The Shared Inclinations of Sports and Religion

1. Community

2.Epic Battles

3.Ritual Dress

4.The Concept of Destiny

5.And the aforementioned ability to influence events you're not directly involved in

6.Through Prayer

7.Oblation

8.Supersitition

Accessing communal guilt pales in comparsion to accessing communal adenalin.

From the book (Where Religion and Sports Collide and Sports Win) by Derek Beres