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'Believeland' film examines Cleveland's deep sports passion (The Associated Press)

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Like so many kids growing up in Ohio, Andy Billman learned to love Cleveland's sports teams.

And to have his heart broken.

But true to the passion of a proud city whose long-suffering fans haven't celebrated a major professional championship since 1964, the director of an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary chronicling Cleveland's half-century of sports misery has undying hope a title will come.

One day.

''It's going to happen at some point,'' said Billman, the director of ''Believeland.'' ''And once it does, Cleveland is going to burst - in a positive way.