It was a little over a year ago when an undefeated team with but a few close calls during the regular season found its way playing for a championship in the Arizona desert.  That team featured the top quarterback, indeed the top player in the game at least that season, and enough skill players surrounding him to make opposing coaches drool.  We all know what happened last year at this time out in Arizona?  Will it again?  Gary Benz says not to count on it.

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Not that anyone in this town needs reminded, but it's been 44 years since the Browns shut the Colts out in the 1964 NFL Championship Game.  Over that time span, the professional sports teams of Cleveland have had some legitimate chances to end that drought.  And in Jesse Lamovsky's latest column, he runs down the five closest brushes this city has had with winning a championship since the Browns win in the '64 title game.

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Hands down, late January and early February is sports purgatory in this town as we all wait for Spring Training, March Madness, and the back end of the Cavaliers season to kick in here in CTown.  But the good soldier Brian McPeek remains undeterred, plugging along with The Weekend Wrap, making stories for us if there are no legitimate ones to report on.  It's our Monday morning staple on TCF ... It's The Wrap.

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The net result of most losses in professional sports is blame -- who fell asleep at the switch, who didn't execute a play at crunch time, who gets to wear the goat horns until his team has a chance to redeem itself.  But Friday's 110-108 Cavaliers loss to the Suns was a rare exception. Unlike some of the Cavs' earlier losses when they were still floundering below the .500 mark, there was no real reason for gnashing of teeth. This was a loss with honor, if such a thing exists.

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