Word: fandom
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...Fandom - the obsessional identification with a sports team - is universal. The greatest book ever on the psychology of being a fan - Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch - written about a London soccer team and happily translated into a film about the Boston Red Sox. Particularly in the U.S. it seems possible to be a fan of a team that's based miles from where you have ever lived, but I suspect my fandom's origins are more common. I didn't have much choice in the matter. Both my parents were born in tiny row-houses a stone's throw from...
Every year, with each new scandal, doomsayers predict the demise of sports fandom and uniformly act surprised when that doesn’t occur...
...lesson in perseverance, we turn to none other than the Red Sox. Those who would chastise me for juxtaposing the most resounding political blow of our generation with baseball, I say two things: First, sports are a good, if trite, metaphor for life; and second, fandom can teach us a lot about the human spirit. “The time will come” became a Red Sox mantra. Down and out for 86 years, millions of fans spanning generations didn’t stop cheering. Down three games to the Yankees, the Sox triumphed and went on to beat...
...right, so maybe I haven’t yet sated your rabid fandom. Maybe you expected more. Michael Jordan, after all, has not yet signed up with his North Carolina alumni e-mail account...
...what else creates healthy fandom? What actually makes sporting events worthwhile...