Tale of the Tape: Cleveland Cavs vs. Cleveland Spiders

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Good news, Cleveland fans! This year's Cavaliers aren't even the worst team in your city's glorious history. Or are they? The distinction of worst team in the history of Cleveland -- if not all of sports -- has long been the domain of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who finished a putrid 20-134 ...

Things Are Getting Weird In Cleveland

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Even in the offseason, the Cleveland Indians are still drawing crowds to Jacobs Progressive Field, home of the least-attended baseball squadron in the league. How, you ask? Apparently, the organization has built something of a winter wonderland on the field in hopes that they'll pull in some offseason revenue. Lord knows ...

Buffalo Refuses To Surrender

Monday, November 29th, 2010

For as long as I have written for this site, I have speculated about the never-ending battle taking place on opposite ends of Lake Erie as Buffalo and Cleveland duke it out for the distinction of being America's Most Tortured Sports City. (I also commend Seattle's strong push to become ...

LeBron: Almost As Popular as iCarly

Monday, July 12th, 2010

The ratings are in for LeBronapalooza, aka the Bron-Bron Fellatiathon, also known as "The Decision."* As expected, it was a ratings bonanza. I guess. With 9.95 million viewers, the program was the third-highest rated show on cable this year, trailing only the Pro Bowl and an episode of Nickelodeon's "iCarly." Wait. Whaaaaaaa? The most ...

Case Closed

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Three years ago, I wrote my first real blog post for this site attempting to determine which town was America's Most Tortured Sports City. It's still the most commented upon piece I've done here. Ultimately it boiled down to Buffalo vs. Cleveland, with Buffalo getting the temporary nod. It's been a ...