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The NBA Finals Are Over And I Don't Know What To Do

Summer sports to look forward to.

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The NBA Finals Are Over And I Don't Know What To Do
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Last night, the NBA finals came to a close and the life of sports fanatics was put on hold for some time. Along with the US Open’s final day, yesterday marked the end of the NBA season for both the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sports tend to be put on hold for the rest of the summer. Sure, there’s still Wimbledon and the PGA Championship, but after yesterday, you aren’t guaranteed to hear the words Steph Curry and mouthpiece every hour on ESPN. The sports world seems to be on hold until the fall when college football starts up and the MLB playoffs become the talk of the town. So what is a sports fan supposed to do? Without a basketball game on four nights of the week and a continuous MVP conversation happening on every sports talk show, how do we spend our days?

Thankfully, there are some championships and sports that fall by the wayside that can easily fill the hole in our sports-driven hearts. The World Series of Baseball is just now heating up in Omaha, and for the next week, there will be plenty of 18-22-year-old wannabe Yankees swinging their aluminum bats for a championship. The WNBA is celebrating their 20th season and their games continue all through the summer, with the playoffs happening in late September. With the NBA being around 70 years old, there really can’t be a comparison between the two leagues, but after watching a few WNBA games, fans will realize that these top notch athletes are worth watching and rooting for.

Before the WNBA playoffs, the MLB World Series, and college football consume our lives, there’s one major event that deserves the attention of not only American sports fans but the world. With all the election hoopla and tragic events taking place globally, some people have forgotten that 2016 is a summer Olympics year. Starting at the beginning of August, the best athletes from around the world will head to Rio for the 2016 Olympics. The Olympic Games are arguably some of the best weeks in sports, similar to March Madness, and fans can tune in all day every day for two whole weeks and find some sporting activity. Arguably the best part of the Olympics is the variety of “games” viewers can watch. From ping pong and archery to basketball and synchronized swimming, there are so many reasons to keep your TVs on for the entire 16 days.

So fear not fellow sports fans: even though the NBA championship trophy was handed out last night and you may feel you have nothing left to tweet about, there is plenty of sports left to beat the heat of the summer. Turn on some college baseball and the WNBA; prepare yourself for the games in Rio and rest easy knowing that there is still plenty of sports to talk about for the next three months. (And let’s be real, there will always be a reason to talk about LeBron.)

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