Wimbledon is a great reminder of the class divide in North American sports

One year at Wimbledon, I was in the line to get into Court No. 3 before a match and realized I was standing beside Jude Law.

That was not a serene encounter. Obama entered the service tunnel I happened to be standing in and a secret service guy bellowed, ‘EVERYONE AGAINST THE WALL’Obama appeared a couple of beats later, dressed in his night-out clothes, walking briskly. He was doing that Hollywood finger pointing thing to every person he passed. Everybody was made to feel special for exactly one quarter of a second. It was magical.

You want tickets to the big game? I hope you bought season’s tickets to all the little games. Otherwise, forget it, pal. The tickets aren’t cheap, but they aren’t wild either. Face value of a good seat to the men’s final on Sunday is £255 . If you tried giving that amount money to MLSE for good seats to a big playoff game, they’d give you a folding chair and point you toward the parking lot.

But everyone is also allowed to bring in their own bottle of wine, and as much food as they can wedge into a soft-sided pack. If there’s four of you, you could cart in a travelling bar. This can be an affordable day out, even for heavy drinkers.

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