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Few things in Cleveland hold a candle to our city’s collective sports mania. The resilience. The passion. The unequivocal optimism that returns year after year. You can see (and feel) it everywhere — from barstools on Sunday mornings to the team stickers adorning briefcases, lunch pails, laptops and hard hats of street-side passersby. It’s about tradition. It’s about legacy.
That’s Cleveland sports. And our passion for it? Make no mistake, we’re undefeated.
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“Cleveland sports is about family. It’s what I grew up on; it’s foundational to me.”
Truth: Cleveland loves sports, but football is king. Throughout the Browns’ well-documented years of abject misery, the team rarely had flashy players or baller budgets. But you better believe it — win or lose; rain or shine; downpour or blizzard — Cleveland fans showed up, adorned in orange and brown, ready to root like hell. Still do.
Cleveland football is about taking your kids to their first game, then going with them when they take their own. It's a municipal parking lot where truck drivers and computer engineers bond over bratwurst buffets served from reclaimed school buses. Everyone is kin. And passion is our family business. This is Cleveland.
Ever since the “Miracle of Richfield” in 1976, when the Cavs made the playoffs for the first time in their brief history, they’ve been beloved by Clevelanders. Historically, the Cavs story could have been one of near misses — a collection of great teams that just ran into historically great opponents.
But it all changed in 2016, when the Cavs won the first Cleveland major sports championship in 52 years. The euphoric celebration that ensued can best be summed up by a transmission overheard on the Cleveland Police radio: “They’re not unruly. They’re just happy.”
Today, they’ve hit the reset button. And, like all good Cleveland sports fans, we are here for it.
Visiting Cleveland during baseball season? Don't be surprised if a bunch of contagiously optimistic Clevelanders high-five you while walking around Downtown. Expect red-white-and-blue revelry in packed bars, pouring out onto patios and emitting a unique brand of local pride. Sure, they’ve had a few drinks, but this is Cleveland. For fans of the oldest and historically most successful team in the city, hope springs eternal on the corner of Carnegie and Ontario — always.
In a city as tough as Cleveland, of course we’d be into the smashmouth thrills of the Cleveland Monsters. Whether it was the Barons of the NHL in the ‘70s, or the IHL Lumberjacks of the ‘90s, this town loves banging the boards. This AHL affiliate even broke Cleveland’s professional sports title drought in 2016 — a little over a week before the Cavs brought it home.
Hockey fans in The Land love watching this team fight for every inch of that ice. Even when the puck stops, there’s so much fun to be had, with non-stop entertainment like postgame skating opportunities, Family Days and 1-2-3 Fridays ($1 sodas, $2 Hot Dogs, $3 Beers).