Americans love sports – and the pomp and circumstance that surrounds competition. Here are our must-see sporting events:
1. Experience late-night baseball during the Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska. The game begins at 10:30 p.m. on the summer solstice; because the city sits above the Arctic Circle, it’s light all night long.
2. Adrenaline is on display during California’s answer to the Tour de France: the AMGEN Tour, a multi-city road race that covers between 650 and 700 miles every May.
3. Card lovers will go “all-in” for a glimpse at live action during the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. The tournament draws more than 4,000 players.
4. Headline entertainment and corporate freebies are among reasons fans will pay big bucks to visit Dallas for the 2011 Super Bowl, the championship of the National Football League.
5. History abounds in Boston, so it’s fitting that the country’s oldest marathon (since 1897) is the Boston Marathon, held every April.
6. Hoops fans live for the three-week National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament every March. The 2011 finals are in Houston.
7. Competitors wield axes and chainsaws during various events at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wis., every July. Also on the schedule: log-rolling.
8. Every April, galleries inside Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., come to life for The Masters, one of the most celebrated (and raucous) golf tournaments in the U.S.
9. The U.S. Open tennis tournament, a seen-and-be-seen event in New York City, welcomes the game’s top talent for three weeks every September.
10. Fans call the annual Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, Ky., “the most exciting two minutes in sports.” For the full experience, grab a spot in the infield and drink mint juleps.
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