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Rajon Rondo Moves One Step Closer To A Record; Kyrie Irving Nearly Beats Dallas By Himself

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

In one of those dreaded Saturday afternoon Atlantic Division games (seriously, who came up with these?), Boston turned a close game against Toronto into a rout during the second half of a 107-89 beatdown. Jason Terry, still starting in the Bean, went of…

Terry Pluto, cleveland.com

The Browns already know what they have in Massaquoi: A decent receiver who gets hurt a lot. Josh Gordon, Josh Cooper and Travis Benjamin should get more playing time down the stretch to see how they develop alongside Greg Little.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

O.J. Mayo scored 19 points and the Dallas Mavericks used a pair of 9-0 runs in the fourth quarter to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-95 on Saturday night.

Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com

Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who is 20-3 in November, is especially dangerous when he gets out of the pocket and makes throws on the run.

nba.com

Cavaliers rookie center Tyler Zeller has returned after missing four games with a fractured left orbital bone and a concussion.

theclevelandfan.com

  Rare is it that a player in any sport says anything of great interest that when he does you want to just cut him some slack, leave the comments to dangle and just enjoy the fact that you don't have to write another "we respect our opponents"…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

For many injured players listed as questionable, the questions evaporate when the plane leaves for the site of the game without him.  For Browns cornerback Joe Haden, the question remains, because he made the trip to Dallas for Sunday’s game against th…

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

Browns running back Trent Richardson will play against the team his childhood idol, Emmitt Smith, began his Hall of Fame career with in the Dallas Cowboys.

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

The Browns players will be focused on the game, not the venue, when they play at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday.

Matt Florjancic, clevelandbrowns.com

Cleveland Browns defensive back Usama Young has not forgotten where he came from and still supports Kent State University’s football team.

theclevelandfan.com

The Cleveland Browns come off the bye and head to Texas to take on the Dallas Cowboys. With seven games left in the season, and some potential wins there for the taking, how will the players and coaches respond as they are under the continued microscope…

theclevelandfan.com

Judging by our timeline on Twitter this afternoon we are probably in the minority on this subject, but here goes: Is Josh Cribbs’ desire to have a bigger role in the Cleveland Browns offense really a bad thing? We admit to having a soft spot for Cribbs …

ESPN.com

In the video, Mark Schlereth and Herm Edwards make their predictions for the Browns at the Cowboys. Here's what the other ESPN experts are predicting: Eric Allen: Cowboys Mike Golic: Cowboys Merril Hoge: Cowboys Ron Jaworski: Cowboys Chris Mortensen: Co…

David I. Andersen, cleveland.com

Cleveland Browns Trent Richardson, Joe Thomas, Ben Watson and Greg Little talk about the growth of rookie starting quarterback Brandon Weeden as they prepare for the last 7 games of the season following their bye week.

theclevelandfan.com

It’s no secret that the Indians need starting pitching. Not one regular starting pitcher from the 2012 team qualified as being above replacement level. Justin Masterson regressed last season. Ubaldo Jimenez does not appear to be the answer that the Indi…