Wed, 12/01/2010 - 07:12 by Prince damin
Miami -- Miami Heat forward LeBron James said Tuesday he expects his return to Cleveland this week to be difficult but is ready for whatever the fans dish out.
James will visit the city Thursday for the first time since leaving the Cavaliers as a free agent and joining the Heat, a move that was lucrative for him but widely criticized by Cavs fans and by owner Dan Gilbert.
"It's going to be very emotional for myself," James told reporters at a press conference in Miami Tuesday. "I've got a lot of great memories in that city. I give a lot of thanks to that city, a lot of thanks to those fans for giving me the opportunity to not only showcase my talents but grow from a boy to a young man."
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Mon, 11/22/2010 - 10:02 by Prince damin
Jacksonville, Fla. -- Maurice Jones-Drew scored the go-ahead touchdown on 1-yard run with 1:16 left Sunday, boosting the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 24-20 win over Cleveland.
Jones-Drew rushed for 132 yards on 24 carries and David Garrard shook off three interceptions to gain 254 passing yards, hurling a pair of TD passes in the victory.
The Jaguars (6-4), who reeled off their third straight win, also got five receptions for 66 yards and a touchdown from Marcedes Lewis.
Cleveland (3-7) dropped its second straight game. Colt McCoy passed for 241 yards and a touchdown, but he committed a key turnover with 13 seconds left when he picked off.
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Mon, 11/15/2010 - 10:21 by Prince damin
Cleveland -- Mark Sanchez found Santonio Holmes on a 37-yard TD toss in overtime Sunday, boosting the New York Jets to a 26-20 win over Cleveland.
With only 16 seconds left in overtime, the contest was looking as if it would become the first NFL tie in nearly two years.
But after taking over on the Browns' 37-yard line, Sanchez dropped back and connected with Holmes over the middle. The Jets' receiver took off down the left sideline and scored, notching the win for the Jets (7-2), who took their second straight overtime game.
Holmes finished the game with 76 yards on five catches and Shonn Greene contributed 72 yards on 20 carries for New York.
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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:37 by Prince damin
Seattle -- Shin-Soo Choo doubled home three of Cleveland's four sixth-inning runs Thursday and added a two-run homer in the ninth, boosting the Indians past Seattle 6-3.
Cleveland ended a four-game losing streak and ensured the Mariners would have a losing record for the fifth time in seven years.
Seattle took a 3-0 lead into the sixth but the Indians loaded the bases on singles by Luis Valbuena, Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera. Choo then hit a bases-clearing double and scored the fourth run of the inning on a single by Travis Hafner.
Choo's ninth-inning homer was his 16th of the season.
The comeback made a winner out of starter Josh Timlin (3-3), who allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out five.
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Fri, 08/20/2010 - 09:33 by Prince damin
Kansas City, Mo. -- Trevor Crowe started a streak of four straight singles that led to a five-run eighth inning Thursday and rallied Cleveland to a 7-3 win over Kansas City.
The Royals had a 3-0 lead going into the eighth and Kyle Davies was coasting to an apparent win but Cleveland sent 11 men to the plate in the eighth, producing seven hits off three pitchers.
Crowe, Matt LaPorta, Jason Donald and Shelley Duncan had consecutive one-out singles to account for two runs. Michael Brantley drew a walk to load the bases, Asdrubal Cabrera had a sacrifice fly and Shin-Soo Choo produced an RBI single.
Travis Hafner drove in the last run of the inning with an infield hit. Cabrera doubled home one of Cleveland's two ninth-inning runs.
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Sat, 08/07/2010 - 09:07 by Prince damin
Cleveland -- Matt LaPorta homered while leading off the ninth inning Friday, giving the Cleveland Indians a wild 7-6 victory over Minnesota.
The Twins fell behind 4-0 after two innings and finally completed a game-long attempt to catch up when they scored twice in the top of the ninth.
Both the Minnesota runs came on a one-out single by Alexi Casilla, who had four RBI in the game after having had just eight in his previous 41 contests this season.
The 6-6 deadlock lasted only two pitches into the bottom half of the ninth before LaPorta homered to center off Matt Guerrier (2-7).
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Thu, 08/05/2010 - 09:07 by Prince damin
Boston -- Andy Marte's three-run homer finished off a five-run seventh Wednesday that sent the Cleveland Indians cruising to a 9-1 victory over Boston.
Justin Masterson (4-10) gave up a homer by David Ortiz for Boston's only run and four Cleveland relievers combined to allow just two hits with six strikeouts over the final four innings.
Boston starter Jon Lester continued to struggle and center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, activated from the disabled list after being out for two months with fractured ribs, went hitless in five at bats as the leadoff man in the order.
The Indians built a 4-1 lead through six innings, thanks in part to a solo homer from Jason Nix, before breaking things open with their big seventh frame.
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Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:01 by Prince damin
Cleveland -- The Detroit Tigers acquired third baseman Jhonny Peralta and cash from the Cleveland Indians Wednesday for left-handed pitcher Giovanni Soto.
Peralta, who had spent his entire seven-year career with Cleveland, hit .246 with seven home runs and 43 RBI in 91 games this season.
For his career, he is batting .264 with 103 home runs and 456 RBI in 923 games.
Soto has been pitching for the Tigers' Class A affiliate in West Michigan, where he started 16 games and had gone 6-6 with a 2.61 earned run average.
The Tigers were without a top-flight third baseman since Brandon Inge went down with a broken hand July 19. They are in a dogfight with the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins for the American League Central title.
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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 02:09 by Pankaj Damin
Minneapolis -- Francisco Liriano tossed seven shutout innings and Delmon Young drove in three runs Wednesday in the Minnesota Twins' 6-0 win over Cleveland.
Liriano (8-7) held the Indians to six hits, striking out eight and surviving four walks to improve to 4-0 against Cleveland this season and break the Tribe's six-game winning streak.
Jesse Crain and Anthony Slama, making his major league debut, each threw a scoreless inning to complete the shutout and enable the Twins to salvage one win in their three-game series with the Indians at Target Field.
Young went 3-for-5, including a third-inning RBI double to put the Twins up 1-0 and a bad-hop single past Cleveland shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera that drove in two more in the eighth.
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Mon, 07/19/2010 - 09:24 by Pankaj Damin
Cleveland -- Jhonny Peralta hit an inside-the-park homer and Jeanmar Gomez won his first major league start Sunday, pacing the Cleveland Indians to a 7-2 win over Detroit.
Peralta's first-inning blast sent center fielder Ryan Raburn to the fence. He fell through the bullpen door as Jayson Nix, Carlos Santana and Peralta circled the bases to give the Indians an early 3-0 lead.
Nix went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Cleveland went on to complete a four-game sweep of Detroit, their first such sweep of the Tigers since 1991.
Gomez (1-0) was called up from the minors for a spot start and gave up just five hits and a walk while fanning four on 93 pitches.
Detroit Tiger Andy Oliver (0-4) was rocked for five runs on four hits over 3 2/3 innings.
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Sat, 07/17/2010 - 09:14 by Pankaj Damin
Cleveland -- Andy Marte put Cleveland ahead with a two-run homer in the fourth Friday and the Indians went on to down Detroit 8-2.
Marte broke a 2-2 tie with his third home run of the year and Austin Kearns added a two-run shot during a four-run sixth inning that broke the game open.
Cleveland had lost five out of six games heading into the All-Star break.
Jake Westbrook (6-5) survived 5 2/3 innings to get the victory, giving up two runs on five hits and striking out five.
Detroit lost its second in a row following a five-game winning streak.
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Fri, 07/16/2010 - 09:02 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- U.S. pop star Joe Jonas is to play Will, the son of Valerie Bertinelli's character Melanie, on the sitcom "Hot in Cleveland," TV Land said Thursday.
In the episode, Will comes to Cleveland to visit his recently transplanted mother.
Jonas is to appear in the Aug. 11 episode to be taped in front of a live studio audience Saturday.
"Hot in Cleveland," which is now in its first season, stars Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. It was picked up July 7 for a second season of 20 episodes. The second season is to begin production in October and is expected to premiere in January 2011 on TV Land.
Jonas is one-third of the fraternal pop group Jonas Brothers.
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