Sports

Ever since the days of the ancient Olympic Games, Sports and sporting events have been a major distraction to civilization. This, of course, makes them nearly perfect for television. Most people believe that the first televised sports event was the 1908 World Series (an event which many critics claim didn't happen, since television hadn't been invented yet). Since then, sports has kept more people, mostly men, asleep on the couch since the invention of cheap liquor. Today, many television networks owe their existence to sports... that, and betting on sports.
===Notable sports programs===
*Auto Racing
**NASCAR
**Speed Racer
**The Indianapolis 500
*Basketball
**Match Madness
**John Tesh presents: The NBA on NBC
**NBA Finals
**One on One
**Streetball: The AND-1 Mix Tape Tour
**The Godzilla Power Hour (also associated with fighting)
*Civil Disobedience and Civil Disturbance
**1992 Los Angeles Riots
**ABC Wide World of Riots - 1967 Gold Medal Round
*Fighting
**Best Damn Fight Night Period
**Celebrity Deathmatch
**The Godzilla Power Hour (also associated with basketball)
*Football (aka soccer)
**Arena Football
**BCS National Championship Game
**Brian's Song
**Monday Night Football
**Saturday Night College Football
**Sunday Night Football
**The Super Bowl
**The World Cup
**XFL Football
*Hockey
**Coach's Corner with Don Cherry
**Hockey Night in Canada
**The Stanley Cup Finals on NBC
*Major League Baseball
**Bonds on Bonds
**Major League Baseball - 1984 World Series
**Major League Baseball - 2006 World Series
**This Week In Baseball
*Olympics
**NBC Presents: Up Close And Personal
**The Summer Olympics
**The Winter Olympics
*Poker
**Celebrity Poker Challenge
**National Heads-Up Poker Championship
**World Series of Poker
*Professional wrestling
**ECW on Sci-Fi
**Friday Night SmackDown!
**GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling
**TNA Impact!
*Other notable sports programming
**American Gladiators
**America's Cup
**Baby Madness
**Battle of the Network Stars
**Best Damn Sports Show Period
**Master of Champions
**Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot-Dog Eating Contest
**Puppy Bowl
**Rock, Scissors, or Paper
**Scripps National Spelling Bee
**Sports Night
**The Masters