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Message: [QUOTE="connie, post: 2045437, member: 7882"] Thanks. Two things. First, I like the [I]drama [/I]of sports. It really is one of the few things that I can regularly turn to that provides (dare I say it?) an authentic narrative experience. The stuff that happens in sports is often "stranger than fiction". But it is real, and happening in real-time. Sports competitions tell a story with each game. And each season tells [I]its [/I]own story. The healthy thing to do is to enjoy the story as it's being told, to "re-read" certain parts, to await the next developing chapter. Second, and perhaps even more important, I have to like the [I]people [/I]in team sports. This has become increasingly difficult to do in the major professional sports because of the high turnover. That does not happen so much in college sports--especially, NCAAWB. Geno made some comment that the women's college game differs from the men's in that great male players are already looking to make the jump to the pros by their sophomore year. The college women are generally in for the long haul (partially because there just isn't a market for most of the players). This foments a team chemistry, something that develops and endures. We become invested in the team because we come to know the players--their personalities, their strengths, the weaknesses, their successes, their failures. And [I]that [/I]is why it is so enjoyable and so gratifying following this year's Huskies! What. A. Story! [/QUOTE]