I, too, am a sports fan but I'm betting it's completely not the same sport seeing as you damn Americans don't care much for football/soccer :p I think basketball's fun to play and not bad to watch, I completely do not understand American football (but then I don't get rugby either) though it seems like it's something you really can get into and baseball seems a bit... um... boring. I liked playing rounders as a kid which I think is a simplified version of baseball :)