Mind & BrainOctober 30, 2015
What Does Success Mean For Long-Suffering Sports Fans? An Identity Crisis, say Researchers
Psychologically, does it mean anything for fans accustomed to defining themselves as “not the Yankees” to suddenly start winning?
Stories by Eric Simons
Eric Simons is the author of The Secret Lives of Sports Fans: The Science of Sports Obsession, published in 2013 by the Overlook Press. He is also the editorial director at Bay Nature magazine in Berkeley, California.