Football fans are among the most passionate and inspired sports enthusiasts in the country. From Oakland to Buffalo, throngs of people load up their cars with tailgating equipment, pull out jerseys, paint their faces, hang banners, and travel out to the game on Sunday mornings. Loud, wild, inspired chants, heckling of opposing players, and downright ravenous behavior is all part of the overall package, but the alcohol fueled fever boils over in some cities more than others with an all too common frequency. If you’re wasted enough to tackle an 8-year-old in a parking lot in front of his parents after a heartbreaking loss like a Cleveland Browns fan did on November 14, your city sounds perfect for this.

You know its going to be a good day when you find free street parking before the game.
We started out the day at Panini’s, a restaurant bar a few blocks from the stadium. For a Sunday afternoon game it was pretty packed with families grabbing a bite before the game. While it might be all screaming kids and grilled cheese sandwiches now, you could see the pote… Click to read more

Cleveland, Ohio: population approximately 478,000. Chief export: mediocrity. The sports scene is in shambles: the best Cleveland Brown is, actually, Cleveland Brown of The Cleveland Show, and the best Indians team of the past 30 years featured Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes/Omar Epps and the president from 24. The one thing they had going for them, Lebron James, is about to leave the city. Goodbye to their last hope for fixing their crippling economy.

In case you missed game two of the Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and Orlando, here’s video of Lebron James’ game-winning 3-pointer, taken with only one second left in the game. Needless to say, they don’t call him King for nothing.