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I stopped watching new Simpsons a long time ago.
A few years I tried again, but the episode opened with a bunch of NBA jokes that the audience was just... supposed to get? What if you're not into basketball? Lol.
The Simpsons has done a ton of sports jokes in the past, that's definitely not unique to recent Simpsons.
Such as?
Just from memory there's one of the most highly regarded golden era episodes, Homer at the Bat which heavily features MLB players from the time and makes jokes assuming knowledge of the league. You Only Move Twice has the joke about the Denver Broncos. The entire characters of Drederick Tatum and Lucius Sweet are based on Mike Tyson and Don King respectively.
Literally entire super bowl episode? Gags about 10 billion hours of pre-game? Small bits where Homer chuckles at sports commentators? Homer taking over running the kids football team? Mark McGuire distracting everyone from a surveillance conspiracy? Homer literally chained himself to a post to protest losing the Isotopes?
There were tons back in the day.
Those sound like pretty big events that even non-sports fans might know about.
"You stink Strawberry, we want home run Homer!"