Editing Cleveland (section)

=== Professional ===
'''Major League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!Est. in CLE
!Championships<br>{{small|(in Cleveland)}}
|-
| [[Cleveland Browns]]
| [[American football|Football]]
| [[National Football League]]
| [[Huntington Bank Field]]
| 1946
| 8<br>{{small|(4 [[All-America Football Conference|AAFC]], 4 [[NFL]])}}
|-
| [[Cleveland Cavaliers]]
| Basketball
| [[National Basketball Association]]
| [[Rocket Arena]]
| 1970
| 1
|-
| [[Cleveland Guardians]]
| Baseball
| [[Major League Baseball]]
| [[Progressive Field]]
| 1901
| 2
|}

'''Minor League'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!Est. in CLE
!Championships<br>{{small|(in Cleveland)}}
|-
| [[Cleveland Charge]]
| Basketball
| [[NBA G League]]
| [[Public Auditorium]]
| 2021
| 0
|-
| [[Cleveland Monsters]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[American Hockey League]]
| Rocket Arena
| 2007
| 1
|-
|[[Cleveland Crunch]]
|[[Indoor Soccer]]
|[[Major League Indoor Soccer (2022-present)|Major League Indoor Soccer]]
|Soccer Sportsplex<br>([[North Olmsted, Ohio]])
|1989
|5<br>{{small|(3 [[National Professional Soccer League (1984–2001)|NPSL]], 1 [[Major Arena Soccer League 2|M2]], 1 [[Major League Indoor Soccer (2022-present)|MLIS]])}}
|-
|[[Cleveland Pro Soccer]]
|Soccer
|[[MLS Next Pro]]
|TBA
|2022
|0
|}
The Cleveland Guardians – known as the Indians from 1915 to 2021 – won the [[World Series]] in [[1920 World Series|1920]] and [[1948 World Series|1948]]. They also won the [[American League]] pennant, making the World Series in the [[1954 World Series|1954]], [[1995 World Series|1995]], [[1997 World Series|1997]], and [[2016 World Series|2016 season]]s. Between [[1995 MLB season|1995]] and [[2001 MLB season|2001]], Jacobs Field (now known as Progressive Field) sold out 455 consecutive games, a Major League Baseball record until it was broken in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burt |first=Bill |title=Sellouts! Record 456 and counting for Sox |newspaper=Eagle Tribune |url=http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_253023720.html?keyword=topstory |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903230045/http://www.eagletribune.com/pusports/local_story_253023720.html?keyword=topstory |date=September 9, 2008 |access-date=September 10, 2008 |archive-date=September 3, 2012 }}</ref>

Historically, the Browns have been among the most successful franchises in [[American football]] history, winning eight titles during a short period of time – [[1946 Cleveland Browns season|1946]], [[1947 Cleveland Browns season|1947]], [[1948 Cleveland Browns season|1948]], [[1949 Cleveland Browns season|1949]], [[1950 NFL Championship Game|1950]], [[1954 NFL Championship Game|1954]], [[1955 NFL Championship Game|1955]], and [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964]]. The Browns have never played in a [[Super Bowl]], getting close five times by making it to the [[History of the National Football League championship#AFL Championship Game and NFL Championship Game (1966–1969)|NFL]]/[[AFC Championship Game]] in [[1968 NFL Championship Game|1968]], [[1969 NFL Championship Game|1969]], [[1986–87 NFL playoffs#Conference championships|1986]], [[1987–88 NFL playoffs#AFC Championship: Denver Broncos 38, Cleveland Browns 33|1987]], and [[1989–90 NFL playoffs#AFC Championship: Denver Broncos 37, Cleveland Browns 21|1989]]. Former owner [[Art Modell]]'s [[Cleveland Browns relocation controversy|relocation of the Browns]] after the [[1995 NFL season|1995 season]] (to [[Baltimore]] creating the [[Baltimore Ravens|Ravens]]), caused tremendous heartbreak and resentment among local fans.<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker |first=James |title=Take your pick recap: LeBron vs. Modell |publisher=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/14793/take-your-pick-recap-lebron-vs-modell |date=July 13, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2010 }}</ref> Cleveland mayor [[Michael R. White (politician)|Michael R. White]] worked with the NFL and Commissioner [[Paul Tagliabue]] to bring back the Browns beginning in the [[1999 NFL season|1999 season]], retaining all team history.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=John |title=When Art Modell moved his Cleveland Browns team to Baltimore: How The Plain Dealer reported it |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/09/when_art_modell_moved_his_clev.html |date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2016 }}</ref> In Cleveland's earlier football history, the [[Cleveland Bulldogs]] won the [[NFL Championship]] in [[1924 NFL season|1924]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Bulldogs |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-bulldogs |date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=May 24, 2023 }}</ref> and the [[History of the Cleveland Rams|Cleveland Rams]] won the NFL Championship in [[1945 NFL season|1945]] before relocating to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Cleveland Rams |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher=Case Western Reserve University |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/c/cleveland-rams |date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=May 24, 2023 }}</ref>

The Cavaliers won the [[Eastern Conference (NBA)|Eastern Conference]] in [[2006–07 NBA season|2007]], [[2014–15 NBA season|2015]], [[2015–16 NBA season|2016]], [[2016–17 NBA season|2017]] and [[2017–18 NBA season|2018]] but were defeated in the [[2007 NBA Finals|NBA Finals]] by the [[San Antonio Spurs]] and [[2015 NBA Finals|then by]] the Golden State Warriors, respectively. The Cavs won the Conference again in 2016 and won their first NBA Championship coming back from a 3–1 deficit, finally defeating the [[Golden State Warriors]]. Afterwards, over 1.3 million people attended a parade held in the Cavs' honor on June 22, 2016, in downtown Cleveland.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoppert |first=Melissa |title=Cavaliers Parade Caps Off Cleveland Victory Party |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/sports/basketball/cleveland-cavaliers-parade-nba-champions.html |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2023 }}</ref> Previously, the [[Cleveland Rosenblums]] dominated the original [[American Basketball League (1925–55)|American Basketball League]],{{sfn|Condon|1979|p=[https://archive.org/details/clevelandprodigy0000cond/page/145 145]}} and the [[Cleveland Pipers]], owned by [[George Steinbrenner]], won the [[American Basketball League (1961–63)|American Basketball League]] championship in 1962.{{sfn|Livingston|2015|pp=176–178}}

The [[Cleveland Monsters]] of the [[American Hockey League]] won the [[2016 Calder Cup playoffs|2016 Calder Cup]]. They were the first Cleveland AHL team to do so since the [[1963–64 AHL season|1964]] Barons.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Branson |title=Lake Erie Monsters win Calder Cup title with 1–0 OT victory over Hershey |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/monsters/index.ssf/2016/06/lake_erie_monsters_and_hershey.html |date=June 11, 2016 |access-date=June 26, 2016 }}</ref>