I missed the NBA All Star game. I was on the road. But that’s no excuse because I would have missed had I been on my couch, remote at the ready. Yes, I’ll go with the world’s greatest athletes, but I’m not interested in their all star game. I barely can get the television to tune into a regular season game, a little better during the playoffs, which are longer than an politician’s explanation.

I watched the slam dunk contest with my son and realized — and it was corroborated by the eventual winner — that all the dunks have been done. Maybe somebody Dunk Doctor can revive that contest, but the props have made it less competitive for me as has the time clock.

All Star in general games are duller than dishwater if you’re considering the impact. Baseball stupidly gave the winner home field in the World Series to add some chops to the midsummer classic. Memo to Bud Selig: What were you smoking? The NFL plays its all star game after the Super Bowl, timing befitting an improv flunky. I don’t watch hockey, so I don’t know what it does.

College all star games are post season, post bowl etc. and get little attention. I’m wondering what the solution is, but in the meantime, 150 points does not impress me — unless it’s me bowling.