ESPN Names Cleveland Most Tortured Sports City

As the Cavaliers/Boozer fiasco descends into the shameful, one wonders where it lands among the all-time Cleveland sports nightmares.

ESPN has a forensic examination of the top 10 most tortured moments in Cleveland sports. It is a must read for John Kerry and George Bush if they want to win Ohio, a litany of misery so profound and head spinning that it lands Cleveland at THE TOP OF THE LIST OF TORTURED SPORTS CITIES.

We finally win something. Yay.

A good sign for Kerry...when his wife introduced him in Cleveland, she noted she was from Pittsburgh...which drew an enormous "BOOOOO" from the huge crowd. Kerry tenderly placed his hands on her shoulders, and turned her around toward the Cleveland Browns stadium standing behind her. Nice touch.

More from ohiocountdown2004.

Article tags

Spread the word
Bookmark and Share
Read comments on this article, and add some feedback of your own

Article comments

  • 1 - Harry Forbes

    Jul 13, 2004 at 10:38 pm

    Boston 5th in sports torture? No way!

    What are a couple Super Bowl Championships and a few dozen NBA titles? The Red Sox fans have suffered enough to take the enjoyment out of all that, and sadly, many are Celts and Patriots fans, too.

  • 2 - Eric Olsen

    Jul 14, 2004 at 8:29 am

    Boston has only the Sox to weep over - their other teams have provided an embarrassment of riches. Cleveland has had only freaking soccer as a professional championship in 40 years (the Browns were most recent). And in some ways the "success" of the Indians in the '90s only makes it worse because they didn't win anyting.

    The Cavs have never even been in the finals, the Browns have never been to a Super Bowl.

  • 3 - Eric Olsen

    Jul 14, 2004 at 8:33 am

    thanks Tim!

  • 4 - Philly fan

    Dec 30, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    Ha that's funny!
    If ESPN thinks that Philly is the 10th most tortured team they are crazy! The last time Philly won a championship was in 1983. Oh yeah and it also took 11 more years to make it to a championship. To me those Philly teams and not to mention the greatest fans in all of sports has had it pretty damn rough.

Add your comment, speak your mind

Personal attacks are NOT allowed.
Please read our comment policy.
Please preview your comment.

blogcritics lists for Mar 17, 2010

fresh articles Most recent articles site-wide

fresh comments Most recent comments site-wide

most comments Most comments in 24hrs

top writers Most prolific Blogcritics for February

top commenters Most prolific Commenters in 24 hrs

Upcoming Stories from Blogcritics
  •