Yes sometimes people need to just be given permission by seeing others go first (see vlogs)

As far as sports go, there are a few npubs that I've seen post clips, post game threads, etc

Many nostr peeps see sports as bread & circus meant to distract us from what's really going on (and they're right to a degree), but variety is the spice of life. Different strokes for different folks, and all the other cliches