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CHICAGO -- Greg Maddux was the Opening Day starter in his Braves debut when he beat his former team in Chicago in April of 1993. Cubs fan Dan Lepse remembers it well.Cubs lost 1-0, he said. Coldest I have ever been in my life.Lepse also recalls it was the day he proposed under the Wrigley Field marquee to his future wife Tricia, who immediately ran for the bathroom because it was the only place that had heat.The first person she told we were engaged was the bathroom attendant, he said.Ah, the Cub fan. Much has been said, mocked and dissected in regard to this unique species. Motivated by a deep, often familial and civic loyalty, energized by unbridled and childlike optimism and distinguished by a gnawing and perpetual state of angst, Cubs fans may resemble those from other cities and towns, but its the rare combination of these traits that sets them apart.Psychiatrist and lifelong Cubs devotee Neal Spira would not go so far as to mix business and pleasure and say Cubs fans are a textbook example of any particular psychosis.No, no, not textbook, Spira said. Maybe a paper, though. You could definitely write a paper about the psychology of the Cubs fan.Dr. Leo Weinstein, Spiras colleague at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, goes back to a central theme of psychotherapy in probing Cubs fans, and the theory that unconscious childhood feelings get expressed in adulthood.It taps into this feeling a lot of us have that things should be fair, that people should take turns and its our turn to win, he said. It also taps into the idea a lot of us believe subconsciously that if you suffer enough, youll be rewarded.Cubs fans have suffered for 108 years, so it only makes sense well be rewarded -- not because our team is good or that Theo Epstein and the front office have assembled a winning team, but because its right. And when [that] turns out not to be true, were upset. People have a hard time giving up that feeling ... but its a problematic way to live your life.Dan Lepse laughs at the prognosis but doesnt altogether dispute it.Lepse is a resident of Seattle, and he became a Cubs fan for life at age 8, when his father took him on a Midwestern baseball swing after their hometown Pilots moved to Milwaukee. On their trip to Wrigley, Seattle native Ron Santo hit a home run, Fergie Jenkins earned the win and a little boy fell in love.This year, Dan and Tricia celebrated their Sandberg anniversary, or in laymens terms, their 23rd. (Ryne Sandberg played as a second baseman for the Cubs and wore No. 23.)In addition to remembering the 40-degree temperatures and the wind whipping off the lake on that day in April 93, Dan also remembers his wife being none too happy with the amount of time she had to wait [for the proposal].But I guess that was the Cubs fan in me, he said. Always leave em wanting more.The couple have three daughters: Sammy (after Sosa), Kerry (after Wood) and Addison (after the street bordering Wrigley). Dan has a Wrigley Field turnstile in his house.And when Lepse interviewed for his current job of sports information director at Seattle Pacific University eight years ago, he told them if the Cubs made the World Series, he would need to take that week off.Lepse would buy a ticket and go see the Cubs by himself during summer visits to his brother in Chicago.I have seen so many things in that ballpark that should have driven me away, things major leaguers should never do, the bad baseball you encountered seeing the Cubs at Wrigley for any number of years, Lepse said. Ive left the park really frustrated. But theres something about going to see a win, even if your team [is] in last place. Thats uplifting. Its not a lost cause.Psychologist and happiness researcher Stephen Schueller likened the addiction and devotion Cubs fans have to their team to learned helplessness.As things replay over and over, its easy to rationalize away a one-year thing, said Schueller, assistant professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern. You fail so often, you feel theres nothing you can do.Youre doomed to fail because youre a Cubs fan. Its a little sad. But Im an optimistic person, so I hope they win and break the curse.Of course, they already have broken the one that extends 71 years, the last time the team reached the World Series, which comes into some conflict with Schuellers study of happiness.Happiness is based on low expectations, he explained. When you have high expectations, a lot has to be delivered to get emotional. The Cubs were always that team you didnt expect to make it. ... But this year, they were a team of destiny and started out the season on such a historic pace, so fans had really high expectations, and thats really dangerous as far as ones emotional impact.A World Series loss could be very tough to take.It will be really hard on people, depending on how it goes, Spira said. If they really fold, I think people will be destroyed. If they go for it, people could feel good about it.Its inconceivable to some that the Cubs traditional cry of Wait til next year would take on a whole new meaning if they win the World Series. In the meantime, that long lost child in every Cubs fan can do little but wait.It has been 108 years [since the Cubs last won the World Series], so its long overdue, Weinstein said. For that reason, the thinking goes, we will win. 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The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Jordy Nelson wont be on a snap count during his first game action in nearly 13 months, but if he goes to the sideline for a break, the Packers receiver doesnt expect that it will be because of his knee.A day after coach Mike McCarthy said Nelson would be full bore for Sundays opener at Jacksonville, Nelson said he would be ready for anything.Except maybe the heat and a bunch of deep routes.If I end up for some reason getting three deep balls in a row, yeah Im coming out, Nelson said Tuesday. Ill come out at the end of the year on that, too. Things happen throughout a game that, you know, I could run a bunch of short routes all the way down the field and never have a problem. Its just going to be how the game flows, but I think everyone, throughout the preseason, we could see guys running deep ball after deep ball. You know you can just get stuck on certain things that, it happens that way. So you take a play or two off and go back in.He appeared to practice without limitations on Tuesday during the portion that was open to the media. The Packers dont have to submit an injury report until after Wednesdays practice, which means they did not have to list his participation level on Tuesday. Nelson played 92.1 percent of the Packers offensive snaps in 2014, when he last played in a regular-season game. He missed all of last season after he tore the ACL in his right knee in a preseason game on Aug. 23, 2015, and he didnt take a single snap of game action this preseason.Were not going to put a number on it, Nelson said. Weve discussed it.dddddddddddd I think the situation of being in Jacksonville, well play it snap-by-snap to be honest with you. Theres a lot of things that could happen differently. But seeing how the possessions are taken, seeing what the weather is like, I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of guys are rotating to stay fresh. But no, I feel great. Practice today felt great. Ive done a lot on my own to get ready. So I dont think it will honestly be an issue.Nelson said he wasnt sure what to expect from the Jaguars defense, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers concurred.It depends on how healthy they think he is, Rodgers said. But I think were all looking forward to the sight of No. 87 back on the field and healthy.Nelson barely practiced during training camp; he wasnt cleared for full team drills (11-on-11) until Aug. 29 and even then he was limited. Nelson traveled to the final two preseason road games and actually put on full pads to go through pregame warm-ups but did not play.Going through camp and everything would have prepared me better, Nelson said. But thats not the situation Ive been put in. I was in the meetings, I was at practice, I ran routes, so I dont feel like Im behind. Would it have been better going through camp? Yeah, probably. It wouldnt have hurt. But Im not worried about it. I dont think anyone in this locker room is worried about it. I dont think anybody in this building is worried about it. ' ' '