Sean McClelland
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Sean McClelland grew up in Cleveland embedded in a losing sports culture. He had no childhood heroes because of the teams he rooted for ever won anything. After college at Cleveland State University (the Kevin Mackey era) and eight years covering the Yankees and Mets, the NFL and NBA in New York, he arrived in Dayton and eventually began reporting on the newly minted Cleveland Browns. Now blogging semi-regularly, he hopes the Browns can win a championship in his lifetime. Or, failing that, at least beat the Pittsburgh Steelers once or twice. Sean lives in a flood-prone downtown Dayton apartment, venturing out for the more-than-occasional slice of Flying Pizza or to commiserate with other long-suffering Browns fans. He also covers the Dayton Dragons.
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Latest from Sean Mcclelland
Commentary: Bad teams running out of excuses
So your favorite baseball team isn’t in the playoffs. Maybe it didn’t come close. Maybe it collapsed in July (Indians), ended up firing its manager (Indians) and now has a barren farm system due to abysmal scouting and drafting (Indians). What I don’t want to hear in these situations is ...
Commentary: ‘Hard Knocks’ packed little punch
“Hard Knocks,” the HBO series designed to take viewers behind the scenes of an NFL training camp, bombed this summer, no matter what the ratings might say. Not sure what in the name of Chad Johnson made anyone think the Miami Dolphins were worth featuring. Sure, Johnson bailed out the ...
Commentary: Paterno had to know cover-up was wrong
It’s one of those annoying questions in surveys: If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would they be?Joe Paterno is now on my list because, ideally, I would want to hear more before condemning him for his role in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.I would want ...
Commentary: A few stories that just won’t go away
Now that the Roger Clemens perjury case is mercifully behind us, it’s time for a few other stories to make their way into the archives. A brief list:NFL bounty punishments and resulting lawsuits: Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended a few players for being part of a pay-to-injure scheme. Understandably, the players ...
Commentary: Holmgren reminds fans he’s still there
Mike Holmgren this week made news at a press conference for promising to conduct more press conferences.Only in Cleveland would this happen.Holmgren is president of the Browns, who last had a winning season in 2007 and have been through more coaches and administrators over the past 13 years than just ...
Commentary: Clemens trial has entertaining moments
Mainly for its comedic appeal, the ongoing Roger Clemens perjury trial needs to be on TV. I might even pay to watch it.This is shaping up as the most entertaining high-profile courtroom drama since O.J. Intermittently entertaining, at least; some parts have been so tedious as to put multiple jurors ...
Commentary: Reds' fans determined not to give Dusty his due
Listen to any radio sports show between here and Kentucky and it takes about five minutes for a host or caller to gripe about Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker.As polarizing figures go, it’s almost as if Baker should be running for office, except his supporters aren’t nearly as vociferous as ...
Commentary: Like it or not, here comes the Federal League
Owners of Dayton hockey teams arrive with good intentions. Some even think they might make money, at least on the resale. Some are just plain out of touch with reality. Take debt-ridden John Gagnon, who briefly owned the Dayton Bombers before the ECHL seized the team from him. Gagnon had ...
Commentary: Ex-OSU QB Schlichter’s brain could be a boon
I saw stars once.CYO football. Caught a helmet to the chin in practice. They hauled me off and kept practicing. The stars went away and I went back in because in those days, unless you broke your neck (which another kid had done on that very field), that’s what was ...
Commentary: NFL’s tight grip on public could slip
Maybe this is what Troy Aikman meant.The Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Dallas Cowboys to three Super Bowl victories in the 1990s recently said the NFL might one day lose its grip on the public.It seemed laughable, but with all that’s been going on, from the New England ...
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