LeBron James will never admit it, but his move to Los Angeles has not been what he thought it would be. It certainly has not been a good basketball move because his Lakers are close to elimination from a spot in the NBA playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. The NBA is thriving, despite th…

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is going out of his way to shorten games, even if only a minute or two. Here is where my analytics come into play. If I tell you I was at the fourth game of the 1954 World Series when the New York Giants swept the Cleveland Indians in four games…

Kevin Love returned to the court  and won a couple of games last week.  

I spent part of last weekend re-watching the 1986 playoff game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets, otherwise known as the “Gastineau Game.”  The Browns trailed 20-10 with just over four minutes left in regulation, but Mark Gastineau gave the Browns new life by roughing Browns…

When Frank Robinson retired after the 1976 season, he hit 586 home runs to place fourth on the all-time list. He was behind leader Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays. 

What a week for two Jewish NFL players who grew up in California, but have connections to Northeast Ohio.Wide receiver Julian Edelman of Redwood City, who won the most valuable player award in Super Bowl LIII Feb. 3, was a quarterback at Kent State University. In the Super Bowl, he caught ei…

I have said before that if The Ohio State University coach Woody Hayes and University of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler didn’t exist, somebody would have had to created them. The “10-Year War,” which was won by Michigan, 5-4-1, was the perfect rivalry that continues today.Think of all the th…

A friend recently sent me a link to the first NFL Monday Night Football game in 1970, a game that pitted the Cleveland Browns against Joe Namath’s New York Jets at Municipal Stadium.The Browns beat the Jets, 31-21, thanks in large part to Homer Jones’ 94-yard touchdown return of the second-h…

To the best of my knowledge, I have only attended one press conference where the coach, manager or owner didn’t “win the press conference.” It was a strange one, after the 2009 baseball season, when, for some reason, the Cleveland Indians’ front office brought the candidates out to be interv…

While Cleveland sports teams – including the Cavaliers – are taking a break, it’s time for some quick hitters.• This was a rough year for Chicago Bears’ fans who watched their kicker, Cody Parkey, hit the goalpost upright five time on field goals and extra points. He did it again Jan. 6 as h…

Cleveland Browns General Manager John Dorsey held a press conference Dec. 31 to offer his thoughts about the season that ended with a 26-24 loss in Baltimore the day before and to see where the head coach situation stood. When I left the Browns’ training camp after the conference, at least e…