21.   It is clear that ABL fans understood the attraction of the grass-roots league that failed to attract a TV deal.

22.   It was the first time I ever got the sense that the fans of New England understood they could play a role in the outcome of a game.

23.   Most fans never quite understood this man among men.

24.   Only a sports fan would understand.

25.   Perhaps, too, the fans should understand that Wilkins is not the only problem on the Boston Celtics.

26.   Part of the reason for this, I think, is the fans intuitively understand that nobody cares about them.

27.   Q. Will you explain, in a way a non-sports fan can understand, what a batting average is, and how it is determined?

28.   Red Sox fans understand.

29.   She and her many compatriots entered the season with only the logic-defying hope a true Cal fan fully understands.

30.   Some fans were understanding of the price increase.