Thousands of disgruntled Cleveland Browns fans, some of them chanting for owner Jimmy Haslam to sell the team, paraded to protest an 0-16 season.
Despite wind chills below zero, the so-called Perfect Season Parade went off without incident Saturday as Cleveland fans displayed outrage, creativity and a healthy sense of humor after a season they'd like to forget.
Parade organizer Chris McNeil said more than 80 vehicles -- including buses, pickup trucks and a garbage truck -- made one lap around FirstEnergy Stadium, which in recent years has been dubbed the "Factory of Sadness."
Most of the fans' anger was directed at owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, who elected to keep Coach Hue Jackson after the Browns joined the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams to lose 16 games in a season.
Some fans came in costumes, including one dressed as Big Bird wearing a Johnny Manziel jersey.
A real farm team
What to do with a new $71 million minor league baseball stadium during the winter?
If you're the Hartford Yard Goats, the Class AA affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, you turn to real goats. Time for goat yoga class.
The national phenomenon of goat yoga began in Oregon just over a year ago when students would assume poses such as downward dog while small goats would crawl around -- and often on top of -- the participants.
"You're really connecting with the animals," said Tracy Longoria, who partnered with the baseball team and also offers the classes on her Aussakita Acres farm in nearby Manchester, Conn. "The goats are just so therapeutic. It's such a great stress reliever. Many of the people who do it have never done yoga before. They are just there for the interaction with the animals."
Mike Abramson, the team's general manager, said the club was looking for marketing opportunities. Yard Goat Yoga seemed like the perfect match.
"It was an easy yes," he said. "My expectation is that this is going to become a regular thing. Hey, if it's popular enough, maybe we'll just ditch the baseball and run a goat yoga park."
The 6,100-seat Dunkin' Donuts Park, which opened in the spring, has a large indoor batting facility, which will be converted into a studio for the monthly classes. If things work out, Abramson said, and the team can persuade the groundskeepers to go along, classes will move to the outfield during the summer.
For now, four classes are scheduled to get an idea of what is involved in terms of commitment, interest and, yes, cleanup.
"Accidents happen," Longoria said. "But we're as sanitary as possible. We have all the disinfectants and anti-bacterial sprays and soaps and all of that."
The classes have sold out. The team is charging $40 per person.
Sports quiz
The University of Texas-El Paso was the only NCAA Division I football team to go 0-12 in 2017. There were five teams that finished 1-11. Name them.
Sports answer
Oregon State, Rice, Baylor, Kansas and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte
TIM COOPER
Sports on 01/07/2018