After 17 years of marriage, it's not news to Maureen Shogan that her husband, Joe, likes sports.

"However, it wasn't until we returned from seeing 'Phantom of the Opera' (in Seattle) that I knew how much he really enjoyed athletic events," she wrote, "When asked about the show, he related to friends that he got sleepy before 'the end of the first half' and that they 'didn't use all the starters.'"