Personally, I don't care about sports. I don't follow them, I don't know the players or who's on what team or anything.
However, I have a working knowledge of just about all the big sports, and if there's one on TV that someone else is watching, I can get into it; even baseball and soccer, which I find incredibly boring.
However, I don't care about a particular team (though I admit that I pay special note to teams from my state/town/school), I cheer for a good game; to focus on football for the example, I want to see a ton of turnovers, I want to see big plays and sacks blocked kicks and overtime. I like when games are contentious and nobody is shutting anybody else out (like that one football game over Thanksgiving this year, it was incredible to see them own the field, but not very interesting otherwise).
It's also nice to get together with family (since that's the only time I ever watch a game) and connect over something, especially in a family where we've never been very "close" (not that we hate one another, just that we all do our own things and there's no Hallmark heart-to-heart, honest feelings discussions).
So yeah, I don't hate sports, but I don't care about them, either. And I don't like talking about them or hearing about them; my caring extends only as long as a game lasts.
This sums it up for me:
