1.   He wanted his fans to know he was on the mend.

2.   Although the Devils were the favored team in this matchup, even casual sports fans know that a raucous home crowd can intimidate the best of visiting teams.

3.   And good fans know good basketball.

4.   And few fans know that Turner played piano as a teen-ager with Sonny Boy Williamson and Robert Nighthawk before turning to the guitar.

5.   And fight fans know it.

6.   And fans know what he did.

7.   And John Harrington fans should know that the Sox CEO called Whiteside in the Braintree rehab facility where he is recuperating.

8.   And some fans just know how to tap the right connection.

9.   And the fans know.

10.   And Rangers fans know better than anybody the only way Sierra is getting to Cooperstown is by full-fare coach.