Sports is really the main reason why television was invented. It’s the reason we own seven TVs – so we can watch games in every room. Back in Japan, Sony thought up the concept of television so that he could watch the NFL draft from his home in Yokohama, then he invented the remote so that he could toggle between the draft and the New York Yankees game.
You couldn’t pay me to watch the NBA playoffs. Maybe it’s because LA doesn’t have a team anymore (whatever happened to the Lakers?) or maybe it’s because the NBA today is dunk-travel-dunk-travel and me-me-me when it used to be pass-rebound-shoot-pass-rebound-shoot and team-team-team.
Music and sports are the two legs that true happiness walks on. In many ways, the classic version of each is best. Sinatra sings a song, “Last Night When We Were Young” about the passage of time and how it can at once feel like ages ago or just last night. Sports can be like that.