When Ben Wallace drains a jumper for the first two points of the game, you could say it is a sign that it is your night. It wasn't quite that easy, but the Cavs prevailed over a scrappy Oklahoma City Thunder team, 102-91, last night at the Ford Center. The win was Cleveland's third in a row and improved their record to 23-4. They went 3-1 on their road trip. The Anti-Branson, John Hnat, gives us The Good, The Bad, & The Summary of last night's win.

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As an act to follow, 2007 was pretty tough. An NBA Finals appearance by the Cavs, an ALCS appearance by the Indians, a 10-6 Browns team that narrowly missed the playoffs and C.C. Sabathia winning the Indians' first Cy Young Award since 1972. The sports year 2008 was bound to pale by comparison for Cleveland fans. On many levels it did. Regardless, we are here to do our civic duty, assigning Erik Cassano to recap the top ten Cleveland sports moments of 2008.

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The Cavs winning streak ended. But the Indians added Kerry Wood and Joe Smith from the Mets (pictured) to bolster their bullpen. The Buckeyes landed a BCS bowl berth. And we were spared from having to watch the Browns. All in all, a good weekend. Brian McPeek loves the moves made by Mark Shapiro over the last couple of days. And also weighs in on all the aforementioned topics in this Monday's Weekend Wrap.

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You don't tug on superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger and you don't count out the Lead Man. After an average (by his standards) start to the season, the Lead Man isn't just on fire ... he is a blazing inferno, posting SEVEN STRAIGHT WINNING WEEKS on the front page of TheClevelandFan.com. And he takes some time out from spending his bookmaker's money on Christmas presents to deliver some presents (in the form of more winners) to our loyal readers.

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