Best Sports Week of The Year?

Perhaps the greatest attraction to sports fanaticism is that it gives you a platform to assert your convictions. If your a Yankee fan, you'll talk to your face turns blue about why they're better than Boston. Drive down Tobacco Road to ask about what Coach K can do with his national championships, and you'll get vastly different answers over the course of just a few miles. Everything is up for debate and rarely will you find unanimity. So when I heard the first week of April dubbed "the best sports week of the year", I had to evalute whether the argument held any weight. I whole-heartedly agree with this statement and I dare anyone to convince me otherwise.

Let's get in to the specifics. First of all, the week kicks off with MLB Opening Day and the Men's Basketball NCAA championships, arguably two of the finest spectacles in sport. As people relish the fact baseball is back, a new (or in this year's case, repeat) champion is crowned in the culmination of THE best tournament in sports. Some golf nuts may argue with me on the latter half, but even if they do, the week concludes with the premiere golf event of the calendar year down in Augusta. Not enough? Check out the next generation of hoop stars at the U-19 Hoops Summitt with the best our country has to offer on the prep level and international gems waiting to be discovered. Even though the NHL can hardly be considered part of the "big 4" following its lockout, the regular season is coming to a close with exciting races for the final postseason berths.

What other single week has this much to offer? Last week in October with the World Series and the NFL hitting midseason form? Close, but not quite. First week of January with BCS games and NFL playoffs? Heaven if your a football fan, but no variety. There is no other individual week where 3 major sports are at peak interest. You can even make a good argument that opening day is more exciting to baseball fans than the World Series. Growing up a Yankee fan that hasn't been the case with me, but if you're team is a perennial bottom feeder, day 1 could be the only enjoyable game of the year.

So now I encourage any takers to find a better Sunday-Sunday than the week we're currently in.