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A Fan's Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat
A lifelong sports fanatic plumbs the depths of the fan mindset, tracking the mania from the gridiron to the national political stage and beyond. The Pass. The Curse. The Double Doink. A sports fans life is not just defined by intense moments on a field, its scarred by them. For a real fan, winning isnt everythinglosing is. The true fans, its said, are those who have suffered the most, enduring lives defined by irrational obsession, fervid hopes, and equally gut-wrenching misery. And as Paul Campos shows, those deep feelings are windows not just onto an individual fans psychology but onto some of our shared concepts of community, identity, and belongingnot all of which are admirable. In Read more