Sports are inherently tribal. Our team of surrogate warriors, representing our township, can take on your team, your township and come out victorious, thus validating our place in this world. For that reason, sports can often be marred by xenophobia -- a circling of the wagons from outsiders trying take siege on our representatives and by proxy, us.
I'm an outsider, but I promise, I come in peace.
I grew up in Sacramento, so I’m cursed with a semi-voluntary emotional attachment to the Kings. I covered them for a bit after college, where I covered some Division-1 teams for the campus newspaper.