- Viking Notes: Cleveland State Invades Chicago This Week
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- Ohio State Cruises Past Penn State
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Punching the Bully This will go somewhere. I promise.In 1994, I was a scrawny third grader with a simple life. I was a typical kid that liked to play with my friends, watch WWF wrestling and drink as much Surge as humanly possible. I didn’t have a whole lot to complain about. But like most kids in today’s society, I had a bully. For the purpose of this article -- we’ll call my bully Jack.Jack was a freaking lunatic. His home life was ... Read more David Regimbal | Saturday, February 4 |
View from the Porch: Making Use of Props For a gambling man like me, the Super Bowl is the Holy Grail. I don’t really like to bet a whole lot on the NFL because there are too many guys who take games off or don’t play as hard as they can. The playoffs are a much different animal and it can help showcase the skill of a sports bettor. The true beauty of the Super Bowl is that there are so many betting options, both for those who ... Read more Adam Burke | Saturday, February 4 |
UGH! The conversation was like so many others, as casual as your typical NFL water cooler speak with well-rounded fans should be. Then, the topic of chatter turned to the Baltimore Ravens, and casual left the room. You see, there is generally a mutual respect for opinions with that particular group, even those that may be viewed as totally off-base, but rarely is anyone considered to be dead wrong. Referring to the Baltimore Ravens, indicating they were my second "least favorite" team ... Read more River Burns | Saturday, February 4 |
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Successful poker players may lose many small pots and still be totally happy, for their goal is to win the occasional big ones. The same thinking comes naturally in football. When the Browns are in a fourth down, moving all in, in the meaning of going for it, is worthwhile only if the odds for success are good enough. In most other cases, it's probably wiser to just fold the hand, as in punting the ball away. In the same way, winning or losing a single yard means nothing as long as they manage to get a first down.
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Another 4th Quarter Rally Falls Short: Magic Beat Cavs 102-94 The Cleveland Cavaliers (8-13) appear to be in the bad habit of falling behind and working extra hard in the 4th quarter to be within striking position for the win. The problem with that is that this Cavaliers team is not the Kardiac Kids. The Cavs had another great 4th quarter and scored 41 points compared to the Magic’s 31. The ... Read more Demetri Inembolidis | Friday, February 3 |
A is for Antonetti One of our greatest pastimes as sports fans is to tear apart our hometown teams’ front offices. Every misstep is Operation Market Garden and every decision that works out is nothing more than a stroke of luck. It’s a thankless job, for the most part, to the men in those front office positions who are constantly lambasted by the fan ... Read more Adam Burke | Friday, February 3 |
Out of Bounds “Ever hear my dominatrix story?” That’s how my good friend Lester, who I’ve known for about 15 years now, opened a conversation with me at a bar one Saturday morning. “Um, no.” “Are you sure? Because I can’t imagine I wouldn’t have told you it before” “I think that is something I would remember.” I replied. As the story goes, Lester was in the club fo... Read more Lars Hancock | Friday, February 3 |
First Priority With Prince Fielder and Carlos Pena off the market (THE DOLANZ R CHEE…wait, the Indians offered more for Pena than the Rays did?), the Indians added a piece to the 1B picture from the FA pile as Casey Kotchman has signed a 1-year deal with the Tribe for $3M. Though it was thought (probably mostly in Kotchman’s camp) that Kotchman ... Read more Paul Cousineau | Friday, February 3 |
Other Things That Don't Count Because They Happened Before We Called It "The Super Bowl" Stop me if you’ve heard this one - the Browns are one of just four NFL franchises that have never played in a Super Bowl. I’m willing to bet my next 401k contribution that whenever you’ve heard that statement, you’ve countered by trying to explain that the Browns have indeed won four NFL championships - the title game simply wasn’t called ... Read more Jonathan Knight | Friday, February 3 |
Meyer's Counterpunch When Urban Meyer took the Ohio State head coaching job in November, he did so with the assurances of OSU administrators that the school was unlikely to receive a postseason ban from the NCAA. When they were hit with a one-year ban a few days later despite those assurances, the whole program was taken aback. Meyer held a press conference ... Read more Dan Wismar | Thursday, February 2 |
Blast From The Past: Uncle Tipski Remembers Cavalier John "Hot Rod" Williams Recently overheard at the Olive Garden restaurant, on the road somewhere in Ohio. Uncle Tipski is taking nephew Connor and his friend Trevor for a bite to eat on the way back to college after Christmas break. Nobody remembers who gave Uncle Tipski his nickname; everyone fondly called him their tipsy uncle until somebody added the -ski, a la Hoolihan and Big ... Read more Greg Popelka | Thursday, February 2 |
Forgive? Maybe. Forget? No Chance. You may not have heard, but Super Bowl XLVI is this Sunday. The game itself has flown a bit under the radar because the participants represent two small markets in Boston and New York. But the game is on the minds of Cleveland fans because of New England coach Bill Belichick, who is going for his fourth Super Bowl championship. The ... Read more Thomas Moore | Thursday, February 2 |
Lingering Items--Winter Doldrums Edition When the Super Bowl ends sometime around 10 p.m. EDT this Sunday it will mark not just the end of a very curious but interesting football season. It is also will mark the beginning of the dullest period of the sports season. Fortunately, the dull times don't last too long as it's at most a few weeks until major league teams ... Read more Gary Benz | Wednesday, February 1 |
Wellness Check As the offseason begins one of the first things people usually analyze is the roster as they give their opnions on and evaluations on players and their performance. I am going to start from the top and talk about how the organization performed from the owner down to the GM. Owner The Browns have an owner who doesn’t claim to be a “football ... Read more Jason Askew | Tuesday, January 31 |
Fan Dissatisfaction Reaches New Levels In keeping with the trendy “Occupy (insert location here)” movement that began last year as a symbol of public protest and an attempt to attract attention to a cause, Columbus Blue Jackets fans hosted their own display of dissatisfaction last Saturday in the Arena District. A crowd of nearly 250 people gathered on the plaza in front of Nationwide Arena ... Read more Adam Burke | Tuesday, January 31 |
Pié in the Sky: The 2012 Indians' All-Hot-Stove Team! GENERIC 1940s NEWS REEL VOICE: Wahoo! What an off-season! Yes, your Cleveland Indians have certainly been busy beavers this winter. After a thrilling 2011 season in which they missed the pennant by the slimmest of 15 game margins, the Tribe has retooled for another big run at those pesky Motor City Kitties in 2012! Just look at all the new, ... Read more Andrew Clayman | Tuesday, January 31 |
Kyrie Irving, Better Than Advertised
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Celts Survive This Time, But Cavs Win Hearts in 93-90 Loss
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Point/Counter-Point: "Just win, baby"
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The 5 Best and 5 Worst Super Bowls for Browns Fans
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