Could this be the year?

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With the Cleveland Cavaliers kicking off the next round of the NBA playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks tonight, I got an e-mail from my sister with a link to this article on MSNBC.

Bob Madden sighs. He wants to believe. Oh, does he want to believe — to believe deep inside his body where feelings like these have only caused him four decades of heartbreak.

Madden, a longtime Cleveland sports fan, frets about whether he should expose himself to more of it.

“You wanna be optimistic, but you’re afraid to go there,” he says. “It’s hard to explain.”

Not for people who have Cleveland roots. For they share Madden’s sentiments. They worry about investing too much emotional capital in LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Yeah, fans hear the hype; it surrounds them. This time, a Cleveland team won’t break their hearts. This time, a Cleveland team will bring home a championship. This time …

The Browns, the Indians, the Cavaliers … I’ve been waiting for over 30 years to see one of my hometown teams win a championship.

Since I moved to the Tampa Bay area in 2001 I’ve seen the Bucs win the Super Bowl, the Lightning win the Stanley Cup, and the Storm win the Arena Bowl. Even the Rays got oh-so-close to winning the World Series last year which would have completed the sweep. But none of those victories were as thrilling as it will be to see one of my Cleveland teams finally bring a trophy home.

Despite LeBron’s anti-Cleveland attitude that really annoys me, he’s still our best hope for bringing this thing home. After that, he can go do whatever he wants …

GO CAVS!!

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