PASS THE POPCORN AND OHHS & AHHS

I, like many others, am an avid sports fan. Not an obsessive sports fan but for me it's not a problem to waste a beautiful fall Sunday watching football. And I mean watching ALL day Sunday. Sorry God.
Well for many of my fellow sport fans this is a dead period to them. Basketball is a memory, hockey has disappeared and football is just beginning their training camps. But wait. Maybe you have tunnel vision. I mean baseball is in full swing. I know for many of you that just means a snooze fest. But name me another game that you can watch on TV and balance your checkbook at the same time. Don't get me wrong I love baseball. Especially with the Angels doing so well right now. Sometimes I wish baseball players didn't seem like big babies. I mean if a player chips a nail out on the field it's a guaranteed 15 days on the disabled list. But still it's an option for you viewing pleasure.
If you want something more hardcore may I suggest the X Games. This little get together starts today in LA and is most definitely kick ass. To watch these younguns defie gravity on skateboards and bikes (both pedal and motor) is to question the laws of natural science. Except for Jake Brown. Last year at the 2007 X Games he proved that gravity can be a bitch and never really goes away. You may have seen his famous video of what happens when your 45 feet in the air and your skateboard decides to go home without you. Lets just say swinging your arms and legs will not cause you to fly. This was followed by a thud heard round the world. This was not a good landing. I honestly thought he was dead. Knocked out yes but dead, no. That shows you what an advantage it is to be young and in shape. If that had been somebody from my generation they would still be scrubbing the spot where the old guy exploded on impact.
Well anyway that's two things you can watch until football starts their pre-season games. Wait I think there may be something else that starts next week. What was that? Something to do with a bunch of athletes from around the world getting together for a little hoe down.
No my friend, sports does not suck this time of year.