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Amari Cooper was not with the Browns on June 11 for the first day of mandatory minicamp because he is holding out for an extension as he enters the final year of his current contract.Jerry Jeudy wasn’t on the practice field because he was inside the training facility nursing a minor injury.So much for the […]

NFL teams can’t stay good forever. Players retire. Players suffer from diminishing skills as they age.Sometimes, general managers are left with no choice but to cut prominent players for salary cap reasons. Other times, key players leave in free agency for more money elsewhere.The Browns are built to win now. They finished 11-6 last season, […]

Some of the Browns’ best players, including defensive end Myles Garrett, wide receiver Amari Cooper, guard Joel Bitonio and tight end David Njoku, chose to skip the offseason program that began in April at the team complex in Berea.The OTAs are voluntary, and if some of the stars of the team that finished 11-6 last […]

The LaRoche family is no stranger to performing on the big stage of Cleveland-area baseball.Back in 1976, Dave LaRoche earned his first Major League Baseball All-Star nod as the closer for the Cleveland Indians. And in 2015, Dave’s son Adam wrapped up a 12-year MLB career in which he played countless games in Cleveland as […]

The scouting book on the University lacrosse team suggests playing a zone. Maybe you can slow ’em down that way.Welp, apparently that doesn’t work, either.Paced by its fast-paced offense, which is ignited by the dominating face-off abilities of Julian Guirguis, top-seeded University trounced fifth-seeded Kenston, 19-3, in a Division II regional semifinal on May 28 […]

J.B. Bickerstaff was unable to succeed in the playoffs with the team Koby Altman built for him, so Altman on May 23 fired Bickerstaff as Cavaliers head coach.Altman deserves at least some of the blame for the Cavaliers’ shortcomings. but he is Cavaliers president of basketball operations. The only person in the organization with more […]

Photos from Browns organized team activities, May 22, 2024, by Tim Phillis.

Za’Darius Smith, in a burst of honesty after being acquired last May in a trade with the Vikings, said he was looking forward to a big 2023 season with the Browns to set himself up for free agency in 2024.Smith started 16 games as a bookend to Myles Garrett last year. He made 27 tackles […]

Photos from Guardians vs. Tigers, May 6, 2024, by Tim Phillis.

Tristan Thompson, the Cavaliers' backup center in his 14th NBA season and owner of an NBA championship ring from 2016 with Cleveland to prove his experience, had some sage advice for Jarrett Allen before the playoff series with the Magic began last month.