Summer games
In North America, summer games involve the NBA finals and then it's all about baseball. (Go Mets!) Although I love me some baseball, I've come to believe the singular focus on what admitedly can be a slow sport is yet another illustration of USA-centric stupidity. I mean this country is really missing out. Between June and July of 2006 some of the most mind-blowing atheticism will be on view: World Cup soccer (Go Froggies!), Wimbeldon (Go Mauresmo the ol' "Half man" dyke! yay!), the US Open--for golf and tennis, and the Lance-less, but no less exciting Tour de France. Oh and of course, my mini-triathlon.
I'm not some kumbaya fool who thinks sports will transcend geopolitical hatred, but it's kinda neat to often hidden communities emerge during the World Cup. Who knew there were so many Irish in San Francisco or Koreans in the East Village?