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The 5 Commandments of Not Being an Obnoxious Fan

Matt Weber
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With the football season kicking off, baseball playoffs about to heat up, and competitive billiards ubiquitously enthralling all those watching ESPN 7 — allow me to provide some helpful tips on how to not be an obnoxious fan.

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Photo Credits:
•Football (soccer) supporter. Photo by Jamain. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
•Derek Jeter. Photo by Keith Allison. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
•”Steeples of Catholic Church in Havana” photo courtesy of Catholic News Service/Nancy Phelan Wiechec.

Matt Weber
Matt Weber is author of “Fearing the Stigmata,” the host of “The Lens” and “A Word with Weber” on Catholic TV, and an accomplished digital strategist at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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