There are two universal truths about sports: everybody has a sport that they follow (whether it be a major sport or a smaller, lesser-known sport), and sports are year-round.
Just as sure as the sun rising, every April baseball starts, every September football starts, and every October hockey and basketball start.
Not a fan of the pros? Well then, college sports kick off every year and create just as much buzz as their professional counterparts. College football kicks off every August, college basketball tips off every November, and college baseball starts every February.
Sports give us recurring themes, rivalries, and clutch moments that keep us tuned in all year long. The best part is when your sport ends, even though you don't want to see it end, because that means eventually a whole new season will start.
So without further adieu, I give you a month-by-month breakdown of the sporting schedule. Feel free to chime in with your favorite month of sports, and what the best month of sports is in your opinion.
January
We turn the calendar into the New Year with postseason football.
On the first, we have the famed Rose Bowl, which usually matches up two powerhouse football programs of the Big Ten and Pac-10. Frequent participants USC, Ohio State, and Michigan seem to make the Rose Bowl game a huge draw for college football fans.
In the next couple of days the football gods bless us with the three other BCS Bowls: the Orange Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, and the Fiesta Bowl. Not to mention the BCS National Championship Game.
On the professional side, the NFL playoffs kick off with the wild card games, ending with each conference's title games. At the end of the month we have all the hype leading up to the Super Bowl.
The NBA is two months into its season, with the players lobbying for more All-Star votes. The NHL has its All-Star game late in the month.
In college basketball teams are in the midst of conference play and the rankings are changing every week.
Other leagues in action are UEFA Champion League, the English Premiere League, and the PGA. Tennis has its first Grand Slam tournament of the year with the Australian Open, held at Melbourne Park in Australia.
February
This month opens with a bang with the Super Bowl on the first Sunday of the month. The most watched sporting event in the US easily makes February a top month in sports.
In addition to the Super Bowl, February boasts the NBA All-Star game. The re-emergence of the slam dunk contest (Thanks, Dwight.) adds another must-see in February.
College basketball and the NHL are gearing up for their postseasons, with each team fighting for higher seedings.
NASCAR opens up its season with its most historic race, the Daytona 500, in which drivers make their marks on their sport.
In the PGA, golfers are honing their skills for the year's majors while playing the beautiful Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, CA in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
March
March is highlighted by the 65-team playoff in college basketball.
Probably the best tournament in sports, this event gets critical acclaim for its one-and-done format and intense battles between powerhouse programs. The champion must win six in a row to claim the title.
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