Author Eric Simons on Cleveland sports fans and his book "The Secret Lives of Sports Fans" - WFNY Podcast - 2013-05-16

Published: May 17, 2013, 1:15 a.m.

b"An author from the Bay Area named Eric Simons (pronounced SIMMONS I screwed up!) wrote a book about sports fans and their psychology. Naturally, desiring a unique subject to study, he scoured the Internet and came across WFNY's own resident head case TD. Eric's book is called The Secret Lives of Sports Fans and it attempts to answer a lot of questions about how sports fans are the way they are. There's some science and plenty of interesting stories including some about TD. I talked to him about his book and other topics for a bit.\\n\\n\\n\\nWhy do sports make me feel so angry all the time?\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThe physical reflexes we get when we actually watch sports\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMirror neurons in the motor cortex\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMMA and why we dodge punches while watching a sport\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThere are a lot of different ways to like sports\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nCleveland is a really good case study for sports fans anchoring to local teams\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nPeople\\u2019s brains get confused about who the action is happening to\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nExpectations and what it does to your brain\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nIs this going to feel like a science book?\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGetting a word in edgewise with TD\\n\\n\\n\\nThe sense that Cleveland is the best or worst sports city in America\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"