The J Dog

The evolution of sports fanaticism

08:26 AM ET 07.10

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1. Knowing the result after the game
2. Following the score as the game progresses
3. Listening to the game description
4. Watching the game - with replays in slow motion from multiple angles
5. Knowing which players performed well
6. Knowing the players statistics - sabermetrics
7. Knowing about players personalities and tastes
8. Knowing which players are friends and who doesnt get along
9. Knowing about the players family and upbringing
10. Knowing about the players private lives
11. Knowing about players spouses and children
12. Knowing about future players when they are still in school
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Redskins Fans Given False Hope Again?

07:35 AM ET 07.04

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Here we go again ...
For many years now Redskins fans have annually been promised a trip to the superbowl as the team is re-stocked with high priced free agents or veteran pick-ups to get them over the top.
In reality, it's more like Frankenstein's monter or the serial killer in the movie Seven as Snyder and his highly paid assistants choose their roster and put together a 'team', and in their demented minds it is a thing of beauty. However, unable to realise their own delusions, they've created an abomination that will remembered for reasons far different to what they envisaged.
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