So often as Cleveland sports fans, we get caught up on what's wrong with our teams. Granted, there is an extensive supply of fodder for anybody who wants to join the bellyache Brigade, but with Thanksgiving this week, Papa Cass wants to celebrate the good things. Yes, Cleveland fans, there are things you should be thankful for. If you're willing to look.

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Confirming speculation that has been out there for some time now, the Plain Dealer announced massive layoffs this morning, whacking over 17% of their newsroom staff. Included in the "buyouts" were sports writers Roger Brown, Bob Dolgan, Burt Graeff, George Sweda, and Bob Roberts. Inside, I provide my analysis of the carnage at the PD, and what newspapers have done wrong in their fight to compete against websites like this one.

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You gotta love football season. Especially weekends like this. Notre Dame - Michigan, Auburn - LSU, Florida - Tennessee, USC - Nebraska, Miami Fla - Louisville, Oklahoma - Oregon, the Buckeyes hosting the Bearcats. And a great slate of NFL games featuring 11 divisional matchups, many of them loaded with significant early season implications. Load the fridge, lock the doors, and order enough take out for two days. It's lockdown time.

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It's time to whip out the thermometer and take the temperature of the three Cleveland sports teams. What type of hope should you, the valued fan, be investing in the Browns, Indians or Cavaliers that they will be the team to lift the 42-years-and-counting title drought hanging over Northeast Ohio? In Papa Cass's latest, he gives you the good, bad, and ugly aspects of Cleveland's Big Three, and how far he thinks they are from title contention.

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