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Overview
Sportsball is an online slang term for any sport that is often ridiculed for being boring, generic, and overrated. The term has often by used by people or communities who either dislike any sports or have no care in them such as online gamers or nerds.
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On March 3, 2007, Urban Dictionary submitted a definition of Sportsball in which they stated:
Throughout the 2010s, Sportsball has been shown in various webcomics such as The Oatmeal and xkcd in which they mock the commentary and gameplay of any sport or sporting event. Sportsball also had its own share on merchandise such as t-shirts. In 2015, Rooster Teeth used the term for their own sports web show.