Orangins: Becoming a Bronco Fan in New York

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Published: May 15, 2009

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... Childhood milestones to be sure.

But come on, we're talking about something more important than speaking, walking, and early education (after all, I'm typing this on a laptop while sitting down—and I am pretty sure I didn't learn Microsoft Word in kindergarten.)

What I am referring to is becoming a fan of your favorite team.  In my case, it's being a Denver Bronco fan while growing up in New York.

How does that happen, you may ask?  I should be a Jets or Giants fan, right? Or in the very least, a fan of one of those 'national following' teams: Cowboys, Steelers...

In a New York word: No. (expletives deleted)

Since 1977, I have bled orange and blue.  It's more blue than orange these days, but the Bronco blood continues to flow through me, and always will.  And it all started in a place so not Denver, so not the Mountain time zone—the beach.

As a child, my family would spend a lot of summers at Jones Beach on...

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