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The Effects of Sports Fanaticism on Happiness
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Researchers use the Mappiness app to study the relationship between a sports team's wins/losses and a fan's overall happiness, finding that on average, sports fans experience more pain than pleasure from their team's performance. This realization led one podcaster to stop watching his favorite team's games altogether.

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