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LeBron James: The Making of an MVP

by Terry Pluto | Brian Windhorst

#1 draft pick . . . Rookie of the Year . . . All Star . . . Olympic gold . . . Most Valuable Player— Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James has had an exciting ride to superstardom. This book, by Cle  . . . [Read More]

The Browns Fan's Tailgating Guide

by Peter Chakerian

Now it's easy for any Browns fan to tailgate like a well-seasoned veteran. This book shares tips from Cleveland's top tailgaters—about where to, when to, and how to do it all, Browns fan style. It als  . . . [Read More]

Dealing

The Cleveland Indians' New Ballgame: How a Small-Market Team Reinvented Itself as a Major League Contender

by Terry Pluto

Now updated through the exciting 2007 season—with a new section of color photos. For Indians fans who want to know what's going on inside the front office, this book tells all. It's an in-depth look a  . . . [Read More]

The Franchise

LeBron James and the Remaking of the Cleveland Cavaliers

by Terry Pluto | Brian Windhorst

When the Cleveland Cavaliers drew the top pick in the 2003 NBA draft, an entire city buzzed with excitement. After all, how often does a LeBron James come along? Especially for Cleveland, a midmarket  . . . [Read More]

For Buckeye Fans Only

Wonderful Stories Celebrating the Incredible Ohio State Fans

by Rich Wolfe

Ohio State Buckeye fans share their own favorite stories—the funniest, happiest, and craziest moments—as they confess their love affair with their team. These lively tales—the joy, the jokes, the pran  . . . [Read More]

Browns Scrapbook

A Fond Look Back at Five Decades of Football, from a Legendary Cleveland Sportswriter

by Chuck Heaton

Hall of fame football writer Chuck Heaton spent an incredible five decades covering the Cleveland Browns—the “old Browns” teams that fans still miss. He reported on the Browns for the Plain Dealer fro  . . . [Read More]

The Top 20 Moments in Cleveland Sports

Tremendous Tales of Heroes and Heartbreaks

by Bob Dyer

Now in paperback. (Formerly titled "Cleveland Sports Legends" in hardcover.) These twenty exciting stories recount the most memorable and sensational events in Cleveland sports history. Some are ins  . . . [Read More]

Ask Hal

Answers to Fans' Most Interesting Questions About Baseball Rules from a Hall-of-Fame Sportswriter

by Hal Lebovitz

"Very few writers (or broadcasters for that matter) know the rules of the games they cover as Hal Lebovitz did." – Bob Costas Think it couldn't happen? It probably did! Just ask Hal. Hal Lebovitz rei  . . . [Read More]

Curse of Rocky Colavito

A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump

by Terry Pluto

Any team can have an off-decade. But three in a row? Only in Cleveland. The Indians tempted fate when they traded away Rocky Colavito in 1960. Young, strong, popular, and coming off back-to-back 40 h  . . . [Read More]

Whatever Happened to Super Joe?

Catching Up With 45 Good Old Guys from the Bad Old Days of the Cleveland Indians

by Russell Schneider

From the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, the Cleveland Indians fielded team after team that just couldn't win. Those forty long years, before the opening of Jacobs Field and the “era of champions,” a  . . . [Read More]

Heart of a Mule

The Dick Schafrath Stories

by Dick Schafrath

He won national football championships with the 1964 Cleveland Browns and the 1957 Ohio State University Buckeyes. He served four terms in the Ohio senate. He was the first person ever to canoe across  . . . [Read More]

The Best of Hal Lebovitz

Great Sportswriting from Six Decades in Cleveland

by Hal Lebovitz

Here, collected for the first time, are the best columns and feature stories by Cleveland's greatest living sportswriter. Hal Lebovitz is a true major league hall-of-famer. Enshrined in the Baseball H  . . . [Read More]

Curses! Why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to Be Miserable

A Lifetime of Tough Luck, Bad Breaks, Goofs, Gaffes, and Blunders

by Tim Long

Here's one championship title we Cleveland fans can grasp and proudly hold aloft: Most Miserable. Boston fans no longer have their Curse to bemoan—and anyway, they've got those Patriots Super Bowl tro  . . . [Read More]

False Start

How the New Browns Were Set Up to Fail

by Terry Pluto

It was supposed to be the dawn of a grand new era of football in Cleveland. Instead, it was a rude wakeup call. When the new Cleveland Browns took the field in 1999, legions of loyal fans—once heartsi  . . . [Read More]

LeBron James: The Rise of a Star

by David Lee Morgan Jr.

He has been called the best high school basketball player ever. He made the cover of Sports Illustrated as a junior, was featured on national television, and signed more than $100 million in promotio  . . . [Read More]

The Toe

The Lou Groza Story

by Lou Groza

Back in print, with a new design. Lou “The Toe” Groza played for the Cleveland Browns longer than anyone (1946-1967), becoming a beloved football icon along the way. His autobiography vividly recalls  . . . [Read More]

Browns Town 1964

Cleveland's Browns and the 1964 Championship

by Terry Pluto

* First time in paperback * In this nostalgic look at Cleveland's last championship team, sportswriter Terry Pluto tells the remarkable story of the upstart AFC team's surprise success over the favore  . . . [Read More]

Heroes, Scamps, and Good Guys

101 Colorful Characters from Cleveland Sports History

by Bob Dolgan

Colorful characters crowd the world of sports, and we've certainly had our share in Cleveland. Sportswriter Bob Dolgan has written about them all while covering the sports beat for The Plain Dealer d  . . . [Read More]

Omar!

My Life On and Off the Field

by Omar Vizquel | Bob Dyer

You don't have to be a baseball fan to be an Omar Vizquel fan. Omar doesn't just make the tough plays look easy. He makes the toughest plays look fun. Widely considered one of the best defensive sho  . . . [Read More]

Cleveland Golfer's Bible 5th Edition

The Guide to Public Courses, Private Courses, Driving Ranges, and More!

by John H. Tidyman

If you're planning to go golfing even once this year, consult the good book first—the Cleveland Golfer's Bible. Now in it's fifth edition (and fully updated for 2002), this long-time golfer's favorite  . . . [Read More]

On Being Brown

What it Means to Be a Cleveland Browns Fan

by Scott Huler

What is this madness all about? Anyone who has experienced it knows: being a Cleveland Browns fan is just different. Why are we the only fans in the nation who ever demanded their team back—and got it  . . . [Read More]