Question Able

"How can you like sports so much?"

It's a question us sports fans have to field on a regular basis from those non-fans in our lives and it can come in many forms.

"How can you invest so much time on these silly games?"

Attempting to effectively articulate the attraction sport can have to a non-fan and how sometimes it can be the greatest investment one can make is, even for the well-spoken, difficult at times.

That is, until yesterday. 

ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary Survive and Advance, which aired last night, details the miracle run of the 1983 NCAA Champion NC State team, their charismatic coach Jimmy Valvano and provides the perfect answer to those questions.

Regardless of what form they come in.

Woven in-and-out of their improbable 1983 collection of victories is the story of Coach Valvano's battle with cancer 10 years later and how, before succumbing to it, he partnered with ESPN to form The V Foundation, creating a legacy and becoming the face of cancer research fundraising in the sports world.

Listen, I'm not saying all you non-fans need to start watching sports. I understand not every sport is for everybody.

Duh. But what is for everyone are the feelings all these "silly" games can evoke.

So I would like to challenge everyone -- fans, non-fans, whoever -- to watch the documentary and, after spending 2 hours learning the story, if you can't fully understand the inherent eliciting power of sport then, well, i only have one question for all of you:

"How can you NOT invest so much in these 'silly' games?"