With the Olympic Games drawing ever closer, we are all supposed to show great excitement and anticipation about what is considered the greatest sports spectacle in the world.

And if that’s your view of the Games, great. Enjoy the hours and hours of television coverage and revel in the record-breaking moments.

However, I have a confession to make. There are only a handful of Olympic sports that even remotely interest me.

In fact, there are a number of Olympic sports that I simply wouldn’t sit through, period.

If you look at the lineup of activities in Beijing, you’ll see basketball, which a lot of folks will watch, and soccer, which I’ll watch.

And, of course, track and field events will likely be the biggest draw of all.

But also on the agenda are archery, badminton, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, handball, judo, sailing, shooting and weightlifting.

As is my policy, I refuse to speak ill of any sport, and I have nothing against the 10 I just mentioned. But I don’t follow them, have never followed them, never will follow them and can’t bring myself to make an exception to follow them once every four years.

Certainly, there are some folks who do care about archery, badminton, etc., and that’s wonderful. I just don’t happen to be one of those folks.

The Winter Games are of even less interest to me.

I like hockey, bobsledding is interesting and some of that downhill ski stuff is pretty cool.

Other than that I just can’t work up much excitement. And I’m still convinced that curling — which involves dudes pushing a granite stone along some ice with a broom — was invented on a dare.

A buddy of mine argues that what makes the Olympics special to him is precisely the reason I can take the Games or leave them. He likes witnessing sporting events that he wouldn’t ordinarily watch.

I see his point. I don’t agree with it, but I do see it.

And certainly there’s the element of national pride that galvanizes people. If you’re old enough to remember players on the 1980 U.S. hockey team jumping up on the podium together while celebrating their gold medal, well, you’ll never forget it.

That team’s run in the Lake Placid Games is still my all-time favorite sports memory.

Then again, I’m a hockey fan.

I wouldn’t have been nearly as excited if it had been the curling team that claimed gold.

At any rate the Beijing Games are coming, and they start Aug. 8 and run to Aug. 24.

If you love all things Olympian, by all means tune in and cheer on your countrymen (and countrywomen).

But just because there are some sports that simply don’t strike your fancy, there’s no need to feel guilty.

You’re not alone.