Major League Baseball is just days away from "Spring Training 2.0," and we now have a better idea of who will be with the Indians come Opening Day late next month.
The Tribe on Sunday unveiled its "working roster" of 55 players that will be eligible to come up to the big league club at any time during this abbreviated 60-game season. The group will now compete in a weeks-long camp to determine who makes the initial 30-man roster when the regular season begins.
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The preseason-opening Dallas Cowboys-Pittsburgh Steelers game at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 6 is being canceled and the Hall of Fame's Aug. 8 enshrinement ceremony is being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, league sources told ESPN.
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Two-time All-Star Andre Drummond says he plans to pick up his player option that will keep him in Cleveland for another year.
Drummond, who was traded to the Cavaliers by the Detroit Pistons in February, has a $28.75 million option for the 2020-21 season.
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After weeks of wrangling, the MLB Players’ Association told MLB that players will be ready to report on July 1 for a second Spring Training.
Teams will conduct a 60-game season in home ballparks, MLB said on Tuesday. Most teams will conduct their preseason training in their home cities instead of utilizing Spring Training facilities.
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Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2020 ESPY Awards Sunday night.
He was recognized for his work in destigmatizing mental health issues.
He penned an essay in 2018 about having a panic attack during a game.
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Alabama and Ohio State have scheduled a home-and-home football series for 2027 and 2028, the schools announced Thursday.
The Buckeyes will host the first game in Columbus on Sept. 18, 2027, before traveling to Tuscaloosa the following season on Sept. 9, 2028.
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Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love, who has become a spokesman for mental health and wellness, will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during Sunday's ESPYS.
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Antonio Hall is coming back home.
The former McKinley All-Ohio football player is set to become the school’s athletic director, pending Canton City Schools Board of Education approval on Monday. Hall will receive a two-year contract.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers announced that on Friday, June 19, the organization will begin observing Juneteenth as an annual paid holiday.
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is an American holiday commemorating June 19, 1865—the date in which Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced that the Civil War had ended and all those still enslaved were free.
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to kneel during the national anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism.
In answering a post from a fan on his Instagram account Saturday that pleaded with him not to kneel, Mayfield responded: "Pull your head out. I absolutely am."
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