My dad isn't into sports at all. He lives in a very sports-focused city, much more so than where he spent most of his life, so I told him my little sports trick.
Sports fan: "Did you see the blank game?"
Me: No but isn't what's his name doing well?
99% of the time people will fill in whoever the star player is and talk about how good they are doing or say no they were doing well but they haven't been recent.
I didn't care much about sports when I moved to Chicago, which cares a lot about sports, but now I have some knowledge about all the teams and friendships with a lot of sports fans I wouldn't otherwise know well. Go Bulls.
Sports fan: "Did you see the blank game?" Me: No but isn't what's his name doing well?
99% of the time people will fill in whoever the star player is and talk about how good they are doing or say no they were doing well but they haven't been recent.
I didn't care much about sports when I moved to Chicago, which cares a lot about sports, but now I have some knowledge about all the teams and friendships with a lot of sports fans I wouldn't otherwise know well. Go Bulls.