New Standard of Success
David Hoffman, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
What a difference a year can make. Just a year ago, the Indians’ recently completed season would have been considered a great success. After last year’s run to the American League wild card game, though, this season doesn’t quite stack up. Nevertheless the Tribe enjoyed a respectable campaign,...
All the King’s Men
Aaron Shang, Contributing Reporter
September 26, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
Cue the music—Diddy’s “Coming Home,” if you please. For a city seeking its first major championship since 1964, Cleveland has embraced the news that Lebron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers. But if the King is to hoist his third Larry O’Brien (NBA championship) trophy come May,...
Cy Young Award belongs in Cleveland
Joey Arko, Contributing Reporter
September 26, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKluber! After notching back-to-back 14-strikeout performances (hence the 14 “K’s” in his name), Indians starting pitcher Corey Kluber is making a very strong case for the American league Cy Young award—baseball’s most prestigious acknowledgment for pitchers. The last time...
Suspension
JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor
August 29, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
Browns Star Josh Gordon out for season During the greatness Cleveland sports saw over the summer, everyone knew we would come down from the clouds sooner or later. We were just hoping it would be later. As of Wednesday afternoon the Browns leading wide receiver, Josh Gordon, has been officially ...
Love a Cavalier
JP. O’Hagan, Sports Editor
August 29, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
Superstar comes to Cleveland in long hyped trade Perhaps this will become a quadrennial sporting event to look forward too, much like the Olympics or the World Cup. Four years ago an NBA owner trashed his former superstar when said superstar left his team to join another in search of a championshi...
Hanging in the summer sun
JP O'Hagan, Sports Editor
April 25, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
As this semester comes to a close and Cleveland begins to warm up (and then cool down and then warm up) the summer break brings an end to most Case Western sporting events. This by no means means that sports fans who are still on campus for the summer, or who live nearby, will need to cling to ESPN for...
Play Ball!
David Hoffman, Staff Reporter
April 4, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
The Indians returned this week from a pleasantly surprising season that saw them win their last ten games in the regular season to nab home field advantage for the American League wild card game. Unfortunately, last season’s run ended in that wild card game as they fell to the Tampa Bay Rays. Entering...
Evaluating the Browns’ prospects for 2014 NFL Draft
Arun Murugesan, Contributing Reporter
March 22, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
It feels like every year in Cleveland we say this is going to be the biggest draft for the Browns, but this year that statement rings truer than in past years. The Browns have stockpiled picks in this draft, and more importantly, picks in the value rounds of the draft (seven picks in the first four rounds)....
MLB promotes safety heading into start of spring training
JP O'Hagan, Sports Editor
February 28, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
Major League Baseball established a one-year experimental change to the laws of the national pastime this past week. Over growing concern for player safety, the league established a no-collision rule for plays at home plate. Close plays at home are a classic baseball highlight, with the momentary...
Cleveland Indians logo switch stirs up controversy
J.P. O'Hagan, Staff Reporter
February 21, 2014
Filed under Cleveland & National Sports, Sports
The outcry over the use of names such as the Redskins in professional sports has not diminished in the past few months. Just last week it was revealed that two Congressmen have written letters to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell urging Goodell and the league to take a formal stance against the Redskins...
