The Calgary Stampede and the Olympics provide a wonderful reprieve from the usual hockey, baseball, golf, football, tennis, etc.

There are a few sports I just can’t get into such as soccer, basketball and golf. Football is not high on my must see list although I am growing into it.

Seasons are so long for most mainstream sports and they play so often, I limit my viewing and/or listening to playoffs but during the games I do check to see the scores and, if I hear a roar, I dash in to see the replay. If there is a tennis tournament, I only tune in if one of my favourites is playing. I do watch NASCAR, Formula 1 and drag races on the weekends.

I also like other less conventional athletic activities like sailing, motocross, archery, hunting and fishing, horse racing, white water racing, lumberjack and strongman competitions, many of........

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