I understand this one. I get shit from people for not liking LotR or really any fantasy at all beside the Elder Scrolls games. This was all before GoT, I love that. But it is the exception. I can dig most Sci Fi, but never been into fantasy.
If I can make an unpopular opinion about fantasy novels: Patrick Rothfuss's are terrible and I'm in such the minority on that one in the fantasy reading community.
fantasy soccer is the only one I play, but it's more the friend group I play with over the act of actually playing
the pandemonium of the last several minutes of a close basketball game is hilarious and worth a watch. that sort of desperation and rule finagaling is special