The Cleveland sports world is in a rare situation. Gone are the days of Lamond Murray, Bimbo Coles, and Milt Palacio at Gund Arena, Lee Stevens, Josh Bard, and Matt Lawton at The Jake, and Tim Couch, Travis Prentice, and Dennis Nortcutt and Browns Stadium. Each team is a step away from greatness. I have […]

After blowing another double-digit lead in Los Angeles, the Spurs fell for the final time in the 2007-2008 season. We shouldn’t be too surprised though. After all, the Spurs have never once repeated as NBA champions. But something tells me they won’t bounce back like they have in years past, and there’s a few good […]

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Victor Martinez, Grady Sizemore, and Ben Francisco, come on down. Those three are in a diminutive minority when it comes to Tribe hitters. They’re the only ones who haven’t caught the season-long slump, an apparently contagious disease spreading throughout the Tribe batter’s box. Manager Eric Wedge has jumbled the lineup and benched […]

Like most sports fans, I’ve had about all I can take of the steroids scandal in baseball, but I’ve got one more quick thought for you. If you know anything about steroids, you know that what they do is help the athlete recover quicker. In theory, the baseball players who would benefit most from this […]