It’s impossible to keep sports fans happy, but maybe that’s not the point. williamfleitch writes
A disappointed Philadelphia Eagles fan. Photo: Screenshot via Fox When history tells the ugly story of this particular era of American history, I do hope that this is the GIF that is chosen to best illustrate what it was like to be alive right now:
The gentleman in the clip is a Philadelphia Eagles fan, disgusted by something that happened during the Iggles’ 27-24 loss to the Detroit Lions. It is perhaps all you need to know about Philadelphia Eagles fans that our sleeveless protagonist is not a bouncer at a dance club, nor a butcher at your local Wegman’s. It is Eric Furda, who, when he’s not venting his spleen on national television at sporting events, is in fact the dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania.
They did! It has been 18 months since the Eagles shocked the sports world by beating the hated Tom Brady and the Patriots and winning the franchise’s first ever Super Bowl. The win, which released Eagles fan from a downright barbaric four-plus decades of their favorite team torturing them, unleashed a sports celebration the likes of which we have never seen and, with any luck, will never see again.
Philadelphia sports fans are perhaps not the best example, you say? Well, the Red Sox just fired their general manager a year after they won the World Series. The Cubs won the World Series — the Cubs won the World Series! — less than three years ago after 108 years in the wilderness, an achievement many considered impossible and one that’s almost certainly the biggest sports story of the decade. But after they were swept out of the playoff chase this weekend by their hated rivals in St.
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