The sport of basketball has held a firm place among America's most beloved pastimes ever since it spun off from the popular breakfast spread NBA Jam. Slather yourself into a seat with today's Groupon: for $24, you get a ticket, along with unlimited food and drinks, to an Indiana Fever WNBA basketball game (a $50 value). Choose from the following games:

• Tuesday, July 27, at 7 p.m. vs. Chicago Sky
• Friday, July 30, at 7 p.m. vs. Washington Mystics
• Tuesday, August 3, at 7 p.m. vs. New York Liberty
• Friday, August 6, at 7 p.m. vs. Atlanta Dream

The Indiana Fever has been a member of the WNBA since 2000, taking its game to the WNBA Finals last season as the Eastern Conference champions. Root on this year's Fever squad as it tries to match and improve last season's success. Your ticket will be located in Conseco Fieldhouse's Legends section, which is on the second level of the arena behind one of the hoops. Adding to the section's legendary status is its own vending area, ensuring that fans don't have to run the weave in long lines in order to get food and drink. The Legends area's menu, like a free agent's plans for next season, changes with every game, with items ranging from sliders and chicken tenders to pasta and hot dogs. Screaming tonsils can be soothed with unlimited house wine, beer, soft drinks, or pulled pork sandwiches.

The Indiana Fever continues to represent the state of Indiana's rich basketball history by providing fans with entertaining and exhilarating professional basketball at every game. Watch WBNA All-Star Tamika Catchings and the Fever's squadron of hardwood heroines hit the court and display the raw athleticism it takes to consistently sink a ball into a slightly-larger-than-the-ball hole as five wily defenders swarm the hoop and a stadium full of fans hoot and holler. It's a challenge just marginally more difficult than winning a Nobel Prize in Physics or squeezing Rik Smits into a Smart car.

To get seats with friends, redeem Groupons at the box office at the same time.