I am a huge sports fan, the kind who spends a good many waking hours inpursuit of this obsession. Much as it sounds like my life revolves just aroundsport, it doesn’t. Since the two statements sound contradictory, to strengthenmy case, here’s an unwritten rule of personal choice: friends first, thensports. Occasionally (and let me emphasise for good measure, just occasionally),I transgress, with a little bit of guilt and the wish that I could be at twoplaces at the same time.