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Guest Post by Jodie Becker, author of Dirty Beautiful; and Sidney Bristol, author of Flirting With Rescue

JODIE: Yes, we dig sports. We like to sit down and watch a good game and cheer our team on. I, am a HUGE rugby league fan. I watch it every week come footy season and follow my team in the hopes they make it to the final.

My team? The North Queensland Cowboys. They have long been thought of as the underdogs and they fight every year and even made it in the top 8 to finals the year before last. Last year they didn't do so great. It shows how quickly the dime spins and sometimes we don't know who will win it.

No, I don't watch it for the mighty biffs... well okay, yeah, nothing like a good fight on the field to get the supporters all riled up. And yes, I do like watching men run around in shorts and tight shirts and wrestling each other to the ground... LOL Okay, there is a bit of perv factor in it, but I find I actually go for the mean looking forwards than the pretty boys in teams. Give me a raging bull over light foot any day. Sid, your fav week in week out sport?

SIDNEY: Hockey. I like rugby, don't get me wrong, it's my second favorite sport to watch boys play. I appreciate the tight shirts and short shorts, but they just don't play it enough in America! Hockey is the sport I watch. I love the physicality of the sport. How many other sports out there openly bring guys onto their team for the express purpose of being violent?

Okay, so they did away with most of them when they revised the NHL years ago, but there are still players on the teams you know are out there to hit hard and throw a few punches! It might not be the highest scoring game to watch, but it's hell'a exciting. I go to Dallas Stars games, which is a NHL league, and Brahma games, which is a local minor team.

JODIE: I've seen some games on ESPN. They don't feature, I'm sure, like they do over there, but I did enjoy watching it even if it took me aaages to understand the basic gist. I still don't get it, but I marvel at how well these guys are on the ice. I can't even skate backward, but to do it AND defend? Wow. And to fight on skates? That takes a whole lotta talent.

Summer sports are different of course. Here, it's all cricket. It's not that fun for kids, it requires patience to watch. But I tell you, people go to the matches for the beer. It's an event that can go on for several days with each side batting. But, since they introduced the one-day matches with only 40 overs (240 pitches/bowls to the batter) it makes the game go faster.

I can see your eyes glaze over. Cricket players actually play all year around because when it's summer here, it's winter in another cricket nation, and then they go overseas to play in England (for example) during their summer months. In the summer, what is your sport?

SIDNEY: Because of the Texas heat, it's really hard to have any summer sports. During the spring and fall I'll watch local rugby leagues when I have time. There's some kind of big boom about people getting involved in it, and it's super fun to go and watch. Not to mention the after parties are loads of fun.

I guess the true summer sport for me is roller derby. I used to play it several years ago, and I'll keep track of which league's travel team is in the standings to progress to the championships. Modern roller derby is huge here in Texas because this is where it had it's rebirth, thanks to the Texas Roller Girls (Kill! Kill! Kill!). Mostly it's flat track derby, all women, though I have played with a men's league before, it's kind of frightening.

I know I'm the weird Texan out because I'm not a basketball, football or baseball fan, but I like my sports where hitting and fighting are part of the game. Maybe I'm a little blood thirsty?

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So, Dear Readers, what sports capture your attention? Is there a team you root for more than any other?

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