Cyclists will have plenty of chances to spin out or shout out support. Some big road races include: the Tour de Park City (Aug. 2), the race/ride around Utah Lake known as ULCER (Aug. 9), the elite Tour of Utah (Aug. 13-17 ), and the uber-challenging Logan-to-Jackson Hole ride on Sept. 6 called LOTOJA (and, no, that's not Michael Jackson's sister).

The nation's biggest mountain bike stage race, the Great American Mountain Bike Classic, will also take place in Utah this summer at Brian Head (Aug. 21-24). The National Mountain Bike Series also has stops at Deer Valley (June 26-28) and at Brian Head (Aug. 29-31). The 24 Hours of Moab will take place Oct. 11-12, giving Moab mountain bike fans something to look forward to over the summer.

Triathletes also have events just about every weekend, including big-purse races like the Battle at Midway (June 14) and the XTerra Mountain Championships (Aug. 16). Other biggies: the Utah Half Ironman (Aug. 9), the USAT Regional Championship Xango Echo Triathlon (July 12), the Scofield Triathlon (July 19) and the Jordanelle Triathlon (Aug. 23).

NATIONAL PASTIME: That's right. Take yourself — and your family — out to the ballpark. Which one? Any. All. Any and all. The Wasatch Front has three minor-league teams — the Salt Lake Revolving Mascots of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, and the Ogden Raptors and the Orem Owlz of the Pioneer League. St. George also has its own club — the Roadrunners (go ahead, do your best "beep! beep!") of the Golden Baseball League.

Promotions are one of the best parts about the minor leagues. The Bees/ex-Stingers/ex-Buzz have the Famous Chicken coming to town on June 21, and they have eight more games with fireworks (postgame ones, at least), including the Fourth and 24th of July.

The Raptors and Owlz will have plenty of chances to stoke their rivalry's fire as the rookie league squads duke it out 16 times this summer, starting June 17 with a series at Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem.

Or, you could just meander over to your local little league ballpark and get a chuckle watching toddlers smack the tee ball around or check out the talented teens whose dads believe will be big leaguers in a few years. (Ear plugs might be recommended to help tune out those out-of-control parents.)

• JUNE, JULY, JAZZ: If you're completely having Utah Jazz withdrawals, the NBA franchise will help you get a couple of mid-summer fixes. The first comes on and leading up to June 26. That's when the Larry Miller brain trust could snatch up Trent Plaisted, Jaycee Carroll and Lee Cummard with their three NBA Draft picks.