The Eastern Conference's second seed was a favorable alternative to the fifth seed, which is the best any other non-division champ could hope for under the NBA's playoff seeding rules. The second seed would be lopped into a portion of the bracket with the inexperienced Raptors, aging Nets and injury-plagued Wizards. The fifth seed would face the shorthanded-but-still-defending world champion Heat in the opening round and likely the conference-favorite Pistons in the second round.  Erik Cassano continues to count down the years top Cleveland sports moments for us.

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2007 has really been an awesome year to be a Cleveland sports fan.  Cavs go to the finals.  Indians to the ALCS.  And the Browns.  THE FREAKIN BROWNS!  I love it!  What a year!  Over the next 15 days, Erik Cassano is going to run down the 10 greatest moments of this calendar year.  And what an event to start it off.  September 17.  Jacobs Field.  Tigers 4 1/2 games back.  Zach Miner, meet Casey Blake.  Have a nice off-season Detroit ...

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Called "the funniest column on the web" (alright, it was me that called it that) ... "Moot Points" has been a standard here at The Cleveland Fan for going on over a year now.  In our weekly look inside the slightly demented mind of Hiko, we get his thoughts on the following topics: a supersized Jennifer Love-Hewitt, the unbearable jewelry commercials shown during football games, and all the controversy over the newly released film "The Golden Compass".  Enjoy.

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Hockey is something we've never covered here at TCF, but it's time we started to dip our toe into the water.  There's alot to be excited about in Ohio when it comes to the sport of hockey.  The Columbus Blue Jackets are one of the NHL's surprise teams this season.  The Miami of Ohio Red Hawks are ranked #1 in the COUNTRY in Division I.  And we've got the Lake Erie Monsters playing up here at The Q.  Adam Burke gives us updates on all these teams in his first column ever for us.

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