NBA Free Agency 2009: Sports at Its Best

What makes a sport?

If no one showed up to NFL games, would they mean anything more than the Thanksgiving Day games my family plays in the backyard?

If the gladiators fought in a field instead of the Colosseum, wouldn't it just be murder?

What turns a hobby into a sport is us—the fans.

And when a hobby becomes a sport, it becomes a battle—sometimes hyperbolized by players from Miami University; yeah, you Kellen Winslow.

In a battle, you always have an enemy to compete against, and the greatest victories stem from Goliath obliterating everything in his path or David rising up against him.

As a fan, recall your favorite season in sports.

My personal two are the 2000-2001 NBA seasons and the 2003 NFL season.

What made thes...

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