Is there anything better than a baseball game on a summer day? Hot dogs, sticky seats, the thrill of a homerun—and the possibility of meeting Mr. Right. In our August issue of Spark, we’ve got baseball, football, boxing and even croquet stories which will get your heart pounding…and not from the sports-induced exertion.

We’ve given you a bull rider who is saved by a rodeo clown, a Romeo and Juliet story set on the field (and given a happy ending), and our swoony staff feature that has me believing, for the first time, that bowling can be romantic.

Turn up the air conditioning and enjoy the heat from our sporty summer issue of Spark.