Hi, we're rabid Patriots fan Bill Kole and diehard Texans supporter Russell Contreras, and there's something we need to make clear right at the top: We love each other. We just don't like one another that much.
Why it matters: Russell, a former Texas native who covers race and religion for Axios, is a long-suffering Houston fan. Bill, an Axios copy editor, grew up in Foxborough, Massachusetts, where New England fandom is in the drinking water, or it's the law, or both.
