Hardesty: How many more ‘next years’ do I have to wait?

Hardesty: How many more ‘next years’ do I have to wait?

- Tom Hardesty

About a week or so ago, my wife bought me a brown T-shirt with the words “MAYBE IN MY LIFETIME” in orange on the front. Next to those words is the Vince Lombardi Trophy, outlined in orange, with the word “Cleveland” — yes, in orange — written on the football that sits atop the trophy.

I held up the shirt, stared at the word “Cleveland” on that iconic trophy that goes to the winner of the Super Bowl every year, and it hit me like an Evander Holyfield right:

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