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A team even an enemy fan can love

By Eric Neel
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

I hate the Celtics. I hate the green. I hate Bill Russell's mannered little goatee. I hate Red's cigar. I hate Bird's mullet. I hate the leprechaun. I hate the stupid floor. I hate Don Nelson and his lucky bounce. I hate M.L. Carr and his towel. And I hate Danny Ainge and his pout most of all. My grandfather hated them before me. They were arrogant, he said. They stunk of smug champagne celebrations and street parades. Rooting for them, he said, was worse than rooting for the Yankees, worse th ...

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