F1 was about speed until the loss of Senna and Ratzenberger in the same awful weekend, the tracks have been heavily sanitised since. Darts (a sport hahahaha) and snooker (televised paint drying)
How are Americans so obsessed with basketball? I guess it's a cultural thing and they would struggle with cricket which I love.
One curious fact I have observed is that most men who hate football seem to be in to motor sports. Of course we all know that such blokes must have a genetic defect!