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Cleveland Sports News and Rumors

Offseason Rundown: Victorino Spurns Indians Offer for Boston

theclevelandfan.com

Last year, the Cleveland Indians fell short in their bid for Carlos Beltran. It was seen as an absolute joke that the Indians could offer someone, like Beltran, more money than a team like St. Louis and they still couldn't sign him. If the Indians of al…

CNNSI.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Free agent outfielder Shane Victorino and the Boston Red Sox are close to completing a three-year deal worth $39 million, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press on Tuesday

Mike Peticca, cleveland.com

Linebacker Banks made the Pro Bowl in four of his five seasons with Cleveland, but was often embroiled in controversy.

Associated Press sports staff, cleveland.com

Edwards had eight catches for 74 yards and one touchdown in 10 games this season. He was waived with an injury distinction, but no specific injury was cited.

Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com

Coach Romeo Crennel leads a still-numb team into Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday. There are other subplots.

CNNSI.com

Conventional wisdom says that the rebuilding Cavaliers should sell high on Anderson Varejao. But that logic is wrong, says Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney in the inaugural Team Defense.

CNNSI.com

Cavs' Varejao's trade value skyrocketing with big year

Kerry Byrne, CNNSI.com

Tom Brady is in the midst of one of the great seasons any quarterback has ever produced -- yet again.

Branson Wright, cleveland.com

Frostee Rucker visits local elementary school for job well done to support the community.

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

"NFL Road Tested: The Cleveland Browns" debuts tonight on the Travel Channel at 10 p.m. ET.

Glenn Moore, cleveland.com

Here are what blogs from Cleveland and around the country are saying about the Browns, Cavaliers and Indians. Featured today are The Cleveland Fan, Wahoo's on First and Cavs: The Blog.

nba.com

The struggling Cavaliers have recalled forward Kevin Jones.

theclevelandfan.com

As we struggle to survive another season with the new-era Browns, one way we can try to get through it (besides alcohol or heavy medication) is to look back at the best individual weeks of the Browns’ new era to remember times in recent memory when this…

Terry Pluto, cleveland.com

A former executive with the Browns and Raiders, Lombardi's draft record doesn't come close to matching what Heckert did in Philadelphia and has done with the Browns.

Plain Dealer staff, cleveland.com

Plain Dealer columnist Bud Shaw questions what Lombardi has accomplished that would make him a better GM than Tom Heckert.

Glenn Moore, cleveland.com

"I can tell you this about Heckert...if he loses his job, he won't be out of a job for long. He's good and getting better. Although this is the track record of the Browns - keep changing - we are starting to see some stability. One more year for Sh…

Branson Wright, cleveland.com

The Cleveland Browns are showing improvement under coach Pat Shurmur.

Matt Loede, brownsgab.com

Premiering on Travel Channel on Dec. 4, “NFL Road Tested: The Cleveland Browns” will take a closer look at the inner workings of an NFL team. The show is a joint production with Travel Channel, NFL Films and RIVR Media.

theclevelandfan.com

If the Cleveland Browns have indeed finally turned a corner toward a lighted street and not another darkened alley, then they'll look back at the sloppy victories against two struggling teams that constitute a legitimate win streak as the first signs. T…

David I. Andersen, cleveland.com

Head coach Pat Shurmur and kicker Phil Dawson talk about the Travel Channel show "NFL Road Tested: The Cleveland Browns" which debuts tonight (Dec 4th) at 10 p.m. The weekly series is the first to take the fan behind-the-scenes of an NFL franc…