Reply #6: It depends on what you call ugly

[LisaM]

I love defense in any sport. I have heard sparkling defensive gems called ugly because there wasn't a boatload of scoring.

I have also heard games that were played in terrible weather called ugly. I don't agree. The sight of an athlete covered in rain and mud, giving it her or his all, is just as beautiful to me as a bunch of crisply executed hockey passes, or some twisting move Isaiah Thomas made to the basket.

I take your point, but in general, it seems that "ugly" is equated with defense.