Fans with divided loyalties can&#39;t lose
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That&#39;s what Boston Red Sox fans living in St. Louis are feeling in this World Series. &quot;I&#39;m feeling like I can&#39;t lose,&quot; said Steve Lyle, 57, a retired insurance benefits consultant from Chesterfield.
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The prospect of a Steelers-Eagles matchup in the Super Bowl would find Pennsylvania football fanatics divided by an imaginary line somewhere between the two cities.
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For many men, loyalty is sacred. Except when it isn't.
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Maybe it's the stylized lighthouse and the bridge where fans gather and gossip before kickoff. Maybe it's the Minutemen standing behind the end zone, muskets in hand. Maybe it's the knowledge that 68,756 fans will still be in their seats after 11 p.m.
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It&#39;s hard to decide whether this fixture is a quaint anachronism, a free-flowing tribute to the game&#39;s glorious, money-free past or naked commercial opportunism.
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THE economics of fan hostility has yet to catch Nascar drivers, who still talk in Tobacco Road speak with their red-state base as a nifty camouflage for their Wall Street wealth as livin&#39;, breathin&#39; commodities.
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&quot;The fight doesn&#39;t always go to the biggest, strongest guy but that sure as hell is the way to bet.&quot;. So last night, in this town where The House is rarely wrong, where it lives off the near
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Friday&#39;s brawl ended the basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. But the national conversation about the fraying bond between sports fans and players should continue.
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While their passion is not the same as it is for basketball, Kentucky football fans have shown up and supported the team through the coaching changes, N.C.A.A. scandals and lopsided defeats.
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In Rensselaer, Ind., where Chicago Bears territory and Indianapolis Colts territory collide, it is hard for fans to know exactly where their neighbors stand.
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But even having legendary coaches such as Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells calling the shots can&#39;t quite turn today&#39;s meeting at Texas Stadium into much more than a battle for pride.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 4 -- Loving the Redskins from 2,800 miles away is like any long-distance relationship for fans here in the other Washington: often lonely, occasionally thrilling and rarely content. When the team loses, there is no one to commiserate with. Wins, too, are usually celebrated solo....
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FOXBOROUGH - They are not much different from the folks who read the sports pages and call the talk shows. They are football fans and they will watch the games this weekend. Just like you.
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If everyone loves a winner, does that mean everyone hates a loser? Not necessarily.
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How many other teams can make news by finishing two-a-day practices with a bar fight -- not to mention one in which some Thundering Herd knucklehead maybe gives a ticket to the festivities to a player on a team they&#39;ll be playing next month?
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THIS WEEK, there is no grudge match looming for Terrell Owens. But it isn&#39;t too late to rekindle last week&#39;s controversy. TO began yesterday&#39;s weekly media session noting support he&#39;d received
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CORDOVA - Collegiate loyalties run deep, and there&#39;s no school rivalry any more intense than the one between the Clemson University Tigers and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks, whose fans are even willing to bleed for their teams.