Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post explores the nature of the D.C. sports fan in this long Washington Post cover story. It’s extensive and it leaves without much of a firm answer, but that’s kind of the point. There’s no real way to pin down a “D.C. sports fan” except to say there’s a wide range of viewpoints. That’s reflected in Steinberg’s piece.
↵Here’s the most stunning line of the story to me.
↵↵↵Of area basketball fans, 29 percent choose the Wizards as their favorite team, with a stunning 14 percent identifying the Los Angeles Lakers and 9 percent the Boston Celtics.
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In other words, there are nearly as many Lakers and Celtics fans as there are Wizards fans, according to this poll. Just as we all suspected.