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Passion on the Pitch: Fans and Players Talk About Their Love for Beitar Jerusalem

Posted: Aug 22nd 2008 1:25PM by Elie Seckbach (author feed)
Filed under: FanHouse TV, The Word

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

In this exclusive video we fly out to Jerusalem to catch up with players and fans of Beitar Jerusalem, Israel's soccer champion. Beitar supporters are known as the most hardcore fans in the Middle East, and are very often feared by rival supporters. The lives of Beitar supporters revolve around the team, from the cradle to the grave. Watch what both players and fans have to say about this unique Middle Eastern franchise.

AOL Video link. Youtube link.

FanHouse NASCAR FanVote Day 1:
2007 Driver Performance

Posted: Nov 26th 2007 9:00AM by Geoffrey Miller (author feed)
Filed under: NASCAR Fans, Nextel Cup, NASCAR Silly Season

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Welcome to the NASCAR FanHouse FanVote 2007. This is a chance for you, the fan, to tell the world what you think about the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series in 2007.

Today, the questions at hand are concerning driver performance on track this year during the 36 events of the Cup series schedule.

Be sure to check back each day this week for more questions and more topics. All of the results will be compiled at the end of the week and we'll reveal the results according to the vote from you, the fans!

Once you've voted, let everyone else who is getting ready to vote know what your opinion is by leaving a comment below.

Happy Voting!

Click the jump to continue voting!

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2007 Driver Performance

Bleacher Bums: Yankee Fans Will Sing to You of Love

Posted: May 14th 2007 10:36AM by Eamonn Brennan (author feed)
Filed under: New York, Red Sox, Yankees, AL East

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Bleacher Bums is MLB FanHouse's look at those oh so fun fan-to-fan adventures.

I'll be perfectly honest: I've never been to Yankee Stadium. I have, on the other hand, been to plenty of Cubs games at Wrigley Field, and I can attest that opposing team's fans usually don't get too bad of a verbal beating. Maybe a little ribbing, some boos, etc, but nothing on the level of the above, wherein a young Red Sox fan gets a pretty brutal serenade in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium.

Warning: This is a bit foul, and contains not-so-subtle references to the young Red Sox fan's sexuality. Probably not for virgin ears, or for those whose bosses wouldn't appreciate loud, drunk Yankees fans emanating from your workspace. Be forewarned.

Manny Acta to Make Peace With Hecklers

Posted: Mar 31st 2007 2:42AM by Mullet (author feed)
Filed under: Washington, DC, Nationals, NL East, MLB Fans

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Nationals fans Matt Krimm and Dave Hammerly never thought that there would be consequences for their incessant heckling of those anonymous third base coaches who just hope to go through a game without anybody knowing who they are. But those two Nationals fans picked on the wrong guy when they picked on Mets coach Manny Acta during the last series of the 2006 season ... because now, he manages their team. Now don't they feel bad, even a little bit?

"We went after Manny hard because it was the Mets, and you have to hate the Mets," Krimm said. "At one point, I yelled at Manny in Spanish. We saw that his team had lost in the Dominican Winter League playoffs once, so we were giving him a hard time about that. There were about two half innings I was yelling in Spanish, and one time he called me down to the wall and said, 'What did you say?' He laughed and said 'I don't know where you get this stuff.' We were doing it all in fun.

So now that Acta manages the Nats, would he remember those bilingual hecklers? Find out after the jump.

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Bristol Motor Speedway: The Fans Are Ready To Go Racin'

Posted: Mar 19th 2007 7:00AM by tallglassofmilk (author feed)
Filed under: Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR Fans, Nextel Cup

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There is no question that Bristol Motor Speedway is worthy of two races on the NASCAR circuit.

Sunday's Food City 500 will be the track's 50th consecutive Cup series sell-out.

Race fans are already on site staking their claim for next week's race.

Meet Tony Bishop
He and his wife were married at the racetrack and have camped near the track for the past 16 years. Even though "their spot" has been flooded out more than once, he says the danger is part of the fun:

"My cooler doubles as a flotation device," he joked. "As long as I keep my head above water and save the beer I'm OK."

Look no further for the sport's most devoted fans.

No Real Fans Allowed: Tailgating Banned at Super Bowl

Posted: Jan 26th 2007 8:52AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Colts, Dolphins, NFL Fans, NFL Gossip, Super Bowl

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If you didn't already realize that the NFL shuns the real fans at the Super Bowl in favor of the corporate suits, here's all you need to know: Tailgating is banned at Dolphin Stadium.

"The parking lot and traffic flow will look a lot different than it will during normal season games," [NFL spokesman Brian] McCarthy said. "We're going to have a security perimeter so we can screen people coming in." Among the items banned: containers of any type, coolers of any size, backpacks, bottles, banners, noisemakers and horns.

"We'll have security people out in the parking lots," McCarthy said. "If they see something that's obtrusive to other fans, they'll say you should put that back in your truck."

To an extent, I can understand this -- the Super Bowl is a different event and different security rules make sense. But it really grinds my gears that the NFL makes all its money all year off the kinds of people who show up at games early with brats and beer, and then in the biggest game of the year, it turns its back on those people.

Colts' Fans Rank 2nd In Local TV Ratings

Posted: Sep 18th 2006 9:43PM by Eric Conner (author feed)
Filed under: Colts

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According to a post made on the IndyStar.com's official website, the Indianapolis area ranked 2nd in local team TV ratings during week 1 of the NFL season. Here are the top 5 teams...

1. Pittsburgh Dolphins-Steelers 50.5
2. Indianapolis Colts-Giants 43.3
3. Milwaukee Bears-Packers 39.1
4. Buffalo Bills-Patriots 37.9
5. Dallas-Fort Worth Cowboys-Jaguars 32.2

So what does this all mean? I'm no expert on TV ratings, but to the best of my knowledge I believe it means that 43.3% of all TV sets in the Indianapolis area were tuned into the Colts game during week 1. The Indianapolis area record is a rating of 49.4 which was during last years playoff game versus the Steelers. Which would mean 49.4 percent of the people in Indianapolis were buying a TV the next morning, as the one they were viewing that game on landed in the street when the kick sailed wide right.

I'm shocked to see the numbers this high. I know that Colts fans are dedicated, but I didn't think we'd rank #2. Impressive.