Things I've Learned from Watching the Browns - Terry Pluto

nFor dedicated Browns fans the book is] like leafing through an old family photo album. -- BlogCritics.comHere's a question for any Browns fan: Why? Why, more than four long decades after your team's last championship... despite a relentless pattern of heartbreak, teasing, and more heartbreak... capped with a decade of utter futility... do you still stick with the Cleveland Browns?Veteran sportswriter Terry Pluto gets a daily barrage of email from fans letting their hearts bleed out orange and brown. So he decided to ask his readers: Just what is it about this team that makes you love them, hate them, and still keep coming back for more? A thousand fans responded--in detail. Their stories--along with interviews with former players and Pluto's own expert analysis--deliver the answer. Answers, actually. Because like any intense relationship, it's a little complicated...Covering the Browns from 1964 through present day, this book does for Cleveland football what Pluto's classic about the Indians, The Curse of Rocky Colavito, did for Cleveland baseball: It won't make the pain go away, but it might help you remember why it's worth enduring. nFor dedicated Browns fans the book is] like leafing through an old family photo album. -- BlogCritics.comHere's a question for any Browns fan: Why? Why, more than four long decades after your team's last championship... despite a relentless pattern of heartbreak, teasing, and more heartbreak... capped with a decade of utter futility... do you still stick with the Cleveland Browns?Veteran sportswriter Terry Pluto gets a daily barrage of email from fans letting their hearts bleed out orange and brown. So he decided to ask his readers: Just what is it about this team that makes you love them, hate them, and still keep coming back for more? A thousand fans responded--in detail. Their stories--along with interviews with former players and Pluto's own expert analysis--deliver the answer. Answers, actually. Because like any intense relationship, it's a little complicated...Covering the Browns from 1964 through present day, this book does for Cleveland football what Pluto's classic about the Indians, The Curse of Rocky Colavito, did for Cleveland baseball: It won't make the pain go away, but it might help you remember why it's worth enduring. nFor dedicated Browns fans the book is] like leafing through an old family photo album. -- BlogCritics.comHere's a question for any Browns fan: Why? Why, more