but every real sports fan has had a moment when an athlete has failed and said, i can do better than that. on your mark, get set on this episode, you re about to find out all the reasons you can t do better than that. going for a touchdown, sharpshooter from this court. you re looking at the spirit of america. i grew up resenting sports. when you re a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over 6 feet tall, every conversation goes to, you play basketball. i only did it in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered michael jordan. now i m the guy who quotes the last dance like it s a new book of the bible. i took it personally. but that s the thing about sports. we often take it personally. i m somehow a grown man and hate the dukes for no good reason. john starks! sports gives us a place to release all our unchecked f you to everybody invo
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let s boston! boston! boston! boston! can i get a little help? ah, the fans, a group of people who turn a bit of fun into the struggle for the immortal soul of the city. i m going to start with fans who are in it like me who are in for more the victory part than the crushing your enemies and seeing them before you part. what is your sports fandom? mets fan. oh. hey, what s that face? it s not about them. it s about the suffering. so much. this is my friend, renee graham, a boston globe columnist for over two decades. this is her friend, ellen clay. i m from minnesota, but i transferred by fandom to the red sox. she s got that midwestern thing. she did that. i m a new yorker. i m a mets fan. i m not playing that. you can t even go into the boroughs. i can t go into my house.
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