According to Mental Health America, co-dependency is an “emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship.” Symptoms include “chronic anger, an unhealthy dependence on relationships” and “a tendency to confuse love and pity.” This accurately describes my, and I predict many others’, relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs. This feeling is not exclusive to professional sports. UMKC’s men’s basketball team likely has current fans experiencing similar unfortunate feelings. The Roos are in the midst of a losing season, suffering a nine-game losing streak late in 2012 and a poor conference record to top it off. For an unexplained reason,  some people still turn out for these games, even with all hope for a chance in the postseason already lost What is it that drives a fan … Read entire article »