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For years there has been a struggle over what's the right way to handle sports mascots? In the NFL The Washington Redskins have taken a hard line and refuse to change their nickname or logo but in the MLB the Cleveland Indians have begun steps to distance themselves from their mascot "Chie…

Justin Lada covers the Cleveland Indians for the Lake County News Herald and Burning River Baseball. I have long said the team I'd like to avoid is the Indians, that is until I found out the team they would like to avoid is the Yankees.

The World Series is a special match up this year the Cleveland Indians who haven't won in 68 years take on the Chicago Cubs that are in their own 108 year drought. That kind of time without hoisting the World Series trophy does something to a city...

The Cleveland Indians are headed to the American League Championship Series but no one is talking about them. They swept the Red Sox but they're not the story. Looking back at game three of the ALDS it was a story about David "Big Papi" Ortiz's career coming to an end and…

The Siena College athletic community has been saddened by the loss of Billy Harrell. Harrell died on Tuesday morning at the age of 86.
He was a 1952 Siena graduate, and among the most successful and decorated athletes in Saints history.
Harrell was the first Saint to have his number retired...

The Cleveland Indians have had a guy named Bruce Dennan call their games forever. He has a TV show and earlier this week (it was on April Fools Day, if that matters), Dennan went crazy over a silly Derek Jeter question.
Nice breast stroke, man...

Jason Giambi is old by baseball's standards. At 42 years old, he is one of the oldest active players in the sport. However, he didn't let that stop him from crushing a pinch-hit walk-off home run last night, keeping the Cleveland Indians at the top of the standings for the American League&…

Mariano Rivera is synonymous with Metallica's Enter Sandman after a Major League career consisting of well over a decade of entering baseball games with the song serving as the soundtrack. As a result, the Cleveland Indians decided to give Rivera a gold copy of the album as their gift to him du…

You have to wonder if the Boston Red Sox are starting to look behind them. At the Rays. The Orioles. And now the Yankees.
The Yanks pound Boston in game 1 of their weekend series in Boston 10-3 behind the pitching of Andy Pettitte and the power of Alfonso Soriano and newly acquired Mark Reynolds...

The non-waiver trade deadline is almost here. 4 p.m. eastern  is when the trading bell finishes. Tuesday night Boston and Detroit strengthened themselves for the stretch and the Chicago White Sox looked to the future.
In the 3 team deal, the Red Sox get pitcher Jake Peavy from Chicago...

Don't worry if you are 1 of those on guard 24 hours a day for alleged or real racist or gay slurs. This time the former Atlanta Braves closer, and a few other clubs, opened his mouth about steroids and how the game was better with the players juicing and cheating...

CC Sabathia has thrown over 2,600 innings in the big leagues.  He is 32.  He had a bone spur removed over the offseason.  He has trouble putting guys away with two strikes.  His velocity is down.  At times, his location is hit and miss, especially with his off-speed stuff.  In other words, this isn'…