In his office at Press Box, the Baltimore-area sports publication, Stan “the Fan” Charles props his feet on his desk. Where else should he put them? There’s no room on the floor, which is hysterically blanketed with random newspapers, magazines, books, boxes, various bric-a-brac and, who knows, maybe the lost remains of Amelia Earhardt beneath it all.

“My wife,” says Charles, “tried cleaning it up.”