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Sports fans, shit's been pretty great lately, no?

Today we had the trifecta-plus-one of sports. (I'm not sure if there's such a thing as quadfecta, hence trifecta-plus-one.)  Any time you can watch and enjoy four different types of legitimate, major sports in one day, well, that's pretty tough to top.

We've currently got the European Futbol 2012 Championship in progress, which meant two matches daily at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the last week. There is nothing like morning football. After the first round-robins, I'm on board with those wily underdogs, the Greeks. They don't really stand a chance, but since they won't really be a part of the EU soon, I'd like to see them go out on top.

Brewers baseball is always ongoing, like it or not.  Unfortunately, it's been a down season for them this year, but it's always enjoyable to have the option to watch them leave the bases loaded or listen to Uecker talk about how incredible Silver Spring Mustard is on a freshly grilled Usinger's bratwurst, although he'll never give you the score in the middle of an inning.  They're currently in the bottom of the 15th against the Twins, locked at four.

The US Open has also been ongoing since Thursday. This year has been particularly entertaining since there is no real top-notch, dominating golfer right now. And also because every professional golfer in the world is getting their asses handed to them by The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. The leading score right now is ze German Jim Furyk, leading the pack at -1 for the tournament. Even par very well may take the green jacket. (A green jacket mention can't go without the following video:)

And finally, we have the NBA Playoffs. Many smart people don't care about the NBA at all, and some (like myself) only really start paying attention after the Bucks are mathematically eliminated, er, oops, after the playoffs start. I didn't even really follow the first two rounds this year. Let's face it, the NBA sucks as a professional league, tickets are so overpriced, and the only really interesting games to watch are the Conference Finals and NBA Finals. Tonight we have OKC Thunder vs. Hated Bron and the Miami Heat Machine. With the series tied at 1-1 and the Thunder requiring a win in Miami to regain homecourt advantage, tonight should be a heated contest. It's pretty much for the taking, LeBron. If the Heat lose, the fallout will be never-ending.

Of course, this is all an amateur workout up to the Summer Olympics on July 27; two glorious weeks of international competition in sports that mostly don't mean anything, except for table tennis and the uneven bars.