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Why We Are Sports Fans

By Big Tent Democrat

Loyal readers of this site know that I have been following the the NBA playoff series between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls rather closely. I have no real positive rooting interest (though Joakim Noah is a Gator) in this series. I do have a negative rooting interest as I have always hated the Celtics (I also hate Notre Dame football and Duke basketball and have come to hate the Red Sox of late, before 2004, it was mainly just contempt and pity). But sometimes a sporting event becomes compelling on its own terms. The Bull-Celtics series has become that this year. I am obsessed with it and can't wait for tonight's Game 7.

The great Bill Simmons, the greatest sportswriter alive( On second thought, it is still Mark Kram (correction, Kram passed away in 2002) and probably the most entertaining writer alive, writes:

Think of all the crap we deal with as fans. "Bulls-Celtics 2009" explains why we put up with every story about Clemens and Bonds and Michael Vick and Terrell Owens and everyone else who conspires to make sports less fun.

Yes it does. For JThomas:

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 02, 2009 (boomark / email).