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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 06:03 PM
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Take comfort in knowing Browns could be bigger losers
Funny article on some historical losers in sports.

* Early Bucs 26 in a row loss streak
* 24 game loss streak for the early 80s Cleveland Cadavers casketball team
* 1899 Cleveland Spiders baseball team - finished 84 games out of first
* A HS team that lost to its rivals for 90 years in a row

more: http://www.ohio.com/news/dyer/69481617.html
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 06:59 PM
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1. Bill Fitch had a great line from the Cav's earliest years,
recalling that they played at the old Cleveland Arena (which was in a pretty rough neighborhood):

"We were last in the NBA but first in stolen cars."
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 07:59 PM
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2. I saw them that first season at the arena
Our hubcaps were stolen!

Who needed Havlicek? We had Bingo!
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-09-09 08:06 PM
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3. Bingo and Austin Carr
I saw them there too
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