I am not the same fan I used to be — thank goodness

We aren’t teens anymore (I’ll say), but I still enjoy watching games with friends like these — even if we have to ‘virtually’ watch together amid the pandemic.

NOTE: This is the top of my weekly column for the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com.

By Mike Bass
@SportsFanCoach1

I so like being a fan again. I could watch the Super Bowl for as long as it was enjoyable, and then stop.

I had hoped for a close game, and so I skipped the rout’s conclusion. I had preferred a Kansas City repeat over a seventh Tom Brady ring, but I could appreciate Brady’s feat without hearing endlessly of it. My messaging with friends had wound down, and so I joined my spouse to watch a “Star Trek” spinoff.

No wallowing. No anger. Just the new fan in me.

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