Word: clevelandism
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...ardent fan of the Cleveland Browns, I've long been the object of derision and pity. The Brownies wear uniforms that remind most of bad taste or effluvium, they've repeatedly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and have never been to a Super Bowl...
...Their previous owner, Art Modell, stole off to Baltimore with the team five years ago. There, as the Ravens, the erstwhile Browns have flourished, and will face the New York Giants in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Although the NFL gave Cleveland another franchise two years ago, the agony continues - the Browns have mustered only five wins since their reincarnation, and just fired their first and, until now, only head coach. To many Browns fans, Modell and his Ravens are anathema; the Giants, though bitter rivals of the Browns in the '50s and '60s, will be very popular in Cleveland...
...Central--Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh...
...matter what happens, no team is going to get exactly what it wants (except Dallas). In the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, Pittsburgh, Cleveland [the present-day Baltimore Ravens], and Baltimore [the present-day Indianapolis Colts] all had to be coaxed to switch into the AFC. Once that was taken care of, the NFC alignment was determined by picking one plan at random out of five possibilities...
...Supreme Court upholds the appeals court's reasoning, it is likely to affect not only the kids using vouchers in Cleveland but also 8,000 kids in Milwaukee, Wis., and 52 in Pensacola, Fla., who are beneficiaries of similar programs. And George W. Bush's most controversial education proposal--$1,500 vouchers for kids in failing schools--could be dead. Court watchers take note: as in previous church-state cases, the key vote, as in the election case, appears to belong to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor...