Couch Athletic Supporters

This is a great time of year for sports couch potatoes. We are witnessing some thrilling professional basketball now with the season-ending playoffs in full sway. For some reason there seems to be more superstars than ever this year and their play is so spectacular they might as well be trained acrobats. We can also observe how the baseball season is shaking out with the cream not necessarily rising to the top as yet but there are glimmers of what might occur. Only about a fifth of the season is under our athletic supporters now and all of the teams still have their hopes and dreams so it’s pretty great to watch them struggle with the vagaries of what weather, health, stamina and luck can do.

There are as many as four games on television at the same time and I, for one, keep my right hand in the chips bag but my left thumb on the remote control as I switch between the venues. I must say this capability is pretty amazing and, really, there seems to be no reason, for about four/five hours straight on any given evening, to actually watch a commercial.

It’s also the time of year for high-end hockey and--whatever that other round-ball world-sport is--oh yeah, soccer--vying for our attention. Sorry, my jock doesn’t have room for more than two, er, sports.