Need I say more.

Ah, the long night that is the off-season is coming to an end. Beginning this Saturday and continuing through the weekend, the NFL preseason begins with the American Bowl and culminates with the Hall of Fame Game Monday Night at Canton. Granted, these are often amateurish affairs, but it is never too early to start scouting your fantasy football team. I like the fact that the Canton game is now a Monday night affair. It's only right to give the Canton inductees some national airtime on the sidelines.

Camps have started, although there is little news of substance yet. I think when the preseason games start, that's the time you realize opening day is in a month and football season is not far away at all.

Sure, there are other sports to keep you occupied. Baseball must go through its fall spasm. And who knows, maybe the Mets will be in it and I won't rapidly lose interest in the sport like I usually do this time of year. There's also the US Open coming up at the end of August. There's a lot of intrigue this year given Venus William's return to glory at Wimbleton. Base10 will, of course, be rooting for his new tennis favorite, Maria Sharapova.

There's also the NASCAR season, where the finalist get into a sort of playoff for the Nextel Cup. I don't know the mechanics of the series (excuse the pun), but NASCAR gets interesting too.

Enjoy your August.

- posted by Base10 @ 6:24 PM