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Sports are a quality-of-life issue. When budgets are tight, which goes first: season tickets or replacing the stove? Well, that depends—does the stove still work? Keeping your granddad’s seats at The Meadowlands isn’t as important as paying the rent. Starting your own tradition with friends or children doesn’t carry the same imperative as little Joey’s school books. Nevertheless, season tickets are far more valuable than a new DVD, blouse or video game. Yes, even Madden. In a possessions-obsessed world, it’s time to refocus on giving ourselves real-life experiences rather than merely things. When was the last time that a new electronic toy let you say, “Yeah, man, I was there!”? The last time that a pair of shoes helped you bond with a relative from a different generation? That “Quest for the Planet Zycor” or “Gunman 14” truly inspired you? Sports serve a multitude of purposes in our society: catharsis, escapism, motivation. ...

Who said the New York Mets don't know how to have a little fun? In one of the funnier and more frivolous moves this offseason, the Mets' Class A Short-Season affiliate Brooklyn Cyclones have invited Super Bowl scapegoat Christina Aguilera to have a National Anthem do-over at MCU Park this season. Aguilera, who butchered the lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner last weekend, has an offer on the table from Cyclones GM Steve Cohen to come down to Coney Island and take part in the pre-game festivities. According to the Cyclones, they will even hand the global megastar a set of lyrics, to avoid further embarrassment. A press release published on the team's website says: "Each year, it seems like someone makes a mistake and because it happens in the Super Bowl, the whole world is buzzing about it the next day.  This year's victim is four-time Grammy Award ...

Late in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLV, the camera flashed New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez sitting with his girlfriend Cameron Diaz. Diaz was feeding A-Rod popcorn at the moment, and Fox’s Joe Buck was elated to have caught the slugger being feed like a baby. It was typical A-rod awkward. At that moment in the broadcast, Buck was narrating around the box seats what celebrities were where, like Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, President George W. Bush, his wife and Ashton Kutcher. Buck obviously had direct video access of this feed as he was pointing out each star. Buck is no dummy. He knows how to piss off Yankees fans and A-Rod is an easy target. Admittedly, my first reaction was whatever the definition of "yuck" is in the dictionary. It is so typical that A-Rod has to be fed, but maybe because it was by Diaz that made it so ...

Alex Rodriguez has been known to upstage a major sporting event in the middle to draw attention to himself, and the 2011 Super Bowl was no exception. While the Green Bay Packers battled the Pittsburgh Steelers, Alex Rodriguez was sitting in his luxury box with his beau Cameron Diaz. Surely, Rodriguez must have realized that he would be seen when Diaz started feeding him popcorn during the second quarter. Previous major sporting events Rodriguez interrupted include the 2007 World Series, when, through agent Scott Boras, Rodriguez he announced he would be opting out of his 10-year, $252 million contract with the New York Yankees that he had previously signed with the Texas Rangers. Must Read: Super Bowl Commercials Report Card: Ranking the Winners and Losers  Since his marriage broke up in 2008, Rodriguez has been spotted dating a number of women, including celebrities such as Cameron Diaz. Rodriguez is a ...