Curses! Why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to Be Miserable: A Lifetime of Tough Luck, Bad Breaks, Goofs, Gaffes, and Blunders
Sure to produce lots of screams (or at least groans) by recalling the funny, frustrating and downright weird trades, injuries, collapses and other misfortunes that have stalked Cleveland’s pro sports franchises for what feels like ages. (Steve FogartyThe Chronicle-Telegram20051206)Funny and intelligent . . . In just a few pages, Long captures the mood of Browns fans and even non-fans when Modell turned his back on Cleveland . . . a well-written book with Cleveland sports history thrown in with a bit of humor . . . It’s all there, and more, in this gem of a book. No kidding, it’s interesting and fun reading even if you don’t know a football from a basketball. (Sandra FahningMedina County Gazette20060114)[This book] can serve as an athletic exorcism for a city in dire need of banishing sports demons . . . [it’s] really about bonehead front office moves, strokes of tragedy and just sheer bad luck . . . Long presents the subject matter in a breezy, fun way. (Jim VickersCleveland Magazine20051205)Covers the gamut of Cleveland sports woes, from bad trades, bad draft picks, bad timing and just plain bad luck that seems to have plagued this area for decades. (April HelmsMaple Heights Press20051215)Recalls to readers’ minds 114 seasons of less-than-stellar sports incidents . . . Fun to read in this book format . . . much more enjoyable than when they first hit our consciousness in the newspaper or via the airwaves. (Lynette FilipsOld Brooklyn News20051201)