Sports in the springtime

     I love to watch sports on TV and live.   I was just thinking today that sports used to all have their separate seasons during the year, but it seems like the seasons have gotten longer now and you can see different sports all year long. Spring is an especially good time for sports.  Right now the baseball season is starting, the basketball season is ending, we're in the middle of the hokey season, the winter Olympics just ended, and you can even follow the off-season activities, draft, and trades in football. You can watch college and professional teams. You can watch soccer pretty much all year round.  I'm a big fan of the Indianapolis teams, the Pacers and the Colts. There is even a minor-league professional baseball team in Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Indians. Their season just started last week. My wife and I like to go to a few games each year. They play at Victory Field in downtown Indianapolis. It's a beautiful stadium and the tickets are inexpensive. Even if you don't understand baseball, you would enjoy going out to watch a game. Someone said that you can't really understand Americans unless you understand baseball. You can even get a discount on Indians tickets as an Ivy Tech student. If you're a sports fan like me, you can enjoy watching lots of sports right now, and maybe even play some sports yourself.

What are your favorite sports? Do you like to play, watch, or both?

NBA and the World Cup

This is a great time to be an NBA fan. You get to see some really great games in the playoffs. It looks like the two strongest teams this year are the Lakers and the Cavaliers. I don't like the Lakers. They seem arrogant and cocky. If the championship game ends up being Lakers and Cavaliers, I hope LeBron and the Cavaliers win. But I wouldn't bet against the Lakers, either.

And just around the corner, in June, is the beginning of the soccer World Cup. I'm glad that soccer is becoming more popular in the U.S. and more people are following the games. I'd like for the U.S. to do well this year in the World Cup, but I wouldn't bet on it when they have to play teams like Italy and Brazil. They are not at that level yet.