For a day, Cleveland was a city of champions.
More than 1 million of them — people who dedicated one last burst of energy to fight traffic and celebrate the greatest sports victory in Northeast Ohio in more than half a century.
Undaunted by stalled downtown exit ramps, parking garages with signs that said “Full,” and a Regional Transit Authority that repeatedly apologized for delays, the fans persevered, and then cheered.
While seven reporters and photographers were on the ground in Cleveland, Beacon Journal reporter Bob Downing worked at his desk in the Beacon Journal gathering their tweets and emails, monitored official websites, other media and assembled a moment-by-moment report for Ohio.