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  • Cavs get No. 1 pick in NBA Draft

    The Cavaliers who were represented by owner Dan Gilbert's son, Nick, defied the odds once again. The Cavaliers went into the night with a 15.6 percent chance of winning the lottery. Securing the top pick is huge for a Cavaliers team who is not only very young, but loaded with talent. The Cavaliers will likely choose between Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel, Kansas swingman Ben McLemore, ...

  • Cavs win draft lottery Magic will pick second

    Nick Gilbert (left) won the NBA draft lottery for the second time in three years. (David Dow/Getty Images) The Cleveland Cavaliers won the rights to the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft during the league’s annual lottery drawing on Tuesday. The draft is set for June 27. Nick Gilbert, son of owner Dan Gilbert, represented the team on stage, as he did in 2011, when the Cavaliers won the ...

  • Mike and Mike arrive hoping Tribe avoids bad fortune

    Email CLEVELAND -- If the Indians are looking to differentiate themselves from the ultimately unsuccessful clubs of years past, overcoming the dreaded "Mike and Mike" kiss of death might be a good start. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic -- co-hosts of the popular ESPN morning radio show "Mike and Mike" -- will be at Progressive Field during the Tribe's two-game series with ...

  • Perez deletes Twitter account to put focus on club

    Email CLEVELAND -- Indians manager Terry Francona is not sure how Twitter works and he does not care to find out. Francona was also fine with closer Chris Perez's explanation for deleting the social-media account he used to interact with fans the past few years. Given Perez's history of actions and outspokenness, the disappearance of his Twitter account (previously @ChrisPerez54) ...

  • Front office members to represent Tribe at Draft

    CLEVELAND -- A couple of front-office members will represent the Indians during the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. Tim Belcher and Johnny Goryl were selected to represent Cleveland when the Draft begins on June 6 in MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J. Belcher is a special assistant in the club's baseball operations department, and Goryl is the adviser of player development for ...


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Movie Review

Blindness [DVD]

Blindness [DVD]

Based on the novel by Nobel laureate Jos Saramago, Fernando Meirelless Blindness is a harrowing, if sometimes overly hammering descent into the darkest depths of human nature. A sort of Lord of the Flies parable, it suggests an inexplicable and highly contagious epidemic that r ... ...

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  • New father Swisher donates to help all Cleveland kids

    Email CLEVELAND -- Nick Swisher is the new father of a baby girl. His concern, however, extends to all the children of Cleveland. Swisher and his wife, JoAnna, welcomed a daughter to the world Wednesday, four days after it was announced that he donated $25,000 to the FBI Citizens Academy Foundation for the purchase of child identification kits. Cleveland placed Swisher on the paternity leave ...

  • Cleveland Indians notes Chris Perez deactivates Twitter account

    Closing pitcher Chris Perez #54 of the Cleveland Indians celebrates after defeating the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field on May 7, 2013 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Indians defeated the Athletics ...

  • Science Centers Dante Centuori explains tornado power

    The power of a tornado -- like the one that hit Oklahoma Monday -- is tough to put into words. It only took a matter a minutes to devastate the town of Moore, Oklahoma. We will be hearing a lot about this catastrophic tornado in the coming days. To talk more about the power of this tornado, we asked Dante Centuori, from the Great Lakes Science Center to join us. ...

  • Norovirus What it is how to avoid it

    Brunswick Schools said Tuesday that its high school would be joining the elementary and middle schools in closing because of a norovirus outbreak. Senior Health Correspondent Monica Robins tells us what it is and how you can avoid it. Norovirus is an icky little bugthat makes life miserable. It only takes 10 particles to cause 24 to 48 hours of vomiting and diarrhea misery. But there's ...

  • Bike Cleveland News for May and June 2013

    Bike Cleveland News for May and June 2013 While this is a great step forward concerning the safety of bicyclists across the state, it is not guaranteed that OUR STATE LEGISLATORS will pass it. This is where you come in. If you REALY CARE about this bill you need to call or e-mail your Ohio State House Representative NOW and tell them that you support H.B. 145 for the following reasons: o ...

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