{"id":84402,"date":"2021-01-19T17:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84402"},"modified":"2024-07-30T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T23:06:40","slug":"6581-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/6581-days\/","title":{"rendered":"6,581 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Leone and I have been working basketball and football games together for over 20 years. John loves sports &#8211; pretty much, all sports. Some, as you will see, however, more than others.<\/p>\n<p>John <strong>REALLY<\/strong> loves the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandbrowns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. \u00a0He is an avid, fanatical, zealous, intense, passionate (get the picture) fan of the Cleveland Browns.\u00a0 He is part of a Leone \u201ccult\u201d that, though separated each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NFL<\/a> Sunday geographically, they are as close as each other\u2019s living room, den, and man cave as they text and talk to one another through four quarters.\u00a0 Until this past Sunday, it had been <strong><u>6,581 days<\/u><\/strong> since the Browns\u2019 last played in an NFL playoff game.\u00a0 This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steelers<\/a>-Browns game was special.\u00a0 I\u2019ll let John tell the story:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE YOU SUNDAY<\/strong><br \/>\nJohn Leone<\/p>\n<p>What does a lifetime look like? What does it feel like? Watershed moments bring perspective. Ask a Millennial how long ago they graduated, when they got their first job, or the first time they voted. Now ask them to name the year The Cleveland Browns last appeared in an NFL Playoff game. Like that familiar warning on our side view mirrors, past events often appear closer than the numbered years.<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to be a loyal fan of the NFL\u2019s Cleveland Browns (is there another kind?), a football lifetime for anyone under 40 began, arguably, during the 2002 season. It was the team\u2019s last appearance in a playoff game. But for those of us of a different vintage, the roots and memories run far deeper, and last Sunday\u2019s playoff win brought a visceral sense of relief, joy, and even vindication. You see, I\u2019ll be 69 years old this year, and my football fandom history with my beloved Browns traces back to my hometown of Syracuse, its college football team, and watching the likes of Jim Brown and Ernie Davis. For those of you counting, that would be circa 1957-1960. Like I said, deep roots.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Eve dinner was always a big event in my first-generation Italian family. Attendance was compulsory, and as the son of a Syracuse cop, rules were to be followed &#8211; especially those involving Grandma and Grandpa. On December 24, 1967, the Browns lost in the Divisional round to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascowboys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, 52-14. Look it up. It was the late game that afternoon, and its outcome was decided by the beginning of the 4th quarter. Dinnertime drew near. But I stayed to watch with tear-filled eyes as every final second ticked away. Where is John? I was 15. Was that old enough to know better? I don\u2019t recall the punishment for being late for dinner, but nothing could have hurt more than the thrashing we took from Dallas that day.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201880s brought a hint of past successes. The 1980 \u201cKardiac Kids\u201d and Brian Sipe\u2019s MVP season gave us promise, but a play called \u201cRed Right 88\u201d derailed our hopes. That final play still lives in Cleveland football infamy. Later that decade, Bernie Kosar took us to the very threshold of three Super Bowls, only to be thwarted by John Elway, \u201cThe Drive,\u201d and \u201cThe Fumble.\u201d Since then, there has been this dark and morbid tendency by Browns fans to attach various names to our collective agony. \u201cThe Helmet Toss\u201d and \u201cBottlegate\u201d come to mind. Then, of course, the ultimate betrayal &#8211; \u201cThe Move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The slings and arrows and jokes and insults suffered by today\u2019s Browns fans have hurt us old timers especially hard. There really was a different lifetime, you see, one in which this NFL cornerstone franchise was a perennial winner. And when the owner left the city in 1995 and tried to take the team with him, well, the fan base revolted and held on to the name, the colors, the records, and the culture that was so deeply woven into the fabric of the region and beyond. We effectively \u201ctraded\u201d away our owner. In retrospect, that was pretty cool. But that was a lifetime ago, and lifetimes are different for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>My younger brother, Ed, a lawyer and a much smarter man than I, inexplicably picked up the mantle of \u201cDie Hard\u201d from me. He, in turn, has passed it along to my nieces and nephews, and by now, grandnieces and grandnephews. My own children have no choice &#8211; like DNA, it can\u2019t be denied. If I leave nothing else behind, at least there is that. There is no accounting for real loyalty. So you might imagine what the phone calls, text messages, and video chats were like on Sunday. Euphoria, disbelief, shock. From that very first snap that sailed over Big Ben\u2019s head through the wee hours of the next morning, we listened to post-game reactions and savored the feeling that had eluded us for decades. We were there, and there we stayed.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t pretend that Browns fans have cornered the market on the joys and heartbreaks that come with an allegiance to an NFL team. There are similar stories that run through every fan base of every franchise. And that is a good thing. Anything that brings family and friends and communities together is, indeed, a good thing. Andrew Malcom is a former New York Times correspondent, a columnist, and author of <strong><u>Huddle: Fathers, Sons, and Football.<\/u><\/strong> When the franchise owners tried to leave Cleveland in 1995, his op-ed in The Times said it all, and said it as well as can be said &#8211; regardless of your own allegiance. It is an absolute must-read &#8211; a testament to the notion of fidelity and trust and a strong rebuke to the notion of \u201cfranchise free agency\u201d and the corporate element of the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>For us Browns fans, staying the course and holding on to hope through the gauntlet that has defined the recent history of this franchise has been an especially daunting task. Yet through it all &#8211; the dark and darker and darkest days &#8211; there has always been one constant. It\u2019s a refrain that has endured and withstood all manner of adversity over years and years of sadness and frustration. And it will remain.<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0 The Browns lost to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> this past Sunday.\u00a0 Their season is over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84405 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"family and freinds wearing their browns swag\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1-300x300.jpg 300w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1-150x150.jpg 150w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1-768x768.jpg 768w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1-120x120.jpg 120w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo1.jpg 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just some of the out-of-town fans on a typical Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s daughter, Amanda, at age 3 \u2013 still indoctrinated at 33!<\/p>\n<p><strong><u><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-84407 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"little girl wearing a Cleveland browns oversized shirt\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo3-225x300.jpg 225w, \/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/John-Photo3.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ua.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alabama<\/a>\u2019s win over<a href=\"https:\/\/www.osu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Ohio State<\/a> on Monday night was the seventh national championship for head coach Nick Saban. He now has won more national championships than any coach in college football history.\u00a0 He was tied with Alabama\u2019s former head coach Bear Bryant, who had won six.\u00a0 Four college coaches have won four national titles \u2013 Minnesota\u2019s Bernie Bierman, Ohio State\u2019s Woody Hayes, Notre Dame\u2019s Frank Leahy, and USC\u2019s John McCay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>I mentioned last week that Jeffrie Lurie (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eagles<\/a>\u2019 owner) and Doug Pederson (Eagles\u2019 ex-head coach) may not be seeing eye-to-eye. Pederson was fired this week.\u00a0 I believe the next Eagles\u2019 coach will be Eric Bieniemy, the offense coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.\u00a0 He is again part of the Andy Reid tree of coaches.\u00a0 That\u2019s just my guess.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>The NFC title game ironically will feature two old-style NFL quarterback types \u2013 Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady \u2013 two veterans who use their heads much more than they use their legs and speed. They are throwbacks to what quarterbacks used to be.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Speaking of NFL quarterbacks, the Chiefs may have to play the AFC championship without Patrick Mahomes. He suffered a concussion this past Sunday.\u00a0 If he can\u2019t play, Chad Henne would be forced to take on the Buffalo Bills defense and they are outstanding.\u00a0 Bills win if the Chiefs are without Mahomes; it\u2019s a toss-up with him.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Our first high school basketball game (Parkland at Central) and our first wrestling match (Nazareth at Bethlehem Catholic) have both been postponed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafayette.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lafayette<\/a> women\u2019s basketball games this past weekend and next weekend have also been postponed.\u00a0 We will, hopefully, bring you some basketball this week starting on Tuesday with Central at Parkland.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Gary\u2019s Guesses: NFL Picks \u2013 (LAST WEEK \u2013 3-1; OVERALL- 168-95-1 &#8211; 64%)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <u>Conference Championships<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Bay<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buffalo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company. 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