Cleveland Sports Journal
Perry High School grad wins national wrestling championship, again; Guardians win opener; Watson will be ready; What will Donovan Mitchell do?; St Ignatius wins basketball state title
David Carr after winning his match during the Iowa State vs West Virginia wrestling dual on Feb. 2, 2024 at Hilton Coliseum.
NCAA wrestling championships | Perry High School grad David Carr wins national title
David Carr’s collegiate career concluded Saturday with a national title at 165 pounds of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Kansas City.
The Iowa State senior and former Perry standout's 9-8 win over Penn State’s Mitchell Mesenbrink was just the latest in a laundry list of accomplishments for the five-time state champion. Full Story
Guardians 8, Athletics 0: Sparse crowd ushers in Oakland’s 57th (perhaps final) season
OAKLAND – One of the smallest Opening Day crowds in the Oakland A’s 57-year history showed Thursday night for possibly their final season debut at the Coliseum — an 8-0 shutout loss to the Cleveland Guardians.
While some fans bunkered in the parking lot to protest the A’s planned relocation to Las Vegas, there wasn’t much for the home fans to cheer amid the announced crowd of 13,522. Full Story
Why the Browns are confident Deshaun Watson will be ready to start the season despite coming off the uncommon shoulder surgery
CLEVELAND, Ohio — After Deshaun Watson began throwing last week at UCLA, the Browns are as confident as ever that he’ll be ready to start the season in September. Full Story
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert believes All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign long-term extension
DETROIT (AP) — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert believes All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell will sign a long-term contract to chase an NBA championship with Cleveland.
“We’ve been talking to him, sure, for the last couple of years about extending this contract,” Gilbert said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. “We think he will extend. I think if you listen to him talk, he loves the city. Full Story
Woidke’s layup lifts Cleveland St. Ignatius to state championship game
DAYTON, Ohio — Quinn Woidke laid in the game-winning score with 13 seconds remaining as Cleveland St. Ignatius topped Delaware Hayes 54-53 in the OHSAA Division I boys basketball state semifinal at UD Arena on Saturday. Full Story