What's with men and sports????

Yesterday was another one of the days that I was trying to have a conversation with M and after continuous chattering for almost 5 minutes from my side, realised their was just no response from M. I was hardly surprised to see what was holding back all his concentration. Ofcourse, it had to be a football game, which brings me to my point of ' What's with men and these sports? Back in India, I was used to my cousins and friends talking about cricket, F1 and soccer. Well to be honest, I was hooked on to cricket for some time ( primarily to track Anil Kumble's bowling though..still have a big crush on him :) and soccers during the 2006 FIFA world cup but after moving to the US, the number of sports watched by M have only doubled. Apart from the usual, now the list also includes baseball, foot ball and basketball. Not to forget the divisions i.e. college football, basketball also haven't been spared. So a regular weekend normally goes in planning for all the big games and believe me, weekends are the most packed. The amount of multitasking that goes in is pretty impressive too. There's the idiot box playing some game and the other games are being tracked online and also call up friends who are watching other games or the same games to discuss the happenings. And, of course there's the 'post game High'. Doesn't end with the favorite team winning. The next 2 hours after the win, its now M's commentary that you have to listen too (like the game was not enough ;-)
Well....At my end, I have tried to watch these games and understand the so called 'strategy' behind these games , but, they haven't managed to hold my attention for more than 10 minutes. Does a 5 minute football game end ever in 5 minutes? nope..never...with all the breaks stretches into eternity. Or to be honest, my repulsion could also be due to the undisputed attention all these game enjoy?? What's your thought?