Most basketball fans knew it was inevitable, only a matter of time before he would lead the Heat into the history books.
Best's fans knew they were blue, just as they knew the name of the hairdresser who kept his Beatle-style hair in trim.
Fans knew if rivals Kidderminster Harriers won their game and Mansfield lost, or drew their own, they would have to endure the play-offs.
Fans knew famous sportsmen and women by their talents and achievements.
When 'long-standing' football fans nobody knew about suddenly fall from the sky, they invariably offer something that would appear to be of benefit to the team as it prepares to take on the world.
He was OK that casual fans now knew him not for the 1, 197 yards he gained as a freshman, or the 4.8 yards per carry career college average, but the agonizing sequence of YouTube seconds that changed his life.
Calculating thieves preyed on cars owned by fans who they knew would spend several hours away after parking their vehicles.
From book festivals and other writers, to fans who only knew his cheery bearded face from the photo at the back of his books, people were quick to respond.
They knew that fans had been stopped from attending the match but made sure we had no money to cover our expenses.
Someone in Cupertino knew that fans were starting to feel a little tired, and so they successfully kept the fourth generation iPad under wraps.
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Sure, this demonstrated something more dedicated fans of soccer already knew, but it is highly explanatory to the more casual fan represented by the average ESPN viewer.
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One wonders if the players would feel the same need to have a union to protect their interests if they knew the owners were the fans.
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But I've been around others who were so into their fame they couldn't see anyone outside their protective cocoon not as long as they had fans coming up to them, because then they knew they still existed.
Known as arrogant and divisive, Quinn was an unpopular choice among some fans, but Golisano didn't care: Quinn knew how to knock heads and cut costs.
By offering a television program that went behind-the-scenes to create compelling storylines, the NHL found a means to making its brand of hockey and the personalities within it accessible to die-hard fans, casual fans, and probably a good many who never even knew they could be interested in any of it.
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But fans won't let Ms. Reuben forget that they knew her when.
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Yet Colangelo knew he had to build a winning team quickly in order to get fans interested in his new team.
Clarke knew then that the game would have to evolve, and set about documenting the changing face of the fans.
Meanwhile, fans did not care that the Subway placement was as blatant as possible, partially because it was expected (everyone knew it was coming), but also because it was done in an amusing, over-the-top manner.
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