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  • Nick Gilbert Cleveland win NBA lottery

    Nick Gilbert won the Cleveland Cavaliers the No. 1 pick for the 2013 NBA Draft in the NBA lottery on Tuesday.Gilbert, owner Dan Gilbert's son, won the lottery as the team with the second worst record, beating the Orlando Magic to the No. 2 spot.This was the second time in three years that Gilbert won the lottery. He was on the same stage in 2011 when the Cavs selected Kyrie Irving with the ...

  • Pitching to Miggy doesnt work for solid Kluber

    DET@CLE: Brantley lifts a sacrifice fly to right CLEVELAND -- Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera might impact a game more than any other hitter in baseball right now. Cabrera's influence on an outcome was certainly evident on Tuesday night, when the Indians took their chances with pitching to him at a critical juncture. Cabrera made it the wrong decision. Cleveland starter Corey Kluber ...

  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial 20th Anniversary

    Roman and Elaine Frayman Roman Frayman, a Holocaust survivor from Beachwood, and his wife, Elaine, stand across the street from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. The Fraymans were there April 28 and April 29 for the 20th anniversary commemoration of the ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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