1.   And surprisingly the sport has no age restrictions.

2.   He admits, though, that the sport may have to consider a more streamlined name as it becomes more popular.

3.   Along his journey wrestling with this problem, the author discusses many of the reasons that professional sport has, these days, almost as many critics as fans.

4.   And both sports have an ebb-and-flow rhythm fully appreciated only by true students of the games.

5.   And sports has a different audience.

6.   And the sport has a learning curve like an angle iron.

7.   And when sports are increasingly having longer games, this could be a sign of things to come in sports viewing.

8.   Appoint someone with a credible background in the game, as the other sports have.

9.   Aside from domed stadiums for football and baseball, no major American spectator sport has more intimate, larger indoor gatherings than NBA arenas.

10.   At Wembley, the most dramatic stage the sport has to offer, the Americans could not rise to the occasion.