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...destructive power will be levelled primarily at us and our society. For instance, with the increase in winter temperatures throughout North America, tropical diseases will spread northwards from the equator. The Pew Center for Climate Change estimates that, by the time we return for our 50th reunion, dengue hemorrhagic fever, a disease for which there is no known vaccine, will have begun entrenching itself in Texas and surrounding states. Malaria and untold mosquito-born pathogens will appear shortly afterwards...
...national championship was a fitting end—and, perhaps, the only appropriate end—to a season that began with the squad nearly untouched by graduation, built through sometimes-dominant, sometimes-disappointing intersectional regatta finishes, and hit fever pitch with victory in the New England championships...
...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, was written about a London soccer team but easily 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 far from where you have ever lived, but I suspect the origins of my obsession are more common. I didn't have much choice in the matter. Both my parents were born in tiny row houses a stone...
Hornby is not unacquainted with misfortune. His parents split when he was 11, and he's divorced himself. Like Maureen, he has a disabled child; his son Danny is autistic. And although at 48 he's on a serious roll-the movie Fever Pitch is based on a memoir of his, and Johnny Depp just bought the rights to A Long Way Down-like JJ, Hornby knows the pain of a stalled career. "A lot of that is about remembering how frustrated and hopeless I felt when I was 30 and didn't think I'd ever be able...
...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...