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December 22, 2008
Thanks to Scott for running the giveaway while I was gone Friday. Great question by the way. The winner of Friday’s giveaway is JJ! His prize is a copy of The Franchise, co-authored by Brian Windhorst and Terry Pluto. This book is a must have for Cavalier fans! Congratulations JJ!
So here’s where we’re at- we have three prizes left to giveaway. We will run a contest today for a prize, and then tomorrow there will be two big winners! Want to know how to enter? Glad you asked-
Each day of the contest, we will ask a question for you to answer. Respond to the giveaway post with a comment formatted like this- restate the question, then answer it in EXACTLY 64 words. (Last year of a major Cleveland championship.)
– You may only enter once each day. You are free to comment on each other’s answers, however.
– The winner will be chosen at random from the qualifying entries. Winners will be notified the following day by email (make sure the email address you registered to comment with is a real one!) You must be at least 18 years old to win, and only one winner per household during this giveaway please.
The prizes range from tickets to the Tribe home opener, to books, to jerseys, and even a few WFNY items thrown in there too. (Yes, shameless self-promotion!) No complaining about which prize you win, those have been randomly selected for specific days of the contest. Sound good? Hey it’s free stuff, how picky can you get?! All answers have to be submitted by midnight, Cleveland time. Don’t worry about having the same answer as someone else, just put it in your own words. It isn’t a contest to see who is a better writer. Remember though…EXACTLY 64 words!
With that said…Here’s today’s question to respond to:
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
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Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
It is pure jealousy, and it has to be the steelers. man i hate them. they are everything we could be. i get so mad living in toledo and having to deal with so many steelers fans here. there is absolutely no reason they should be cheering for that team. And they wear black so they have to be evil, right? The steelers suck.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Right now I would have to say the Boston Celtics. After what happened with the Tribe against the Red Sox, I moved my attention from Michigan teams to Boston teams. I think we have what it takes to beat the Celtics this year in the Eastern Conference Finals. I loathe all teams in Boston, but especially the Celts. I can’t wait for the Playoffs.
Any hint as to what the prize is today?
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
The team that springs to mind is the steelers. But I no longer “love to hate” them, I’m just frustrated by their efficiency. so while not really a “Cleveland” rivalry (more of a world one), I pick the yankees. The reason I love to hate them is because I know we can actually win! Makes it a lot easier to “love” anything about them.
on a seperate note, how depressing is THIS page in these tough economic times for all?
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Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate the Steelers more than is healthy. I find myself suspending normal rules of human decency when it comes to rooting against them. Did Ben Rothlesreject hurt himself? Good. Did Willie Parker break his leg? Even better. There is no other team in sports that I can wish bodily harm on and still feel good about myself as a person; only the Steelers.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
It’s definitely the Pittsburgh Steelers, I don’t know of any comparable rivalry in Cleveland. I hate Detroit as much as the next guy, but it’s the end of the football season and the game is coming up, so I really can’t say much else but Pittsburgh. I love watching Roethlisberger getting sacked, I love watching Palumalou getting his hair pulled, I just hate Pittsburgh.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, and Chicago White Sox are all good options. I love to hate each one. The most important rivalry is the Steelers, most hateable team is the White Sox. But, most fun to love to hate are Boston teams (Red Sox and Celtics) because we get to watch their fans whine like petulant children after a loss.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I love to hate the Yankees and Red Sox. With their annoying fan bases and their exhorbitant player salaries, there is so much fodder for ridicule. We’ve had a moderate amount of success against them, so it gives us a little ammo. The team I HATE the most is the Baltimore Ravens. I have so much venomous bile for them, it makes me sick.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I’m not sure if it’s a rivalry yet, but I love to hate the Boston Celtics. From Kevin Garnett’s incessant chest banging and screaming all the way down to Big Baby Glen Davis’ crying on the bench, I truly hate that team. The Celtics, along with the Red Sox and Patriots, have completed the Boston sport’s triumvirate of douchey teams for a single city.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Boston answers stem from their recent winning and the Cavs just happened to run into that train. But i have to go with the Pistons. I mean seriously who wants to hear DEEEEEEEEETROIT BAAAAAASSSSKKKEEETTTBALLL!!!! over and over again. I know i sure don’t. Plus guys like Rasheed Wallace and Rip Hamilton are such cry babies! I could at least respect chauncey but HE GONE!
P.S. Thanks for the love WFNY!! Might just be my best Christmas present but shhh don’t tell the girlfriend that!
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Hands down (man’s down), the Cleveland rival I love to hate most is the original #23, Michael Jordan. I know he’s not a team by himself, but he as well ought to have been against us. He was so great, but beat us; hence love to hate. The silver lining all these years later is that now we have the next great #23. Woohoo.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Some folks will go with conventional answer of the Steelers, Ravens, Jordan but some hatred will never go away. Ever since I can remember there is one team, city and player that I wouldn’t piss on if it was on fire, the Denver Broncos and John Elway. To put it another way, I don’t think I’m legally allowed to be around any of them.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I absolutely despise the Detroit Pistons. This goes along with my hate of Michigan, and dates back to the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals. I attended every game, and chanting “Detroit Sucks!” and raising hell when Rasheed was being a punk was great. I hate their fans and every one of their players, and I am pumped that they suck without Billups. The Cavaliers WILL win the east.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I absolutely despise the Detroit Pistons. This goes along with my hate of Michigan, and dates back to the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals. I attended every game, and chanting “Detroit Sucks!” and raising hell when Rasheed was being a punk was great. I hate their fans and every one of their players, and I am pumped that they suck without Billups. Rasheed is ugly.
Lol, my first one had too many words. Whoops.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I absolutely love to hate Ozzie Guillen and the Chicago White Sox. From watching our own Jim Thome blast homers against us to having to hear the dreaded ‘He Gone!’, I can honestly say that the Sox irk me like no other team. Ozzie’s trash talk with his ‘choke’ sign to the fans at the Jake, will never allow me to forgive or forget.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
The G*$damn Yankees! Aside from the fact that they are the original EVIL EMPIRE and the fact that their pockets are deeper than Lake Erie, how could this one menacing harbinger of evil deserve have more championships than the entire city of Cleveland ever? Add also the fact that the Tribe and every other team in the bigs is basically the Yanks farm club.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate the Steelers. My family moved me to Pittspuke in the middle of my sophomore year of high school, winter 1996, the same year that the Browns moved to Baltimore. So my most formative years in high school were spent defending my team that did not exist. I powered through it, and I’m forever a Browns fan, for good, but mostly for bad.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate the Atlanta Falcons. Not a rival of ours you say? We don’t ever play them you say? They are PROOF that abysmal organizations can be turned around in a short period of time. Whether or not they have continued success, they made the playoffs with a rookie coach, front office and QB. They anger me for being what the Browns cannot be.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
The Yankees, those wretched New York Yankees. They are the only rival team we have that simply ruins the sport by their very existence. The Yankees steal the heart and soul of other teams using the evil lure of money. Who cares if your players are steroid-taking loud mouth jerks, they don’t even care what their names are as long as they win.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate our main “rivals” – the Detroit Lions. They are the worst-run organization presently and Randy “The Randolph” Lerner is not satisfied until we reach their apex. By hiring The Kool Aid man, he’s ensured we will not make in-game adjustments. Time to jettison Savage now that Matt Millen is on the market. I hate them like Wes Mantooth first hated the Anchorman.
Seriously, I posted this before I saw the “I love Lamp” thread.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
For me it has to be Boston. All of them. I hate them all. The red sox and their bandwagon fans irritate me to no end. They are turning into the Bankee$ and buying their championships. And then theres the Celtics…they didn’t have a fan in 2007 and now they have one of the largest fanbases. The city thrives on bandwagon fans to succeed.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Although it’s hard to call any professional football team a rival of the Browns, my favorite team to despise is the Baltimore Ravens. Nothing is a greater insult than having your football team usurped by a backhanded deal. Art Modell will forever be on my list of world class jerks, and the franchise that he moved will bear the brunt of my hatred forever.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate the Celtics more than anyone. It goes back to the Paul Pierce/Antoine Walker days. I hate them now because they’re a great rival, but a few years back it was much worse. Pierce and Walker celebrate every shot like it’s their first basket ever, it’s disgusting. They’re so cocky and I can’t stand it. Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen suck.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I can’t be forced to choose between the Yankees and White Sox and #23, can I? Attitudes, sense of entitlement, sucess – over and over again – against my hometown heroes, it adds up to a nice, healthy heaping of hate. I hope all of you, your fans and your families receive naught but coal for Christmas. And a nice staph infection wouldn’t hurt.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
Call it a textbook case of schadenfreude, but I gloat in any misfortune suffered by the Broncos (or Denver or Colorado). I celebrate Elway’s misfortunes and Shanahan’s struggles. I have hopes that Jay Cutler will sign with someone else. I deemed my future wife, who came from the Mountain time zone, a keeper when she confessed that just didn’t like Denver. Go San Diego!
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
I hate the Washington Wizards AND Boston. I hate the Wizards because of Gilbert Arenas and his hibachi, DeShawn Stevenson and his I Can’t Feel My Face, and the fact that they are holding Antawan Jamison from us. Boston well Patriots were a fraud, Red Sox beat us after being down 3-1, and the Celtics know their scared of us. Cavs NBA Championship 2009!
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
There are so many team that I cannot stand. The Patriots are up there, Cincinasty, The nasty black birds, The Yankees, red soxs, Any Detroit team, and chicago for that matter too. But the Steelers are a step ahead of all them. I envy there recent success, and hope that they get their throats stomped on every time they play. F@$% the Pukesburgh Stillers.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
This Christmas season I spread my hate around, to all the teams that keep my Cleveland teams down. From the deep pockets of the Yankees to the arrogance of the Red Sox fans, I hate you for being one step and dollar ahead of my Indians. I hate those hipocritical Ravens and the Steelers that my father brought to my door as a child.
Which Cleveland sports rival do you most love to hate?
It has to be the steelers. My fiancée is a die hard steelers fan, so that makes Sundays very interesting around the house. I love watching them struggle in a game, and then being able to annoy her with it. She can’t really return the favor, because I’ve all ready accepted the fact that the browns will never be able to win a championship.