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The [[wikipedia: American Greetings|American Greetings]] greeting card company has been based in the city for well over a century. During the 1960s, American Greetings employed a group of young artists, some of which became pioneers in the underground comic genre, most notably [[Robert Crumb]] ([[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]]) and [[wikipedia: Harvey Pekar|Harvey Pekar]] ([[American Splendor]]). In contrast, the company would develop greeting card characters [[Ziggy]], [[Strawberry Shortcake]] and the [[Care Bears]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s, all three of which would become licensing powerhouses.
The [[wikipedia: American Greetings|American Greetings]] greeting card company has been based in the city for well over a century. During the 1960s, American Greetings employed a group of young artists, some of which became pioneers in the underground comic genre, most notably [[Robert Crumb]] ([[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]]) and [[wikipedia: Harvey Pekar|Harvey Pekar]] ([[American Splendor]]). In contrast, the company would develop greeting card characters [[Ziggy]], [[Strawberry Shortcake]] and the [[Care Bears]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s, all three of which would become licensing powerhouses.


Its baseball and basketball teams—the Indians and Cavaliers respectively—are fairly solid. Although the Indians have currently gone more than 60 years without winning the World Series, longer than any other team in the American League and longer than any Major League Baseball team that hasn't been [[The Windy City|cursed by a goat-owning bartender]]. The Cavs, who have never won an NBA title, infamously lost their star player who was a native of the region; ESPN had an hour-long special dedicated to his announcement. But [[All Just a Dream|said star player returned to the Cavs]] four years later, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|and the fans rejoiced]]. And supporting its football team, the Browns,<ref>Before you ask what a "Brown" is, the team was named after its first owner Paul Brown, former Ohio State coach and a highly respected figure in Ohio athletics. It wasn't even his idea and he was against it at first, but later went along with it. Throughout his tenure as coach, the team embraced a [[wikipedia: Brownie|brownie elf]] as their mascot, which has been revisited from time to time by the team's ownership. For an animal mascot, dogs have long been popular due to the city's first pro football team, the Bulldogs.</ref> tends to be [[Butt Monkey/Sports|a lesson in masochism]]. The city has had a sports rivalry with [[Pittsburgh]] for decades. [[Unknown Rival|Sort of]]. Also, never, ''ever'' say anything nice about the [[Berserk Button|Baltimore Ravens]].
Its baseball and basketball teams—the Indians and Cavaliers respectively—are fairly solid. Although the Indians have currently gone more than 60 years without winning the World Series, longer than any other team in the Major League Baseball, and, until the 2016 season, longer than any Major League Baseball team that hadn't been [[The Windy City|cursed by a goat-owning bartender]]<ref>Of course the Chicago Cubs broke ''their'' 106-year title drought in 2016 against... you guessed it, the Cleveland Indians.</ref>.

The Cavaliers have had a star-crossed history for their first 46 years of existence, going through periods of competitiveness and awfulness. They were a playoff contender in the late 1980s, only [[Big Bad|to play victim]] to [[Michael Jordan]]'s first (of many) career-defining game-winning shot in 1989. Most infamously, the Cavs lost LeBron James, their star player &ndash; who was ''a native of the region'' &ndash; back in 2010; ESPN even aired an hour-long special dedicated to his announcement. But [[He's Back|LeBron made an equally shocking return]] to the Cavs [[All Just a Dream|four years later]], [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|and the fans rejoiced]]. You [[Famed in Story|might also have heard]] of the 2016 LeBron-led Cavaliers [[We Do the Impossible|overcoming a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals]] against [[Impossible Task|a team that won 73 games in the regular season]] to [[Moment of Awesome|win a sports title of any sort by ''either'' the Cavaliers, Indians or Browns]]<ref>...and the long-defunct Cleveland Barons of the NHL...</ref> '''in 52 years'''.

And supporting its football team, the Browns,<ref>Before you ask what a "Brown" is, the team was named after its first owner Paul Brown, former Ohio State coach and a highly respected figure in Ohio athletics. It wasn't even his idea and he was against it at first, but later went along with it. Throughout his tenure as coach, the team embraced a [[wikipedia: Brownie|brownie elf]] as their mascot, which has been revisited from time to time by the team's ownership. For an animal mascot, dogs have long been popular due to the city's first pro football team, the Bulldogs.</ref> tends to be [[Butt Monkey/Sports|a lesson in masochism]]. The city has had a sports rivalry with [[Pittsburgh]] for decades. [[Unknown Rival|Sort of]]. Also, never, ''ever'' say anything nice about the [[Berserk Button|Baltimore Ravens]].


The city was named for surveyor Moses Cleaveland (the first 'A' was reportedly dropped so the name would fit on a newspaper masthead) and has no connection to [[Oop North|the English county of Cleveland]], or the [[Grover Cleveland|22nd and 24th President of the United States]] (who was only distantly related to Moses Cleaveland).
The city was named for surveyor Moses Cleaveland (the first 'A' was reportedly dropped so the name would fit on a newspaper masthead) and has no connection to [[Oop North|the English county of Cleveland]], or the [[Grover Cleveland|22nd and 24th President of the United States]] (who was only distantly related to Moses Cleaveland).
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