Is today (the day after the All-Star Game) the slowest sports day of the year?

If you cover a college football team that is playing in a late-December bowl, they're usually practicing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

 

I could always fudge it, too, and write a fishing article during the summer. Harder to do that when the lake's frozen over and even most the fishermen are in for the holiday.

 

You don't cover icefishermen like you do the guys who only fish in the summer, and the icefishermen work just as hard as the warm-weather guys.

 

Yeah, pretty much. They're usually the same guys, anyway.

 

It is the one day of the year none of the big four sports are playing. Technically, there aren't any games the day before and after the All-Star Game, but you've got the derby, of course. It's one of my favorite trivia questions.

 

What about NFL training camps starting up? Or is the day after the All Star Game too early for that?

 

This is about as slow as it gets.

 

There's the Olympics this year. I think U.S. Baseball unveiled its official roster today. A bunch of nobodies, per usual, but there's always the chance there's a local nobody to talk to.

 

That's this year. What about the years when neither the Olympics or the World Cup are going on?

 

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At least there's Brett Favre.

 

There will always be Brett Favre.

 

So true. You know, I think this was his plan all along. Him and Radomski.