Les Levine write about Sports for the Cleveland Jewish News. Follow Les on Twitter @LesLevine.
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Do any of you Cleveland Indians fans from the 1950s and maybe even before that, remember the flags that flew atop Municipal Stadium? This was years before the American and National Leagues were divided into divisions and the team that had the best record played in the World Series.I recall t…
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Home run power was on display July 8 at Progressive Field in downtown Cleveland for this year’s extremely entertaining All-Star Home Run Derby. Cleveland Indians fans were disappointed to see first baseman Carlos Santana not get out of the first round, losing to Pete Alonso of the New York M…
As I predicted last week on my television show, Major League Baseball added Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor and closer Brad Hand to the American League All-Star Game roster, joining teammate Carlos Santana, who was elected by the fans to be the starting first baseman for the game July 9 a…
Browns and Indians fans got a look behind the curtain in the past week or so and they have a little better idea about how things work at the professional level. Professional sports franchises do not work the way normal businesses do. I know there has been a pecking order at every radio or te…
It didn’t take long for former Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin to make his presence felt as the general manager of the New Orleans Pelicans. Many basketball people thought the Cavs made a big mistake when they chose not to meet his demands to stay here and help the franchi…
I have a friend who is a baseball fan. He once told me talking about baseball is more enjoyable than watching it. His premise was that the eras, not necessarily ERAs, allowed fans to compare statistics, unlike football where the game keeps changing. Despite the new way we look at statistics…
In my broadcasting career, which began in 1970, I can honestly say I never lost the excitement of “game day,” when I would do the play-by-play of a basketball or football game somewhere in the country. In addition to enjoying the preparation, but not always the bus rides, I had the opportuni…
David Gilbert, a graduate of Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights who heads Destination Cleveland and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, did it again.It wasn’t the greatest secret in the world, but last week the NFL announced the 2021 NFL Draft will be held in Cleveland. …
I don’t claim to have the math skills the NBA used to figure out the draft lottery, which will send Zion Williamson to the New Orleans Pelicans, rather than to Cleveland, New York or Phoenix. But I do know this. The league rules allow such things, like LeBron James coming and going from Clev…
Before the NBA went international, you heard the association needed the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers to contend for championships every year.
I will be the first to admit I know nothing about the intricacies of horse racing, except perhaps that Secretariat was the most spectacular horse I have seen. But I do know a considerable amount about the perception of things, particularly in regard to sports (assuming you agree horse racing…
Growing up in the mid to late 1950s, most of my baseball playing buddies were big fans of “The Rock,” Rocky Colavito. Most of them imitated Colavito’s unique batting style, which included the bat being stretched on one’s shoulders, followed by the obligatory pointing of the bat straight at t…
