How have sports managed to give us the world's longest running soap opera? It's the complexities taking place outside the field of play that keep things interesting. I hope to spend my gap year out of college sifting through the contractual gymnastics, PR nightmares, and everything else going on behind the scenes in our favorite leagues. Meanwhile, I'll be joined by my college friends scattered across the country. Hopefully we can figure out how New York fans have the perseverance to root for the Knicks and see where Harvard-Yale ranks in the pantheon of sports rivalries.