Bad NFL coaching: Spot challenges and stupid blitzes

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In Week 13, the NFL gave us some truly horrific coaching, but former New York Jets Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams wins the day. Think of how much wishful thinking and foolhardy self-confidence it takes for a coach to challenge the spot of the football in a short-yardage situation. Officials spot the ball by pretending to […]

FanSided 250: The radio is what makes it great

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For many fans, baseball is a game still best enjoyed by radio, even when you’re actually in the stands. You probably remember the name Steve Bartman, the Cubs fan who attempted to catch a ball in Game 6 of the 2003 ALCS that resulted in the most well-known case of fan interference in the history […]

FanSided250: Overwatch League fan groups are bridging the digital divide

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Overwatch League team supporters and fan clubs have navigated the digital-real world divide, in and out of a pandemic. If you’ve been to an official Lone Star Vanguard event, chances are the first person you met was Jose Sandoval. He is bearded, with a wide smile that hints at a joyous well of mischief, and […]

FanSided250: Tom Chambers and a fan on a mission

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The basketball world forgot Tom Chambers. One tech-savvy fan did not and has embarked on a one-man quest to get him to the Hall of Fame. After eight-year-old Ezra watches Grampa Tom’s latest video, he and his dad, Skyler Chambers, head to the driveway to shoot hoops. They try to replicate what they just saw: […]

FanSided250: WNBA superfans move from courtside to couchside

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For the WNBA’s day 1 season ticket holders, 2020 was the first season in the history of the league they weren’t able to cheer their teams on in person. A ball goes up and a roar builds in a packed stadium. It’s June 22, 1997, and the Phoenix Mercury are playing the Charlotte Sting, their […]

FanSided250: COVID-19 is changing the college football fan experience

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Playing college football in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only affected the players but has drastically altered the fan experience.  On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish pulled off a historic victory in South Bend. The then-No. 4 ranked team in the country needed two overtimes but they pulled out […]

FanSided250: The Los Angeles Lakers and this year in fandom

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We are not all Los Angeles Lakers’ fans, but their journey in 2020 is one we can all understand. At FanSided, we like to point out that we’re all fans of something and the yearly FanSided250 project is the clearest reflection of that. It’s a celebration of the year in fandom, the things that inspired […]

FanSided250: Tampa Bay Thrillers and fandom in the dustbin of history

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What happens when a fanbase outlives its team? Meet the biggest and maybe last fan of Continental Basketball Association dynasty, the Tampa Bay Thrillers, and a group of minor league baseball fans hoping to save their team. Charles Tabor fondly remembers the Tampa Bay Thrillers. The 80-year-old, who lives in senior citizen housing near St. […]