I enjoy playing sports but watching or following them is boring to me. I played a fair amount of sports in high-school as they were mandated, though you could

I enjoy playing sports but watching or following them is boring to me. I played a fair amount of sports in high-school as they were mandated, though you could satisfy the requirement with theater or theater-tech or "mathlete" style competition which I took part in a few times instead of my winter sport. That said, this may be a strategy for connecting with other people but there's all sorts of small-talk you can make with someone else, but it might involve some human vulnerability on your part. I make non-sports-related small-talk with pretty much anyone unless it's obvious they want to be left alone. I'd rather be talking to women anyways, and "talking sports" doesn't get you all that far.