In my younger days i was a big sports fan, hockey & baseball were my sports. Following sports is one of the last semi-kosher outlets we have left. The hope is that it is kept in perspective as to what is really the emes.
I will say that my sports fan bubble burst when i met a hall of fame ball player, gave him a pen & a ball for an autograph, & three minutes later, with the pen & ball in his hand, asked me what it was i had asked for. By the way he was shikir.