Cleveland Sports Journal
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Cavs make early statement with dominant 121-100 win over Miami Heat in playoff series opener
CLEVELAND, Ohio — About an hour before tipoff, a small group of Cavs players were sitting inside the locker room scrolling through their phones — a usual pregame occurrence — when one of them pulled up the final score of the Oklahoma City-Memphis series opener (131-80).
“They set the tone. They sent a message,” he said. “We need to do the same tonight. Show them why we are the No. 1 seed.” Full Story
Unpacking a successful Guardians sweep of the Bucs
PITTSBURGH -- The Guardians’ second road trip of the season went much better than the first.
The Guardians finished off a three-game sweep of the Pirates on Sunday with a 5-4 win in 10 innings. Cleveland went 4-2 on its road trip through Baltimore and Pittsburgh, after going 3-6 on its season-opening nine-game trip to Kansas City, San Diego and Anaheim.
Of Talent, Two Trades, Three Tragedies, A Title and Travesty
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The 2025 NFL Draft is right around the corner. This is Part 2 of a series on the five most impactful drafts in Browns history. Today we look at 1962.
When the Green Bay Packers ran over the Browns — literally and figuratively — by the thumping score of 49-17 on Oct. 15, 1961 at Cleveland Stadium, it caused Browns head coach Paul Brown to take a hard look at his team, which, while being a serious competitor in the Eastern Conference every year, had not won the conference title since 1957 and had not captured the NFL championship since 1955. Full Story