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Paul DePodesta had to wait a year, but he got his man in Kevin Stefanski, the former Vikings offensive coordinator.

The Browns on Sunday hired Stefanski, 37, as their 18th full-time head coach and their 10th in the new era. He’s the fifth one hired by the Browns since the Haslams took over in 2012.

The Cleveland Indians' 2020 season will get off to an earlier start than usual.

On Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced the start times for its master schedule for the 2020 season. And in doing so, it revealed that the Indians' season-opener against the Detroit Tigers on March 26 will begin at 1:10 p.m., rather than the customary 4 p.m. starts that had often accompanied Cleveland home openers.

After stunning his players in a film session Wednesday with a verbal suggestion that they were no longer playing "like a bunch of thugs," Cleveland Cavaliers coach John Beilein later reached out to players individually to insist he instead meant to use the word "slugs."

The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived forwards Alfonzo McKinnie and Tyler Cook while also signing guard Levi Randolph to a two-way contract, league sources tell cleveland.com.

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Kevin Porter Jr. exited Sunday's 118-103 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves early with a left knee injury.

The 30th overall pick in last year's draft was injured in the third quarter, when his knee buckled awkwardly while he tried to change directions. The slender guard immediately grabbed his leg and had to be helped to Cleveland's locker room.

All-American cornerback Jeff Okudah of Ohio State declared for the NFL draft on Wednesday.

Okudah is ranked as the No. 5 overall player on Mel Kiper's latest Big Board and is the No. 1 cornerback.

Ohio State junior running back J.K. Dobbins will enter the NFL draft, he announced Monday.

Dobbins, a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, is ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.'s No. 3-ranked draft-eligible running back and the No. 24-ranked overall player according to Scouts Inc.

Corey Kluber led by example and excellence in Cleveland. The Texas Rangers are hoping he can do the same for them.

The Cleveland Indians traded the two-time Cy Young Award winner -- and their unquestioned ace over the past six seasons -- to the Rangers on Sunday, a blockbuster deal that could dramatically change both teams.

Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley will be Boston College's next coach, the school announced Saturday.

In a statement, BC athletic director Martin Jarmond said Hafley was "someone we targeted from the outset."

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ohio State defensive end Chase Young won the Bronko Nagurski Award given to the nation's top college defensive player on Monday night.

Young was the nation's most dominant player on defense this season, recording 16.5 sacks and forcing six fumbles in 10 games for the Buckeyes. His best game came against then-No. 13 Wisconsin, as he had four sacks and two forced fumbles in a 38-7 victory.