Researchers at USC have discovered that sports can be deadly for super fans. They found that in the period after the L.A. Rams lost to the Steelers in the 1980 Super Bowl, cardiac death rates among men rocketed up 15%. Surprisingly, they also jumped a whopping 27% among women. They don’t believe the women were that emotionally invested in the game, but that the women’s heart attacks were sparked by being upset about how angry their husbands were about the Super Bowl loss.
- The heart attack rate in Detroit usually spikes about two games into the regular season.
- If the heart attack rate among women rises again this year, after the Packers-Steelers game, it will be because they found out their husbands spent 4 grand to buy a hundred-inch plasma TV to watch the game.
- I understand this kind of passion… I had some chest pains during last night’s finale of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”!!