I’m not a Cleveland Browns fan. I wasn’t there — nor did I care that much — when Art Modell moved the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore ahead of the 1996 NFL season.
I’m not a Columbus Crew SC fan... at least not any more.
When I got into the sports journalism world and began covering the team in 2013, and full-time in 2014, my fandom turned into a profession.
If Crew SC won, it was about the story. If Crew SC lost, it was about the story. I noticed more and more that the joy or pain of victories or defeats was no longer there the more I did it.