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Mike Bass column on nurse who escapes by enjoying Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) catches a pass in the first quarter of the NFL Week 9 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Cleveland led 24-10 at halftime.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a weekly column from former sports reporter and editor Mike Bass. Bass will be contributing to The Enquirer by offering advice for sports fans, athletes and youth sports parents and coaches through a weekly Q&A. You can reach him at [email protected] or on Twitter @SportsFanCoach1.

When you serve as a bedside nurse for a dying hospital patient, when you see the pain of loved ones unable to be there amid a pandemic, when this reflects two “terrible” years of an “absolute nightmare,” you tend to look at a Bengals loss a little differently.

“I used to joke, ‘Come hold the iPad while people die and their family cries at the other end of the iPad, and maybe you’ll understand why I am so optimistic about football,’” Jess says at the Bengals Bomb Squad tailgate for the Browns game at Paul Brown Stadium. “This is where I find my happiness, with the Bengals and with football. They provide me with an escape and a few hours a week of joy and love with my friends and everybody else.

“It definitely puts things in perspective.”

Jess is all about perspective.

She fights for it.

Now a cardiothoracic surgery nurse practitioner who lives in Columbus and works in Cincinnati, Jess regularly posts comments and photos on social media about matters heavy and light, which many of us do. As @thewhobae on Twitter and with similar handles on other platforms, she frequently shows support her Bengals, but sometimes calls out insensitive posts about her or other female fans, which do not always go over so well.


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