Things I've Learned from Watching the Browns

For dedicated Browns fans [the book is] like leafing through an old family photo album. BlogCritics.com

Here's a question for any Browns fan: Why?

Why, more than four long decades after your team s last championship . . . despite a relentless pattern of heartbreak, teasing, and more heartbreak . . . capped with a decade of utter futility . . . do you still stick with the Cleveland Browns?

Veteran sportswriter Terry Pluto gets a daily barrage of email from fans letting their hearts bleed out orange and brown. So he decided to ask his readers: Just what is it about this team that makes you love them, hate them, and still keep coming back for more?

A thousand fans responded in detail. Their stories along with interviews with former players and Pluto s own expert analysis deliver the answer. Answers, actually. Because like any intense relationship, it s a little complicated . . .

Covering the Browns from 1964 through present day, this book does for Cleveland football what Pluto s classic about the Indians, The Curse of Rocky Colavito, did for Cleveland baseball: It won t make the pain go away, but it might help you remember why it s worth enduring.