I let NFL Twitter pick my fandom … here’s how it went. I tried something new this season. I let NFL Twitter pick who I would root for in the 2021 NFL season. I made a poll on Twitter and picked four ...

Warning: This story contains graphic depictions of excessive alcohol abuse. In 2005, the University of Illinois men’s basketball team went on a run for the ages. It was the most amazing run the ...

This post originally appeared on Negative Dunkalectics. Throughout the season, I've been wanting to write something about "liberated fandom" and "negative cosmopolitanism": specifically something ...

A staple of my childhood, like so many folks of the nerdy persuasion, was a tattered, well-worn VHS copy of The Empire Strikes Back. And thanks to my brother and me watching the tape of the second ...

Content warning for discussions of death (by illness, accident, and suicide) and grieving. When I was a teenager and one of my fandom friends stopped posting, chances are that they decided they didn’t ...

There are many moments in a sports fan’s life that they will hold forever. An incredible game with a nail-biting finish, an athlete cementing their legacy by winning an award or a jaw-dropping trade ...

At a decibel so loud it creates seismic tremors in the steel support beams of Reunion Arena, a crowd of 19,000, mostly female preteens and 20-somethings, let out animalistic cries of adoration. I’m ...