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

[93Devil]

Is today traditionally the slowest day of the year?

If it is not today, what day is it?

Sorry if this is a D_B.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

 

[JakeandElwood]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

Maybe it's just coincidence, but I remember the NFL on Christmas Eve the last few years.

 

[FileNotFound]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

Maybe it's just coincidence, but I remember the NFL on Christmas Eve the last few years.

Coincidence. Wait until Christmas Eve falls mid-week.

 

[93Devil]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

But there is a college bowl game and a possible NFL playoff game then, right?

You might get some NHL and NBA as well as an odd college game.

 

[dreunc1542]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

But there is a college bowl game and a possible NFL playoff game then, right?

You might get some NHL and NBA as well as an odd college game.

NFL playoff game??? Since when?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Christmas Eve has to be up there.

But there is a college bowl game and a possible NFL playoff game then, right?

You might get some NHL and NBA as well as an odd college game.

All I know is this: every year when I had desk on Christmas Eve, it was midweek and other than some college basketball tournament in Puerto Rico, nobody was playing. NBA normally skips the 24th, NHL skipped the 24th and 25th last year. No bowl game on Christmas Eve last year, but the Hawaii Bowl is on Christmas Eve this  year. Starts at 8 p.m. EST though. If you have early deadlines on Christmas Eve, that sumbitch gets 2 grafs and agate the day after Christmas.

Tad bit early for an NFL playoff game.

 

[jakewriter82]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Day#Christmas_Eve

 

[jakewriter82]

Working as a one-man sports crew, I thought the day after Christmas is much slower than even Christmas Eve or today.

 

[GB-Hack]

You'd normally get a college bowl game on Christmas Eve if the NFL isn't playing, I believe the NHL traditionally is off, can't remember off the top of my head if the NBA played or not.

This may be the one day of the year when none of the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR or any colleges are playing. So technically, I think it would be.

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

I think this is toughest one for journalists because it is harder to find good features to bank during the summer. With high school/college/pro basketball and the NFL, you can have a timely feature written earlier in the week and saved to be your Christmas Eve centerpiece. But right now, you are pretty much left with baseball (the exception might be a Brit Open preview).

 

[D-Backs Hack]

I've covered a bowl game on Christmas Eve. At least it was in Hawaii.

After a red-eye flight, I pulled up in the driveway for Christmas with Mrs. Joe and the boys at 9:35 a.m.

 

[Steak Snabler]

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.

 

[jakewriter82]

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.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

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.

 

[jakewriter82]

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.

 

[mike311gd]

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.

 

[forever_town]

I think this is toughest one for journalists because it is harder to find good features to bank during the summer. With high school/college/pro basketball and the NFL, you can have a timely feature written earlier in the week and saved to be your Christmas Eve centerpiece. But right now, you are pretty much left with baseball (the exception might be a Brit Open preview).

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

 

[zeke12]

This is about as slow as it gets.

 

[jakewriter82]

I think this is toughest one for journalists because it is harder to find good features to bank during the summer. With high school/college/pro basketball and the NFL, you can have a timely feature written earlier in the week and saved to be your Christmas Eve centerpiece. But right now, you are pretty much left with baseball (the exception might be a Brit Open preview).

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

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.