PUBLIC MARKS from vacelts with tag sports

On Saturday, my husband competed in the Sea Gull Century, a hundred mile bike race on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But what we saw was an unexpected surprise.

The Superbowl is still more than a week away and there will be no playoff games on the tube this weekend. Going through football withdrawals? Then grab a beer, settle in the recliner and put in a football movie. That’s just what I did the other weekend. My husband was busy cheering his Chargers to a win (a lot of good it did them) over my Colts (I couldn’t watch. So I snuggled on the couch in the other room with a couple football movies. But not just any football movies, but those based on real stories.

Before I met my husband, I’d never heard of the Tour de France. Now it’s a tradition every summer to tune in to the hottest cycling event in the world. Not yet a fan? Here are my Top 10 Reasons for you to give it a shot. Remember this list is from a non-die hard cyclist.

Want to attract Americans to a new sport? Reward winners with beer and other alcohol. Let them eat whatever they want on the sidelines. These perks are a few of the things making sumo wrestling popular in America, at least according to a recent Washington Post article.

Nothing says summer is on its way like the start of baseball season. For me, baseball season is a rite of passage into the lazy days of summer.