-spanning sports that may provide a significantly {{w|Cricket season|seasonal or year-round}} interest for their adherents. From Randall's own perspective, however, they are perhaps unlikely to feature prominently enough in observed conversations to need mentioning in this simplified cheatsheet, or form the basis of useful 'opinion hints' along the lines of the baseball one. Other people, especially outside the US, could probably make use of significantly different versions (''possibly'' still dominated by soccer, at least in the non-local scope).
 This strip is one of several in which Randall attempts to trivialize sports (see for instance [[904: Sports]], [[1480: Super Bowl]], [[1507: Metaball]] and [[1859: Sports Knowledge]]).

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	Traditionally, the Red Sox and the Yankees have a {{w\|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry\|long-standing rivalry}}, especially among fans. Many Red Sox fans consider a loss by the Yankees nearly as good as a win by the Red Sox (and the Red Sox beating the Yankees the best of both worlds). If the Red Sox can't win the World Series, then at least they can help prevent the Yankees from winning it.		Traditionally, the Red Sox and the Yankees have a {{w\|Yankees–Red Sox rivalry\|long-standing rivalry}}, especially among fans. Many Red Sox fans consider a loss by the Yankees nearly as good as a win by the Red Sox (and the Red Sox beating the Yankees the best of both worlds). If the Red Sox can't win the World Series, then at least they can help prevent the Yankees from winning it.
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		+	For those with less interest in either depicted form of 'football', there are several other {{w\|Australian rules football\|local}} or {{w\|Rugby football\|global varieties}} that could be discussed, as there are also other world-spanning sports that may provide a significantly {{w\|Cricket season\|seasonal of year-round}} interest for their adherents. From Randall's own perspective, however, they are perhaps unlikely to feature prominently enough in observed conversations to need mentioning in this simplified cheatsheet, or form the basis of useful 'opinion hints' along the lines of the baseball one. Other people, especially outside the US, could probably make use of significantly different versions (''possibly'' still dominated by soccer, at least in the non-local scope).

	This strip is one of several in which Randall attempts to trivialize sports (see for instance [[904: Sports]], [[1480: Super Bowl]], [[1507: Metaball]] and [[1859: Sports Knowledge]]).		This strip is one of several in which Randall attempts to trivialize sports (see for instance [[904: Sports]], [[1480: Super Bowl]], [[1507: Metaball]] and [[1859: Sports Knowledge]]).

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 The {{w|NFL}} football regular season generally runs from September to December with playoffs in January and early February. Overlapping this period of time, NCAA college football is also occurring, from September to December, with their bowl games in December and January. Almost all of this period, sports arguments are likely to be about football. The {{w|NBA}} basketball regular season runs from late October to mid-April with playoffs in April and into June. {{w|NCAA}} college basketball starts in November but peaks in March with the NCAA Basketball Tournament ([[1819: Sweet 16|March Madness]]). According to the chart, the arguments about basketball don't begin until the football season is over. They continue through the end of April, but start again at the end of May during the playoff finals. The {{w|MLB}} baseball regular season runs from April through September with playoffs in late September and October. When the baseball season begins, arguments shift from the ongoing basketball season to the new baseball season. As mentioned, the NBA Finals create some basketball arguments again for a few weeks. Similarly, the start of the NFL season in September makes it more likely arguments then will be about football. Baseball takes over briefly during the playoffs in October.
-One of the punchlines is that outside the US, all sports arguments are about {{w|association football}} (soccer) all year round. The two types of football are noted on the chart by an icon showing the ball used in each sport. Of course, in reality, most countries have seasonal sports besides football, which may range from cricket to ice skating. However, non-American sporting events are unlikely to be brought up in the United States, and when they do it is very often association football.
+One of the punchlines is that outside the US, all sports arguments are about {{w|association football}} (soccer) all year round. The two types of football are noted on the chart by an icon showing the ball used in each sport. Of course, in reality, most countries have seasonal sports besides football, which may range from cricket to ice skating. However, non-American sporting events are unlikely to be brought up in the United States, and when they do it is very often association football as its active seasons are potentially long and overlapping (being played in both hemispheres and across most latitudes).
 The title text continues on the theme of this chart being for someone who doesn't know anything about sports. Randall imagines a {{w|Twitter}} feed where you receive a salient sports opinion each day, presumably so that you could repeat the opinion to your friends and appear knowledgeable about sports. As the feed is for those uninformed about sports, there are clarifications of important terms in brackets.

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