More and more these days I find myself enjoying football (real football that is, better known to North Americans as soccer), especially now that Euro2004 is on. I think if it were more readily available here – apart from major tournaments like Euro or the World Cup it currently only gets sporadic play on Sportsnet and Fox Sports World – and if I better understood the organization of the premier leagues, I’d be obsessed with it. I find it much more watchable than baseball or “American” football, but still not as much as hockey or basketball.

The best part? A 90 minute game, no commercial breaks, no TV timeouts, just a quick halftime and then 45-50 minutes of nonstop play. I LOVE that.