I've always enjoyed ice hockey; grew up watching it on tv and playing the NES, SNES and Genesis games. I kind of lost interest in the video games once we hit the 3d era, but the classics like NHL '94 - '97 are still fun.
As for real life, I played in a beer league for 10 years or so as an adult. The trophy was a keg of coors light . It was a lot of fun. These days I don't follow it like I used to, but it's still enjoyable if I can catch a game here and there.