Download or read book Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports written by Vince Guerrieri and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland sports fans: If you can’t laugh about it, what else are you gonna do? Cleveland sports teams have set records for futility in baseball, football, and basketball. But even beyond that, Cleveland sports fans have witnessed more than their share of weird, wild, random, and odd occurrences, from front office ineptitude to absurd losses to bizarre injuries and more. Like the Cavs player who accidentally scored a layup in the wrong basket (and another who shot at his own basket on purpose) … The testy Tribe manager who got into a fight during an exhibition game with the Triple-A farm team … The Browns owner who took advice from a random stranger on the street and blew a first-round draft pick on “Johnny Football” … The rookie pitcher shot in the leg while riding on the team bus wearing a cheerleader outfit and go-go boots … The team owner once called “the dumbest man in pro sports” … One Browns star whose season-ending injury came while popping a wheelie and another whose eye was nearly put out by a referee’s flag … The Indians player who was traded for himself … A victory owed to a timely swarm of insects … The Cavaliers’ first draft, planned using bubble-gum cards … When Tribe mascot Slider fell off the outfield wall into live action during a playoff game … Phew! And we’re just getting started. (We haven’t even mentioned 10-Cent Beer Night yet.) If you’re a Cleveland sports fan, you’ll enjoy this offbeat collection.
Download or read book Weird Moments in Cleveland Sports written by Vince Guerrieri and published by Gray Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland sports fans have seen more than their share of weird, wild, and random events: a pitcher struck by lightning on the mound, a wrong-way basket, the 10-Cent Beer Night riot, a player traded for himself, a victory thanks to a swarm of insects, a loss capped with a shower of beer bottles ... If you can't laugh about it, what else can you do?
Download or read book The Top 20 Moments in Cleveland Sports written by Bob Dyer and published by Gray & Company. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the most memorable and sensational events in Cleveland sports history. Many of them are known by shorthand: Red Right 88. The Drive. The Fumble. The Shot. Beer Night. Some were gut-wrenching. Some, like the 1964 NFL championship game, were glorious. All are highlight of the shared experience of all Cleveland sports fans.
Download or read book Cleveland Sports Legends written by Bob Dyer and published by Gray Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book about Clevelandds 20 most glorious and gut-wrenching sports moments. Twenty chapters recount those most remarkable events that Clevelanders still talk about--and will continue to debate, bemoan, and otherwise cherish for generations. Many are known by shorthand: Red Right 88. The Drive. The Fumble. Ten-cent beer night. Game Seven. The Shot. But beyond the immediate groan or smile the memory elicits are great sports stories infused with that curious blend of excitement, hope, and doom that feels just like home to any Cleveland sports fan. A great way to share the local sports legends with the next generation--or to relive them yourself.
Download or read book Cleveland s Finest written by Vince McKee and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland's Finest has in depth, extremely personal interviews with some of the top names in Cleveland sports. Each interview is a no-holds-barred tell-all of the most intimate and sometimes controversial details of the largest impact moments in Cleveland's sports history. This is the first book written from the player's point of view, mixed in with the media that covered it and the fans that watched. This book will change the way the entire sports nation looks at Cleveland. Finally, the true stories are told!
Download or read book Hidden History of Cleveland Sports written by Marc Bona and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland sports history goes well beyond The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive and so many other ignoble moments. Many of the city's most illustrious sports tales are long-forgotten chapters of tribulations and tragedy, of fleeting fame and enduring milestones. There are forgotten firsts, such as football's first pass and the invention of baseball's slider having ties to Cleveland. There are overshadowed tragedies like a fatal crash involving an Indians pitcher occurring the same year two of the team's hurlers were killed in a high-profile boating accident. And then there are the near misses--like George Steinbrenner coming within seconds of owning the Indians and a famous musician who almost became a Cleveland Brown. From basketball to boxing, hockey to Heisman, journalist Marc Bona chronicles more than a century of unremembered tales.
Download or read book More Weird Moments in Sports written by Weber and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates a variety of sports mishaps, foul-ups and other weird moments.
Download or read book Cleveland Indians written by Marty Gitlin and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. Cleveland Indians is a beginner's history of the Indians, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars round out the story of each club, allowing your readers to get Inside MLB! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book CMAO Crying My Ass Off written by Brian Ray and published by . This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must own for the long suffering Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers Fan. (Long suffering - is there any other kind?)"Red Right 88", "The Drive", "The Shot", "The Fumble" and "Quitness". These words are well known to any fan who, like me, grew up living and dying, laughing and crying with the Cleveland Indians, Browns and Cavaliers. It hasn't been all bad though - words like "Midges" "The Miracle of Richfield" and "Bernie Kosar" will bring a smile to even the most jaded fan.You will enjoy this look at events in Cleveland sports history - going all the way back to 1899 (The Great Cy Young Giveaway). It looks at the big stories, but also some small ones:What did Mike Hargrove get hit with on 10 cent beer night?What do Mrs. Grady Sizemore, Mrs. Tim Couch and Mrs. Jeff Garcia have in common?What was William Green wearing when he got pulled over? (A clue - just about as much as Mrs. Grady Sizemore, Mrs. Tim Couch and Mrs. Jeff Garcia wore when they became famous... but he didn't look nearly as good).The book is presented from the point of view of a lifelong fan. It's a humorous look at the history - because let's face it: If I can't LMAO, I'm going to CMAO.If you can't say "Pittsburgh Steelers" without throwing up a little in your mouth, this book is for you. If you've never called the Baltimore Ravens anything nicer than Ratbirds, this book is for you. If you think Art Modell should make the hall of fame immediately after his eternal home freezes over, this book is for you.If you refuse to buy a Samsung Galaxy because LeDouchy McQuitness now advertises them, this book is for you.If you wept tears of joy when the New England Patriots lost their perfect season to Eli Manning, this book is for you.If you're Bill Belichick, Cici Boozer, Gloria James, David Modell, Ben Roethlisberger, Derek Anderson or Dwayne Wade you might want to look elsewhere.If you just want to know more about what it feels like to grow up rooting for Cleveland sports, this book is definitely for you.
Download or read book The Making of Major League written by Jonathan Knight and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest baseball movies ever. If you love watching "Major League," you’ll be fascinated by this inside story. Based on interviews with all major cast members plus crew and producers, it tells how writer/director David S. Ward battled the Hollywood system to turn his own love of the underdog Cleveland Indians into a classic screwball comedy. Learn how a tight-knit group of rising young stars (and a few wily veterans) had a blast pretending to play ball while creating several iconic characters. Filled with little-known facts and personal recollections about outtakes and inside jokes, batting practice and script changes, all-night location shoots, bar hopping and more, this is the ultimate guide to the film that reinvented the baseball movie and inspired a generation of belly laughs. Includes rare photos, storyboard illustrations, script excerpts, and more. With a foreword by Charlie Sheen.
Download or read book Where Cleveland Played written by Morris Eckhouse and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cleveland shrines, now gone save for League Park's crumbling remnants, hosted American sports heroes and icons, rock legends and hockey stars. Babe Ruth launched his 500th home run at League Park, where Indians great Bob Feller, all cleft chin and leg kick, debuted. A young and seemingly weightless Michael Jordan sunk the Cavs and Craig Ehlo at Richfield. Jim Brown broke the will of opponents at Municipal, where both Larry Doby--the first black American Leaguer--and Frank Robinson--baseball's first black manager--shattered color barriers. Morris Eckhouse and Greg Crouse delve into the city's lost sports sanctuaries, where Clevelanders rejoiced and wept, experiencing moments of jubilation and ineffable sadness that remain glowing and raw.
Download or read book Weird Moments in Sports written by B. Weber and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blue Streaks Little Giants More than a Century of Sandusky Fremont Ross Football written by Vince Guerrieri and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 2, 1895, the newly formed football team at Fremont High School journeyed to Sandusky to play its first game against Sandusky High School. It was the beginning of the second-oldest high school football rivalry in Ohio. Since then, the teams have met 106 times in the regular season and once in the playoffs. The players have included an Olympian, a top NFL draft pick, a Heisman Trophy winner and scores of athletes and coaches who went on to notoriety and success. Take the field with author and sports journalist Vince Guerrieri as he recounts the amazing legacy of a truly historic rivalry.
Download or read book My Ticket to Ride written by Janice Mitchell and published by Gray & Company, Publishers. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-adventure, coming-of-age tale set in the exhilarating first wave of Beatlemania … It’s 1964, and 16-year-old Janice is struggling in a grim foster home in Cleveland when she falls suddenly, deeply in love … with the Beatles. They and their music stir in her an ecstatic new sense of freedom. With a friend, she hatches a bold plan to escape their dreary lives and run away to London to meet the Fab Four. On their own for the first time—in “Beatleland”—they explore a new city, a new culture, and a new life, visiting the hippest clubs of Soho, meeting some nice English boys, hitchhiking to Liverpool … But unbeknownst to them, the runaways have become international news—and a hunt is on. Adventure and newfound freedom end abruptly when Janice is apprehended by London police and hauled home to Cleveland and an unforgiving juvenile justice system. Warned by responsible adults to put it all behind her, she doesn’t speak of her extraordinary adventure for more than fifty years. In this memoir, she looks back with fresh insight on the heady early days of Beatlemania and an era in America when young women exercising some control over their lives presented a serious threat to adult society.
Download or read book Curses why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to be Miserable written by Tim Long and published by Gray Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A light-hearted look at Cleveland sports misery, including the worst drought in professional sports championships, The Fumble, The Drive, The Shot, Game Seven . . . We've endured enough bad luck, dumb trades, dud draft picks, and crazy moments to keep us crying in our beers for decades. This book offers a little humor to go with the groans!
Download or read book Cleveland s Finest written by Vince McKee and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the best moments, players, and media members in Cleveland sports history. It has in-depth, extremely personal interviews with some of the top names in Cleveland sports. Each interview is a no-holds-bar tell-all of the most intimate and sometimes controversial details of the largest impact moments in our town's sports history. This is the first book written from the player's point of view, mixed in with the media that covered it, and the fans that watched. This book will change the way the entire sports nation looks at Cleveland. Finally, the true stories are told!
Download or read book The Great Book of Cleveland Sports Lists written by Bill Livingston and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports talk in America has evolved from small-time barroom banter into a major media smorgasbord that runs 24/7 on TV and radio. With hundreds of billions of dollars generated annually by pro and college teams in major markets nationwide, sports fans across the country are more dedicated than ever to their teams. And when it comes to sports talk -- especially all-sports radio -- it's all about entertainment, information, prognostication, analysis, rankings, and endless discussion. Prominent sports-media figures in each of the three target cities -- Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington, D.C. -- engage in this phenomenon with a compilation of sports lists sure to delight as well as stir up debate within these already-buzzing sports communities. List topics include: What were the most lopsided trades in local sports history? Who were the most overrated athletes to play in our town? What local athlete had the best appearance in TV or film? What was the most heartbreaking loss in local sports history? What was the greatest single play in local sports history? Who are our team's most hated rivals? Plus dozens of "guest" lists contributed by famous local sports and entertainment celebrities. With franchises in three of the four major pro sports -- the Browns (NFL), the Indians (MLB), and the Cavaliers (NBA) -- plus a dedicated following of the Ohio State University athletics, Cleveland's fans are some of the most rabid and knowledgeable in the country, and Bill Livingston and Greg Brinda are the acknowledged authorities on Cleveland-area sports.
