http://www.ricestandard.org/on-being-a-sports-fan-love-of-the-game-fear-of-the-injury/ Wrote:sports fandom provides a connection; a very real, very deep connection to people, events, and outcomes we as fans have very little to do with. I’ve been in stadiums jumping up and down, hugging strangers with a passionate enthusiasm that would probably cause problems anywhere else—all in reaction to an outcome dependent on exactly zero tangible contributions from either of us