A "fan" is short for "fanatic." "A person marked or motivated by an extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm."
Gotta love it when a definition can almost stand alone as an entire article, don't you?
We are fans, and most of us fans have two favorite teams, the _________ and whoever is playing the __________, which normally is the rival of the ____________.
So that brings up the "passion" or "Strong and barely controllable emotion."
Yes, fans are passionate, and sometimes it's a good emotion and sometimes, it's a...let's use the word "cathartic" emotion.
Yep. For every fan there's a hater. For every fan of a team or a player, there's someone who wants them to fail miserably.
So these fan rankings are a combination of both. These are the teams fans are most passionate about, whether you love them or hate them.
For clarification as it seems I inadvertently gave a wrong impression here of what I'm discussing. My thought in writing this article wasn't who makes the loudest noise in the games or has the best attendance. I'm talking about the ones who have the most passion bet ...
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The 10 Most Passionate Fanbases in the NBA Today
August 27th, 2011 by Kelly Scaletta Leave a reply »
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