51.   Like its Republican predecessor, the Democratic convention begs to be treated as spectator sport, so here are a couple things to watch for.

52.   NASCAR is the fastest-growing spectator sport.

53.   Nowadays, the motion picture industry has become such an entertaining spectator sport that its ups and downs are more interesting than the movies themselves.

54.   Over the last two decades, live telecasts have made congressional hearings a leading summer spectator sport.

55.   Pro football remains the most popular television spectator sport.

56.   Rotisserie leagues, we have learned, are not spectator sport.

57.   Shopping is the other spectator sport here.

58.   Some comes from the recent explosion of interest in female spectator sports, from figure skating to gymnastics to basketball to tennis to soccer.

59.   Some political leaders and athletic authorities say the game crosses the line between spectator sport and violent spectacle.

60.   Sure you do, because these are some of the ingredients that have made big-league stock-car racing the fastest growing spectator sport in the United States.