Isn't sport brilliant? I mean, wouldn't conversations be short if we didn't have sport to talk about?!?
After all, the football looks to be back on track for England, the English rugby union team have done the business so far, and the English cricket team have provided the counter-balance by returning to type this weekend.
So it's decided. There's plenty to talk about. Which is good, or else Gaby Logan's sports talk show, Inside Sport (BBC 1, 11.15pm) would be a rather dull affair. But given the BBC's ability to fill airtime with increasingly random sports, they'd still be able to find sports to cover.
But in saying that, I'm suggesting that Sports Talk is like everything else the BBC does sports-wise, which is unfair on this programme. It's not at all. It covers main sports such as football in reasonable depth, but it also does a great job in uncovering - and explaining - newer, less popular sports.
Last week, for example, it got under the skin of Ultimate Fighting, which I had mistakenly thought was a 21st-century WWF. Wrong! Now I'm not particularly inclined to be going down to the local UFC event, but the critique it did give the sport shows boxing does have something to worry about in the past.
Another inspired move was giving Logan the chance to star in the chat format. With guests such as the Daily Mail's Des Kelly, she strikes up a rapport which you rarely seen between presenter and pundit on sports programme.
And the interviews are more than just the usual 'Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool can win the title' fluff. The interviewees actually reveal stuff - for example, tonight, Kevin Keegan won't be managing another football club.
In fact, the only thing which lets it down is the time that it's on. 11.15pm is a bit late, but worth staying up for.
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