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Story says Kokinis didn't know about the Braylon Edwards deal to the New York Jets until it was done. Full story »

Staff Reports   Former Cleveland State men’s basketball players J’Nathan Bullock and Cedric Jackson will each get an opportunity to play professionally this winter in the NBA Development League after each had their rights claimed this week. Jackson will play for the Erie Bayhawks after his rights were assigned to the team, which is affiliated with both the Cleveland... Full story »

Tonight, LeBron James will play his only game of the 2009-10 season in New York's Madison Square Garden. It's a place where he loves to play. Last year, James scored 52 points against the New York Knicks. James averages 30.1 points in 10 career games at MSG. He's shooting 47 percent from the field, and 46 percent from 3-point range.  Full story »

  So it looks like at least one reporter in New York believes LeBron James doesn't have to play there to remain relevant. Reporter Howard Beck of The New York Times interviewed several marketing experts, and they all agree that James can remain as popular around the world as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers as he would if he... Full story »

    NBA.com reporter Shaun Powell writes that Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry has the toughest, and most thankless, job in the NBA. He must either give the Cavaliers the stuff to win a title this season, or give LeBron James the impression that one is coming soon. That simple. One way or another, LeBron's decision to stay... Full story »

There are only a few weeks left in the college football season, and since none of the teams in the Big Ten will play for a national championship, the next best thing is a trip to the Rose Bowl in California. So far, Iowa is undefeated but an Ohio State victory against Penn State on Saturday, followed by a... Full story »

  It seems like ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg has jumped off the Terrelle Pryor bandwagon. He writes that Penn State's Daryll Clark should have been Big Ten preseason Offensive Player of the year, instead of Pryor. Clark was so good last month that Rittenberg writes that Clark should be the talk of the Big Ten right now. But Pryor's struggles at Ohio... Full story »

A roundup of links and opinions about the Cleveland Browns during their bye week. Full story »

The Cleveland Cavaliers will make their first and only trip to New York on Friday, and the articles about LeBron James playing in New York have already started. The New York Times has an article where reporter Howard Beck writes that not only are the Knicks trying to free themselves of as much salary-cap space as possible for James,... Full story »

Some think Oklahoma Thunder star could have better career than Cavaliers star when it's all said and done Full story »

Transcript of open locker room quotes, Nov. 4, 2009 Running Back Jamal Lewis: (On the bye week)- "I think it will just help correct a lot of mistakes that we have made over the last eight weeks. [It will] give us a good self evaluation and see actually where we are at, what works, what doesn't work, what should... Full story »

Transcript of coach Eric Mangini's press conference, Nov. 4, 2009 (Opening statement)- "Good morning everybody.  Yesterday we spent the day working on first and second down specific things, indentifying some areas that we want to really emphasize.  Different periods reflected that emphasis.  We went back through and looked at some core offensive plays, schemes, approaches, defensive plays, schemes approaches,... Full story »

How do you think the Browns will finish? Or at this point, do you still care? Full story »

It's hard to chose which coach is worse, Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini or Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable - this according to CBSsports.com columnist Ray Ratto, who says both coaches need to go. Ratto writes that the only thing stopping owners Randy Lerner and Al Davis is the timing. Do they really want to fire a coach during a... Full story »