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Cleveland Sports News and Rumors

Cleveland Browns' Jimmy Haslam has high praise for Phil Dawson, Josh Cribbs

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

Browns owner lauds soon-to-be free agents, but said the team hasn't decided whether its going to re-sign them.

Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com

View full size Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam breaks out in laughter after a comment by former Browns player and current Browns commentator Doug Dieken, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Greater Cleveland Sports Awards banquet. Joh…

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski added two more assistants to his staff Thursday and is nearly done with the hiring process.

nba.com

Still not old enough to legally toast any of his accomplishments, Kyrie Irving joined one of the NBA's most elite groups.

Mike Peticca, cleveland.com

Four-time Pro Bowl guard Gibron played six full seasons with the Browns, and they played in the NFL championship game in every one of them.

Mike Peticca, cleveland.com

Horton and Turner are together in different roles: as the Browns' defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively.

Evan Drellich, MLB.com

Indians manager Terry Francona knows what he has in Mike Aviles from their time together with the Red Sox, but the arbitration-eligible Aviles needs a contract first.

theclevelandfan.com

On Feb. 2, the 46-member selection committee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame will meet to vote on this year’s class of inductees. And there is a chance that the unthinkable may happen when the group gets together in New Orleans – they may actually v…

Matt Loede, brownsgab.com

The Browns today named Brian Baker as their outside linebackers coach and Jon Embree as tight ends coach. “Brian’s addition to our staff gives us another coach with extensive NFL experience,” said Browns head coach Rob Chudzinski. “His players hav…

Mike Peticca, cleveland.com

Defensive lineman Simon had been playing linebacker at Senior Bowl practices. Winters is a highly-rated guard. Savage is the former Browns general manager. More Senior Bowl story links.

nba.com

The Cavaliers have assigned newly acquired guard Josh Selby to their Canton affiliate in the NBA Development League.

Glenn Moore, cleveland.com

On today's PD Sports Insider, Bud Shaw, Dennis Manoloff and cleveland.com's Glenn Moore talked with Cleveland Indians reliever Joe Smith about the upcoming season and the Tribe's acquisitions.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

One of the biggest challenges for a rookie head coach is building a solid coaching staff, but Browns coach Rob Chudzinski continues to acccumulate good help. According to Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Browns have hired former Cowboy…

Steve King, clevelandbrowns.com

In this series, ClevelandBrowns.com looks back to the first AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, played on Jan. 24, 1971.

Branson Wright, cleveland.com

Quarterbacks and wide receivers are not the only players who benefit under Norv Turner's offensive schemes.

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

The trade deadline sits like an inviting target four weeks away for the Trail Blazers, who have remained in playoff contention despite a recent six-game losing streak. Couldn't they make a deal to improve their unproductive bench and enhance their chanc…

ESPN.com

Just a reminder that the AFC North weekly chat was relocated to Thursday at 3 p.m. this week. Even though the Ravens are in the Super Bowl, our talk doesn't have to be limited to Super Bowl questions. This is your time to discuss the Bengals, Browns and…

theclevelandfan.com

The one spot unaccounted for in the everyday lineup for the Cleveland Indians is the designated hitter. With the other eight lineup spots filled, the bullpen pretty much decided, and the team reportedly out of the money it would take to add another star…