Time of the Season: The Best Months To Be A Sports Fan
Written by Ben Pogany
As the days get shorter, the air gets colder, and the leaves start to change, its hard not to long for the dearly departed days of summer. That is, unless you happen to be a sports fan. It just doesn't get any better than October, where scarcely a night goes by without some truly must-see tv filling out the prime-time lineup. And no, I'm not talking about Hawaii Five-O. Daily playoff baseball, weekends saturated in football, fresh hope on both ice and hardwood. Gotta love it. Here's how the rest of the year stacks up.
October- Playoff baseball, NFL in full swing, NBA begins, NHL begins, college football in full swing.- April- Final Four, opening day for MLB, The Masters, crunch time for NBA, NBA and NHL playoffs begin.
- November- World Series, NBA and NHL get going, NFL in full swing, college football in full swing, college basketball begins, World Series of Poker finals.
- June- NBA and NHL Finals, US Open (golf), French Open finals (tennis), Wimbledon begins, MLB in full swing, MLB all-star game, Belmont Stakes, Main Event (poker).
- January -NFL playoffs, college football national championship and the top bowl games, Australian Open, college basketball in full swing.
- September- MLB crunch time, NFL begins, US Open finals (Tennis), college football begins.
- March- March Madness, NBA and NHL in full swing.
- December- NFL crunch time, college football bowls begin, NBA, NHL, and college basketball in full swing.
- May- NBA and NHL playoffs, MLB in full swing, French Open begins (tennis), Kentucky Derby, Preakness.
- February- Super Bowl, college basketball crunch time, Daytona 500.
- July- MLB in full swing, Wimbledon finals, British Open (golf).
- August- MLB in full swing, PGA Championship, US Open begins (tennis).

