Oct 9th 2008 12:42PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: Browns, AFC NorthNo matter your party’s affiliation, there is obviously a fairly clear difference in the presidential hopefuls’ sports knowledge. Barack Obama uses sports metaphors, talks of his beloved White Sox and tends to hoop as much as he can, even if it’s against Stuart Scott. John McCain obviously isn’t one to gloat about his sports teams, mainly because he’s an Arizona guy and, well, they aren’t exactly expanding their trophy case (even though he did pick the Final Four correctly this year).

That being noted, McCain brought out the big guns yesterday in Ohio, having Brady Quinn appear at the Republican rally in hopes of swinging as many Browns voters as possible, even though it’s easy to leave a hanging chad with a paper bag over your face. From the …
McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, rallied an overflow crowd Wednesday by urging Greater Clevelanders to support the underdog.

And who better to help deliver that message than two members of Cleveland’s favorite underdog — make that underdawg — team, the Browns. Quarterback Brady Quinn and left tackle Joe Thomas made a surprise appearance at the rally before roaring supporters at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center. Continue Reading