I have never had hometown pride for any actual teams, but I do have a fondness for the fan base of the Bills.

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Feebedel324@reddit

I’m a bengals fan but honestly would cheer on the bills if they played anyone else.

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Growing up in LA during the Raider timeframe, my father use to take me to Raider games (5-8 years old) hoping that I would become a Raider fan. However, he said we never stayed after the 3rd quarter because fans got really crazy and violent.

When I was 10, the Raiders left LA, so I thought “ok, I’ll be a Rams fan.” Then they left the same year.

I became a Chargers fan that same year when they reached the Super Bowl. It infuriated my dad because “the Chargers are the ultimate rival of de Raiders!”

Fast forward 13 years later, I’m stationed in Germany and coming home for Christmas leave. I somehow manage to get four tickets to the Chargers vs Cardinals game in San Diego. My intention was to take my cousins from Mexico. When I told my dad about the tickets, he responded “hell yeah! It’s been so freaking long that I’ve been to an NFL game!” I came back with “who said I was taking you? You’re a Raider fan!” Instantly my dad countered “no, I’m a fan of the team that makes me the most money!”

Fast forward to 2020. I get a phone call from the Chargers sales department. They are offering me a chance to be a season ticket holder in Los Angeles. Not sure what to do, I bring my dad on the line for his advice and when he heard of the seats and price, he instantly said “hell yeah! Sign us up!”

So, my dad went from being a Raider fan growing up to a Charger fan today.

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Highway49@reddit

I remember very well the Raiders came across the Bay to play the 49ers in 2006! I was sitting in the upper deck in the east end zone, watching the 49ers lose like they always did back then, when two men a few rows up and to my right started fighting. A Raiders fan and a Niners fan just started wailing on each other, and the security guards rushed over to break up the fight, but they couldn't pull the two guys apart. Eventually the police had to come through the tunnel and run up the stairs to break up the fight, and they had to wrestle each guy away from each other. After they pinned them on the ground and started walking them down the steps, the guy in the Raiders jersey started yelling, "It's ok -- he's my cousin! He's my cousin, it's ok!"

Raiders fans are crazy -- I've never laughed so hard in my life!

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ColossusOfChoads@reddit

My cousin was at an Oakland Raiders game. On the other side of the Colisuem he saw that there was a ruckus, so he looked through his binoculars. Some guy in a 9ers jersey was getting absolutely ratpacked by 5 or 6 others, while people in the upper deck were dumping beer and food on the scene from up high. Security was struggling to get to the poor bastard.

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-Hannibal-Barca-@reddit

When I was in college the student life department or whatever set up a ski trip to Colorado and me and some friends signed up. We were going right through KC so we were like oh let’s go check out a chiefs game, they were playing the raiders.

So we all pile out of the big van at the stadium, groggy from the drive, wearing pajamas and hoodies and stuff, not 1 piece of chiefs gear. Walking through the parking lot a short Latino dude like 40yr/o decked in raiders gear shoulder checks the kid in front of me as we walked by, like hard enough to make him stumble, clearly intentional. We turn to him confused and he raises his arms out to the side like “what’s up?” Of course we just kept walking, perplexed at this.

So yeah my only interaction with raiders fans ever is an adult man trying to fight a 150lb 19 year old kid wearing pajamas with no team colors on. 3 minutes after exiting our vehicle. Weirdest shit I’ve ever seen.

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ElectricalCoffee9981@reddit

Not at all hard to believe. I was at a sports bar in California watching the Raiders against my Packers. We had a group of Packer fans who frequented this bar regularly. But we never outnumbered any of the California teams at the time. 49'ers, Raiders, Rams & Chargers. One of my buddies starts jawing with a Raiders fan at the table next to ours. He gets suckered punched and it seems like he was laid out horizontally before crashing down on the table. Immediately gets jumped on by mass Raider fans. I get a few licks in as I'm trying to save my buddy. At this point it's chaos punches thrown everywhere. I'm able to pull him out of the melee and they're still fighting each other. We hurry out to my truck and get out of the parking lot as fast as we can. As we're exiting several police cars were driving in. Not sure what happened next but definitely got lucky and only suffered a few lumps on my head 😳😊

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-Hannibal-Barca-@reddit

That’s an insane story lmao

It’s like they missed the memo that we don’t actually hate the fans of the other team. Like guys, this is for fun we’re mostly pretending to hate each other 😂

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sydbarrett@reddit

Went to a game in Oakland and it was me vs. 40,000 gang bangers. Very intimidating as a visiting fan.

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ElectricalCoffee9981@reddit

Hell yes it is. It's like walking into a room and everyone stops and looks at you. 😳

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PickleJuiceMartini@reddit

I was at an Arizona Cardinals game against the 49ers. There was a Raiders fan that started a fight near me and was removed by security.

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DwarvenBeerbeard@reddit

Notre Dame. Because a lot of fans only like them because "I'm Irish". Most of those people couldn't pick it out on a map. Also the rest of their fans are just jerks.

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1981drv2@reddit

Worst:

Philadelphia (all sports)
Dallas Cowboys
New England Patriots
University of Alabama Football

Best:

Detroit Lions
Boston Celtics

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Pluffmud90@reddit

Didn’t Jalen Hurts play at Oklahoma?

/s

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-Hannibal-Barca-@reddit

I’m not sure I get this one? Do you mean they’re just crazy passionate or like. Who are they gonna kill ?

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HughLouisDewey@reddit

It’s of course oversimplified, but there’s a noticeable history of Alabama fans shooting at one another after Alabama losses.

The most famous case is this woman who shot and killed another woman who wasn’t sufficiently upset about Alabama’s shock loss to Auburn in 2013.

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-Hannibal-Barca-@reddit

Oh wow. Yeah that’s pretty unreasonable behavior, to say the very least.

With such a strong football culture, a lot of poverty, and lack of opportunity in much of the state, a lot of people get their personal identity really wrapped up in football. Not much else around to be proud of. In these cases, I’d guess the loss is an emotional catalyst causing some underlying tensions to escalate, especially considering it’s between people that know each other well. Unfortunate in any case.

That said, I grew up in Alabama and worked as a bouncer in Tuscaloosa college bars for about 3 years, and I never saw anything out of the ordinary with fan behavior. I don’t think I ever saw a fight between Alabama fans and opposing fans actually. Aside from a bit of the classic Alabama-fan arrogance, everyone behaved pretty much like any other sporting event.

Similar thing happened at an eagles game, I brought a Titans fan to. He had a blast talking shit to our fans, and having shit talked to him. Again we all ended up drinking together after the game.

Yes, we talk a lot of shit. We heckle, we get rowdy, we climb greased light poles, but the only people that get fucked up are ones who start the fights. I’ve seen more Philly fans fighting other Philly fans than I have of any opposing team. In fact, one Philly fan was getting a little too verbally abusive to a Commies fan when we were tailgating, and 4-5 other Eagles fans defended the Commies fan.

Fans in other cities are much worse than the vast majority of Philly fans. I’ve had beers cans thrown at me in DC, pushed around in Pittsburgh, and sucker punched at MetLife in New Jersey. Didn’t say a word to any of them.

I have a feeling Philly fans from the early 90s and before were much worse, but Philly fans nowadays are some of the best behaved fans I’ve seen.

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hungtopbost@reddit

(This will date me a bit but) I was only at a Phillies game once, in early 2000s. Mike Lieberthal was, in my baseball mind at the time, pretty well-established as a long-standing Phillies catcher who was pretty decent. He was roundly booed at his first at-bat of the game and I just thought “Man, if that’s how somebody like HIM gets treated…”

For context, I’m a Bostonian Red Sox fan, and almost always we would go to the proverbial mat for almost any long-term Red Sox player unless they were performing really really badly or had done something off-field that was reprehensible. We are passionate and can get angry but (I feel) not so mean that we would boo the hell out of one of our own guys at home if he was just having a bad week or something.

Yes, let’s get these stories cleared up.

The snowballs at Santa happened in 1968- nearly 57 years ago and it’s still brought up multiple times a year during Eagles games in December. The team was awful and the Santa was a drunk 20-year old from the crowd because the one they hired couldn’t get into town.

The battery incidents with Dick Allen also occurred in the 60s. There’s no excuse for these but also 50+ years ago.

JD Drew was more recent and he had batteries thrown at him by 2 people who were immediately kicked out. It was basically because he refused to play for the Phillies after being drafted. He earned the boos and profanities but not the batteries.

Aaron Rodger’s is unconfirmed (except by him) and the dude’s a loon so I don’t trust anything he says.

Eating the horse shit - well, yeah. They're still weird.

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MasturChief@reddit

and we climb them regardless.

go birds

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tyleratx@reddit

My dad landed in Philadelphia wearing a non Philly sports jacket (don’t ask me which one but pry broncos)

He had never been to Philadelphia and he was feeling a bit cheeky. I guess there was a cop at the airport and he asked the cop. “Hey if someone tries to kick my ass for wearing this, will you protect me”

The cop looked at him and said “I’ll kick your ass myself”

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Tears4BrekkyBih@reddit

Years ago, My buddy wore a redskins shirt to an eagles game and when he went to take a piss the whole bathroom and hallway started chanting Asshole asshole asshole asshole. He said he’s never been more scared in his life. He thought he wasn’t going to get out of the bathroom alive.

Do we still have “Eagles Court”? Where they set up an actual courtroom in the stadium to deal with minor offenses? Is that still a thing?

Native Philadelphian, but not a spots fan by any means.

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Jmen4Ever@reddit

I am surprised they didn't boo Dolph Lundgren harder the other day when he threw out the first pitch for the Phillies. I assume just because it was a tongue in cheek type thing.

When the Eagles won their first Super Bowl, I was in high school. The bandwagoning and showboating was awful; it was like every single one of the worst people I knew became Eagles fans over night. I have hated the team ever since.

djmattyp77@reddit

Philly, mainly Phillies and Eagles...worst fans...ever.

NY Yankees...2nd worst.

That must be it. It doesn’t translate as much to broadcasts and obviously NFL games are more of an event. Without trying to sound condescending I’m glad KC has a baseball team with the NBA and NHL bypassing the area. Same for places like Cincinnati.

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CrimsonKing516@reddit

As a Cardinals fan, I’ve never had a problem with a Cubs fan.

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IJustWantADragon21@reddit

I was a kid when it happened. My math teacher was a die hard Sox fan and showed up dressed as Bartman for Halloween saying he was his new hero 😂

I’ll hand it to Chicago sports fans, there’s a lot of crazy but it’s mostly harmless.

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Independent_Prior612@reddit

The day we met, hubs had tickets to a 2007 NLCS game that would have been at Wrigley if the Diamondbacks hadn’t swept them in the NLDS.

I get blamed for that, too LMAO

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IJustWantADragon21@reddit

Lmao! Like I said, superstitious bunch

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WalkAwayTall@reddit

I spent most of my life in Dallas until recently. I can tell you that no one has made me want to cheer for Literally Whoever Else is Playing like Cowboys fans have.

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ejpierle@reddit

In the college world, USC and Ohio State fans are #1a and #1b for the wooooorst.

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Objective-Pin-1045@reddit

You are the first self-aware cowboy fan I’ve ever come across.

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FireCorgi12@reddit

No one in here is repping Detroit Lions fans and that’s shameful. Best community I’ve ever been in. The community of the lions actually got me interested in football.

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sjogerst@reddit

Dodgers fans are THE WORST in baseball. Dodgers fans are straight up inhospitable to opposing fans. Going to a game with an opposing jersey is like visiting a war zone.

The best fans in baseball are Giants fans in my opinion. There's good natured ribbing but everyone in the park is there to enjoy baseball. Went to a game a couple months ago and in one of the plays, one of the opposition team got injured pretty badly. The stadium gave him 3 standing ovations as he was being transported out. Fighting and asshole behavior isnt tolerated by either the fans OR security. It's a family atmosphere you can bring kids to.

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peesteam@reddit

Ohio State

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MegaAscension@reddit

Only time I’ve ever had someone try to doxx me on social media was Ohio State fans, after I congratulated them for beating my team. The team I’m a fan of is in a different conference, so not a rival.

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Best fans, hands down, no contest, out of any sport: Nebraska Cornhusker fans.

And I say this as a Notre Dame fan with no affiliation with the Huskers at all.

They take genuine pride in being good hosts for visiting teams. Best time I've ever had as a visitor was in Lincoln.

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Prize_Consequence568@reddit

"Which American sports team has the best (or worst) fans?"

I ran across someone who went to a a Packers game at Lambeau to cheer on the opposing team, and wore the opposing team's gear.

The Packers beat his team and as everyone left after the game to his ever lasting astonishment Packer fans apologized to him for beating his team.

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goPACK17@reddit

I've been to a Sunday night games against Chicago and it didn't matter what jersey you had on, you couldn't walk around the tailgates without being offered a brat. Obviously there are dicks in every fanbase, but Packers Fandom is known for being wholesome relative to the others.

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skinnypancake@reddit

Not once have I met a Packers fan I’d call wholesome. Their little intro during the draft this year was the most obnoxious thing ever.

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SeonaidMacSaicais@reddit

Um, rude.

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Fab-o-rama@reddit

I remember watching a GB game years ago back in the 90s. Favre was still QB. Packer player hops up into the adoring crowd post TD and is being celebrated. Meanwhile this middle aged woman reaches between his legs and gives him a full on sexual assault right there on national television. She was rubbing that man's crotch so hard and fast she probably had a friction burn welt up before she hit the parking lot.

fair weather fans

The dolphins were their biggest rivals long before the pats.

The phins were a spectacular team in the 70’s and I think the bills went winless against them for almost a decade.

I’d say philly but as much as i hate their teams o HAVE to respect their fans. philly fans are committed in a way no other teams are, and boy is it entertaining. I hate you but hats off guys because i respect yall

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MachinistMallorn@reddit

Either way you cut it it's the Philadelphia Eagles, either for their passion or the wanton devastation they unleash.

Tom Ricketts must break even! You don't understand the biblical losses!

They made death threats and burned effigies of LeBron James when he left for Miami. Then pretended they hadn't done all that when he came back.

They aren't above reproach.

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yinzerthrowaway412@reddit

Don’t forget the Deshaun Watson tshirts and “massage” mannequins

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Awakeanxiety@reddit

The Dog Pound were a bunch of obnoxious losers..

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

As a long time Lions fan I totally get this.

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YogurtclosetRich4342@reddit

In the state of Texas?

Best: Either Rangers or Spurs fans for pro sports, partially cause they've actually had some success in the past couple decades and their fans are pretty chill.

Worst: Cowboys and Astros, they're both assholes

For college, it's basically all bad to some degree, Longhorns are generally assholes, Red Raiders are also assholes with little brother syndrome out the wazoo and Aggies...

As an Aggie, it's been too much, God, stop giving us tougher battles, let us go 9-3 or just smite the board of regents

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budstone417@reddit

Raiders and Cowboys. I always tell em.

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Mushrooming247@reddit

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has the best sports fans, passionate and crazy without (usually) breaking the law, supporting teams whether they win or lose.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania has the worst.

You’ll never guess where I am from.

Philadelphia might be objectively the worst though, and I love the city and people, they can just get mean.

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Ham_Ah0y@reddit

Yinzers haven't even killed anybody since the 70s! To quote Charlie Daniels band "just go and lay your hands on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan"

But seriously, Pittsburgh is the ultimate mix of east coast ribbing with midwestern nice-a-bility. PGH has the best fans. If you're ever in an airport, and you need to know which gate is going to Pittsburgh, just look for the sports shirts.

Is it obnoxious? Kinda. I mean, if you're going to church so you wear your dress stillers whites, it's. . . Fine.

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bunkumsmorsel@reddit

They even have a statue of Franco Harris in their own airport.

I’m from Chester County 🦅, but I live in Pittsburgh for 10 years. Moved there to go to medical school and stayed there for residency and a little bit longer. And one of the first things I had to learn in my first year of medical school was who caught the immaculate reception.

I really do love Pittsburgh fans. And I got on board with Pittsburgh sports when I was there too. It was impossible not to.

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rutherfraud1876@reddit

Hell I saw a couple folks in Buccos shirts at Easter service (Episcopalian so okay)

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bunkumsmorsel@reddit

Somebody’s never burned a couch in South Oakland and it shows. 😆

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SportTheFoole@reddit

I’m not an actual yinzer, but I root for Pittsburgh (started with the penguins in the late 90s).

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Ok-Entertainment5045@reddit

Worst, Ohio State Buckeyes, Philadelphia all sports, Dallas Cowboys.

Yankees and Red Sox fans, man. Hoo boy!

And don't get me started on the Bruins, the Penguins, and the Hurricanes!!!

I think I'm the problem, actually.

(In all honesty, sports fans are a diverse group of people that one generalization cannot fully encompass them. Each one supports their favorite teams for different reasons, and are normal people like you or me. To dislike them solely out of anything but playful factionalism is silly.)

kingjaffejaffar@reddit

Best? Packers. I want to say LSU or The Saints or some plucky underdog fanbase like Boise State Broncos, the Cleveland Browns, South Carolina Gamecocks, or the San Jose Sharks, but it’s 100% the Green Bay Packers. 100% passion and pure class without pretension.

Worst? Any pro teams from Boston, Dallas, or Philly; Detroit Redwings, Atlanta Falcons, New York Yankees, L.A. Lakers.

Also, collegiate fans of Ohio State, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia, Texas A&M, or Texas.

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Aggressive_Dress6771@reddit

“Fight on!”

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BadKneesBruce@reddit

Chiefs. The worst. And I am one.

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rogdesouza@reddit

Eagles fans (the worst). Bills fans (the best).

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Tronn3000@reddit

One of my friends worked at an MLB stadium for a few years making custom jerseys and selling them to fans at his stand. He always dreaded the series when the LA Dodgers were in town. He'd usually have multiple fights to deal with in front of his stand and they'd often hire extra security for those games.

Just an all around violent and classless fanbase.

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Sea2Chi@reddit

When I first moved to Chicago I wore a Seahawks Jersey to a Bears/Seahawks game.

I'd been drinking on the L as one does and when we got to the stadium I had to pee. I asked a cop if he knew where a restroom was and he looked at my jersey and said "Yeah, in Seattle."

People talked a bit of trash early on, but it wasn't that bad until the 4th quarter when it was becoming clear the Bears were going to lose what had been a close game. That's when drunks would start yelling a bit more confrontational stuff and one guy came up and asked what the fuck I was doing there.

I never felt like I was really going to get in a fight against my will, but the opportunity was very much presenting itself if I had been interested.

Then I wore a Bears jersey to a Seahawks game a few years later while visiting.

I got high fives. Lots of them.

Best: University of Nebraska. I’m biased, but midwesterners tend to be the best fans. You’ll pretty rarely see them acting crazy during games.

Worst: Philly. I am pretty biased against the east coast in general, but Philly fans are pretty rude and have a reputation for harassing people. Same with Raiders fans.

Honorable mention is cowboys as well. Not in a malicious way, just every year “this is our year!” When everyone knows that they’re going 10-7 AT BEST and flaming out in the wild card.

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JohnnyBrillcream@reddit

“this is our year!”

That's starting to change.

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mydude356@reddit

Houston Astros.

Caught cheating thanks to a former player of the team.

Camera and a trashcan.

Fans brushed it saying everyone cheats.

"HaTe Us CaUsE yOu AiN't Us."

"We'Re UnDeR yOuR sKiN."

Trash-stros.

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JohnnyBrillcream@reddit

Because everyone was in some way shape or form.

Red Sox got caught using electronic signs, suspended the replay guy. Fact

Yankees got caught using electronic signs, got a strongly worded letter. Fact

Former Yankees coach let it slip on the MLB network that they relayed signs from the dugout to the 1st base coach. Once he realized his slip-up you could see the /r/WatchPeopleDieInside on his face.

Former Rays GM in an interview, that is now scrubbed from the internet, adamantly said everyone was doing it, including the Rays. Everyone was trying to catch up with what the Astros were doing. He gave the interviewer a "really, you know this" look when he was asked the question.

Brian McCann in an interview after the series in LA was asked why he went to the mound so often. He looked at the announcers with a "really" face and pointed to center field and said 'C'mon, you guys know", shook his head and didn't say anything else.

The ring leader of the scheme, a former Yankee, said the Astros were behind the times in sign stealing. Based on the former Head Coach slip, he confirmed Yankees were doing pretty much what the Astros were doing.

MLB investigated one team openly yet quietly confirmed others were doing the same thing. If they had suspended players for it there would have been a demand for a full investigation and would have been forced to open the can of worms they brought to the party. It also would have meant the following season would have had mostly AAA players since everyone was doing it. MLB historically allows BS to fester because it has helped the ratings. PEDs, sign stealing, juiced balls, spider tack. Once the shit hits the fan they "put their foot down" and act holier than thou.

Did they cheat sure but MLB did nothing more than they had to to sweep it under the rug.

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DarthAuron87@reddit

New Yorker here. Some Yankee fans act like animals especially on the train going to the game.

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ekter@reddit

A lot of MLS teams’ supporters groups create fun (not you Miami) atmospheres.

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MmmIceCreamSoBAD@reddit

Eagles and Yankees fans have horrible reputations.

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chap_stik@reddit

How did I have to scroll this far down to see the Yankees mentioned

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GetsWeirdLooks@reddit

Oh, like these assholes?

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herringonthelamb@reddit

Philly

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ifallallthetime@reddit

It's a tie between the Dodgers and Yankees in baseball, Cowboys for football, and Lakers for basketball

Philly, no. Unquestionably the worst.

I'll throw Clemson fans in as my favorites. Been to Death Valley twice, once with the Boston College Marching Band where we were allowed to walk around the tailgate a bit to kill some time while wearing our band shirts. The band leaders told us to be careful because we were all clearly not home fans. The warning was totally unnecessary; not only were they friendly but felt like we were invited into every tailgate we walked past. Those folks are real gems; they were always the best ones when visiting Boston too.

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saydaddy91@reddit

I might be biased but philly might be the best sports city in terms of fan support. Not only do we support our teams rain or shine and we support all our teams but for the most part it’s the only American sports city I’ve been too where the average woman is just as if not more passionate about their teams as the guys are. Granted we’re all assholes but you got to take the bad with the good

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Legitimate_Error_550@reddit

I've heard rumor, I can neither confirm or deny, that Celtics fans use a lot of racial slurs during games. Folks from Mass. Might be able to give more details

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GACheesehead@reddit

Best: Green Bay Packers.

Sure_Comfort_7031@reddit

Boston.

Great people. In-fucking-sufferable to talk to. They won't shut the fuck UP about their teams. You can't have a conversation about anything else.

Meanwhile, I'll say University of Central Florida fans are lovely. I live near UCF, so I go to away games when UH plays them (thankfully we've remained in the same conference), and have had nothing but positive interactions with them (it probably helps that in football we both kinda suck, and in basketball UH is absolutely dominant; the games aren't meaningful for UCF generally). I've been invited to random tailgates (likely because I bring beer with me to pregame), and once had a guy apologize for cheering his team on when they scored ("dude, we'll be cheering and silent at opposite times, it's all good.")

boonies1414@reddit

LSU baseball fans are excellent

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jrhawk42@reddit

I'm just going to go with the worst - It's clearly the Philidelphia Eagles. Just off the top of my head I can easily come up w/ examples of how toxic the fanbase has been over generations, and I don't even follow them that closely.

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damnitA-Aron@reddit

Probably the Denver Broncos; they're fabs are the reason I don't like the team.

They can't admit that they suck. They hold onto whatever their last superpower win was, which prior to 2017 was like 2000 or earlier. "Dude we drafted Joe Blow and Smut Feltchman. If they put up at least X numbers, Jupiter goes into retrograde at the height of the winter equinox and my son doesn't turn trans we're going to get a Superbowl win."

Like dude just admit your team is dogshit and leave it at that.

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MattieShoes@reddit

Every fanbase of any size has some great fans and some terrible ones and some only mildly engaged ones.

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KonaKumo@reddit

Best fans....Lions. passionate but not assholes. Plus it seems like most American football fans have the Lions as their underdog favorite for when their team can't make it

Phillies fans are garbage humans.

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wewantyoutowantus@reddit

Philadelphia Eagles. I mean they snowballed Santa Clause

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19dadchair73@reddit

I’ll throw it out there . Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse fans. Fills the Sabres arena every game and they travel well. We’re very dedicated fans

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_drelyt@reddit

Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Sixers

In all honesty, from my experience, they collectively got a lot more bearable after 2004. I mean of course the rivalry is still there, but it's a lot mellower now. Prior to 2004, they were all wound extremely tight and their hatred for the Yankees bordered on psychopathy (which admittedly we Yankees fans didn't help by perpetually goading them and making jokes about 1918 and Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz signing with the Yankees as free agents).

As an old Knicks fan, I am beginning to understand how those old Sox fans got that way. We are all unwell and on the verge of a stroke.

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FrigginMasshole@reddit

Im from Boston but im surprised I haven’t seen Boston mentioned as much. Our fans are notorious for being racist, the Adam Jones incident comes to mind in 2014 when fans threw peanuts at him, made monkey noises and called him the N word.

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tmclaughlin81@reddit

I am totally with you. I’m a Boston fan who dislikes but has a grudging respect for most NY teams (not the Jets, lol). My wife and I went to a Sox-Yankees game in April 2019, so right after the Sox last won the WS. We came wearing Sox gear and expecting to get some grief. We did not. No one had anything to say, positive or negative, and the staff were gracious when we asked questions (I think I asked where an ATM was at some point).

We lost that night, too and rode the subway back to Times Sq. for a while, nothing at all. In fact, the only person to talk shit to me was at the end of the night when we were walking back to our hotel in LIC. A guy in a Mets jersey on the sidewalk asked “who won tonight?” I said “not us” and walked on - he quipped back “yeah, 27 rings!” What the what?? lol. You shouldn’t be able to claim both IMO.

Anyway, best of luck to the Knicks. No excuses whatsoever. Losing Tatum was huge but it was already basically 3-1 Knicks so no excuse. They played harder, C’s didn’t and leaned too hard on the 3s even when they weren’t falling.

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jGor4Sure@reddit

Raiders fans bar none.

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DoookieMaxx@reddit

Buffalo Bills fans work really really hard at maintaining their upstate New York nice to every team fans …. But they like to throw dildo’s on the field. “Billdo’s

bhoose19@reddit

That happened one time. Which is one time too many, but you make it seem like this happens every game.

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t3h_shammy@reddit

Looks like an unbiased man… from Michigan

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Crew_1996@reddit

The comparison to football hooliganism is not even remotely accurate. You clearly have no clue about the deaths related to football hooliganism in the past and are just a salty fan of Ohio State’s rival.

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IcyBus1422@reddit

UNC are a close 2nd

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ReallyEvilRob@reddit

I've always hated Raiders fans. They are pretty obnoxious. Cowboys fans can eat a bag of dicks.

For my heritage, let's go Giants! For my home, let's go Rams!

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Alpastor_Moody@reddit

I don’t really watch American football but I know that Eagles fans are classless.

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Alpastor_Moody@reddit

I don’t really watch American football but I know that Eagles fans are classless.

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Begle1@reddit

The best fans are going to belong to the teams that perenially suck. They're in it out of love and, if they had anything other than a great attitude, couldn't suffer so much losing.

Conversely, worse fans tend to belong to the teams that are in the midst of a dynasty, as they attract the bandwagon fans who are only there so they can root for a winner. Like the Chiefs currently have a lot of annoying bandwagon fans, but they do coexist with Chiefs lifers who suffered through decades of suck while waiting to be blessed with a good team.

Philadelphia (all sports) - They’re just the worst.

St. Louis Cardinals - Self-righteous and smug, with a strong hint of racism. For football and basketball, the most similar fan bases would be Green Bay Packers and Boston Celtics, but neither are on the level of Cardinals fans.

Dallas Cowboys - Just a weird mix because it’s a national fanbase that’s sort of delusional about the team.

Miami Heat - Can’t be bothered to show up even when their team is awesome and claim it’s because Miami is just too amazing of a city to be a passionate sports fan. Gag.

Alabama Crimson Tide - Think they have a right to always be in the title game even when they aren’t good. Overly passionate weirdo fans that do things like poison trees.

Texas Longhorns - Kinda like Cowboys fans, except not as national, but think they are. Feel like they’re mere existence is important.

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Repulsive-Pumpkin920@reddit

Philadelphia Eagles fans are easily the worst fans in all of pro sports in my opinion

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FindYourselfACity@reddit

Philly

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BrainFartTheFirst@reddit

Dodgers fans good

Cats-And-Brews@reddit

Philly fans.

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bananapanqueques@reddit

Cowboys fans are the worst by virtue of Dallas being the worst.

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YoungKeys@reddit

San Francisco Giants fans are the best fans in the world in my completely and totally unbiased opinion

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oriolesravensfan1090@reddit

Yankees fans are the worst followed by Cowboys fans and then Red Sox Fans.

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unicornsprinkl3@reddit

Philadelphia maybe both, there’s usually some news and after the Eagle’s one the Super Bowl there was a riot.

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AnAngryPanda1@reddit

New York, Boston, and Philly. Pretty much anywhere in the north east.

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Baldrich146@reddit

There’s a reason why Jimmy Johnson thanked the people who hate the Cowboys in his Ring of Honor acceptance speech…. You all are infuriating to be around hahaha

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Scribe625@reddit

Best: Pittsburgh Worst: Philly

Best: fans of X team in small midwestern city that never wins anything

Worst: fans of my rival and/or X team in large city that wins a lot

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ReturnByDeath-@reddit

I feel like it's more of a city-based thing. Like, Philly is known for very rowdy fans, SoCal vs. Northern California rivalries can get pretty nasty, and Boston has a certain "reputation".

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samof1994@reddit

Where do Spurs fans fall??