cleveland sports

When Will Cleveland Finally Win a Professional Championship?

Am I wrong for asking this question? It seems that everytime you turn around, it's always something that stops a Cleveland franchise from winning it. The only ones I really brought would be the...

A Night of Inevitable Outcomes for the Cavs and the Indians

It didn't have to work out that way for the Cavs or the Indians, it just did. The only thing off was the timing. But even separated by about 45 minutes, the two events that defined Cleveland sports...

The 25 Man After The Corey Patterson Signing

Ok, after hearing about the Patterson signing and briefly considering becoming a general Cleveland sports fan (it's been a bad few days for the Bengals too), I started thinking about the 25 man...

Cleveland Plain Dealer Isn't Racist By Hiring Terry Pluto

Pluto is simply the best sportswriter covering Cleveland sports anywhere. I picked up a copy of Cleveland Scene magazine this week and noticed in the First Punch section of the paper this bit about...

Hafner's New $57 Million Will Buy A Lot Of Pronk Bars

I guess I should probably go ahead and order those “I Heart Larry Dolan” T-shirts, huh?It was announced today that the Cleveland Indians have signed their designated hitter, Travis...

NBA Finals Preview: Yet Another Spurs' Slumber Party

If the Cavaliers and San Antonio Spurs were playing on the seesaw, and we substituted gravity with excitement, then the Spurs would be forever hovering six feet over the playground until the mean...

Perspective Through Experience as Cavs Make the NBA Finals

My buddies from college will tell you that I have been an optimist of the Cleveland Cavaliers since they met me in 1997. They used to roll their eyes at me right before every season when I would...

The "Curse" Of Cleveland Sports (And Other Tales of "Whoa!")

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. The fine folks at ESPN just cannot restrain themselves, you know. Or maybe their segment producers just have all the “creativity” of a hamster...

XM Suspends Opie and Anthony, Fails Subscribers

"Beyond AM. Beyond FM. It's XM Satellite Radio." Those words were all a part of the sales pitch that drove XM to the top of the satellite radio food chain. The product was advertised as an all...

NHL '94 Dictates An Indians vs. Orioles Do-Over

Back in college, we used to play NHL 94 on Sega Genesis. It was already the year 2000 and we were still playing Sega Genesis, but that is not the point of the story. We used to play this game very,...

Browns Use First Round Pick On Draft Brady Quinn ... Eventually

All that worrying for nothing. Should the Cleveland Browns invest in a quarterback, Brady Quinn, or a lineman, Joe Thomas?Hell, why not both?Once Dallas was on the clock with the 22nd overall pick,...