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Word: superfan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years old and it was a radio broadcast of the 1925 Rose Bowl-Alabama v. Washington. I've been hooked since." Brandino and his crimson-and-white 28-ft. motor home are a fixture at Alabama games. Friends, former players, curious passers-by stop by for drinks as Superfan grills pregame steaks. Says Brandino: "Football is a passion around which we order our lives. We make friendships over football and we strain friendships. But mostly, football holds us together-especially when we beat one of those big Northern schools." On this year's schedule: Notre Dame. Roll, Tide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/sport: Eat 'Em Up, Get 'Em! | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

...superfan idea," says Fine. "Seats in the press box, chatting with the general manager or the farm-system director." Miller was a college fullback (Notre Dame) until he was sidelined by an injury; his father, Ray T. Miller, was one of the organizers of the Cleveland Browns. "I've always wanted to be an owner like my father," he says. Tippit was a boyhood baseball freak who wanted to keep Cleveland a major-league city. With the authority of a $250,000 in vestment, he helps run the town's base ball team, the Indians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Marshmallow Empire | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

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