State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — State and local police spent hours at the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Tuesday night as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before.

Police at the scene and prosecutors would not comment on the actions while Sports Illustrated, citing an unidentified source, reported that Hernandez was not believed to be a suspect in what was being treated as a possible homicide. Police had spoken with Hernandez, the magazine said.

Sports Illustrated reported that the link between Hernandez and the case was a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates that police had been searching for. The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass., said the SUV was registered to Enterprise and investigators wanted to analyze it for fingerprints.

The Associated Press could not independently confirm the reports.

No cause of death had been released for the body found about 5:30 p.m. Monday.

Hernandez is represented by the Athletes First agency, which said it has no comment "on the Aaron Hernandez situation." The player's mother said by telephone from Connecticut on Tuesday she had no knowledge of a case involving him.

The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Florida in 2010. Since then, he has combined with Rob Gronkowski to form one of the top tight end duos in the NFL.

On Tuesday night, some police officers stood on the front steps of Hernandez's home and others could be seen inside. Some walked around the driveway and in the garage with flashlights. Before wrapping up their work for the night, one officer took a box out of the massive house.

"I am aware of the reports, but I do not anticipate that we will be commenting publicly during an ongoing police investigation," Patriots spokesman Stacey James said.

North Attleborough is south of Boston on the Rhode Island state line, not far from the Patriots' stadium in Foxboro.

In 38 games, the 6-foot-1, 245-pound Hernandez has 175 receptions for 1,956 yards and 18 touchdowns. He missed 10 games last season with an ankle injury and had shoulder surgery in April, but is expected to be ready for training camp. The Patriots have not said which shoulder was operated on.

Last summer, the Patriots gave Hernandez a five-year contract. It was worth $40 million, according to reports, and came just months after the team locked up Gronkowski, through 2019.

"Aaron's improved a lot," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said at the time. "He's worked hard, he's improved a lot in all phases of the game — the passing game, the running game, protection and his overall versatility. He's doing a good job for us."

Hernandez played in college with Tim Tebow, who was recently signed by the Patriots.

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Former lightweight boxing champion Ray Mancini presented his documentary, "The Good Son," at the Cedar Lee Theater on Tuesday night.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Despite his lightweight boxing title and 23 knockouts in 29 career wins,  Youngstown's Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is forever linked with his bout that led to the death of Duk Koo Kim.

Mancini's career, however, has been much more than that fatal bout on Nov. 13, 1982, and his documentary, "The Good Son," displayed that on screen Tuesday night at the Cedar Lee Theatre.

It was one of several theaters from across the country showing the film. Mancini answered questions and mingled with fans before and after the documentary.

The Good Son, as Mancini told the audience, is not necessarily a boxing film. It's a film about Mancini's life inside and outside of the ring, but especially his close relationship with his father.

The relationship between Mancini and his father Lenny is not the only father-and-son relationship documented. The biggest surprise in the emotion-packed film is a meeting between Mancini and Duk Koo Kim's fiancee and son.

Mancini will make his last public appearance with the film on Thursday at the Hollywood Theater in Pittsburgh.

If success in the NBA Finals is a leading metric in determining a player's legacy, LeBron James has a way to go.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ten years, and still no defined legacy. What's a global icon to do?

Many analysts say Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night will firm up the legacy of LeBron James. Although NBA media coverage has become little more than a character-driven study of James, we must wait for the full body of his work.

James is often described as being part Magic Johnson because of his passing ability and part Michael Jordan because no one else has been a reasonable facsimile. But James simply lacks the Finals won-lost numbers to compare to Magic (5-4 in them) and, especially, Jordan (an immaculate 6-0).

On less exalted ground, but ground still claimed by all-time greats, James fares better. He will be either 2-2 or 1-3 in the Finals after Thursday night.

Julius Erving was 1-3 in the NBA Finals. (He was 2-0 in the ABA). When Erving was sold to the Philadelphia 76ers - in a move that stacked a team that already had George McGinnis, Darryl Dawkins and a young World B. (nee Lloyd) Free - Erving at first uneasily deferred to McGinnis, the senior member of the partnership.

James, who can slip into the rhythms of the game as easily as a hand into a supple glove, is sometimes reticent about taking over. In 2011, the first of three straight Miami appearances in the Finals, James tried to let Dwyane Wade, the senior member of the partnership, carry him to a championship.

Wilt is a more apt comparison, at least in that Chamberlain owned all the records. Wilt almost made a fetish of statistics, seeking weird outliers, such as deciding, as a center, to lead the league in assists. It was the only way he could maintain his interest.

As New York Knicks forward Bill Bradley argued in his brilliant basketball autobiography, "Life on the Run," if Wilt had all the stats, that meant he should have all the championships too. But he won only two, and those with a pair the greatest teams ever (the 68-13 76ers of 1966-67 and the 69-13 Lakers of 1971-72).

Strategically, Wilt had to await delivery of the ball in the post. He could not dribble it up and create his own shot, although, always trying to prove he was more than simply tall, he undoubtedly would have loved to try.

James has no such restrictions on him. He can play any position, even emergency center.

James has more of the baubles of greatness than anyone playing now in his four Most Valuable Player awards. It is a regular-season honor, which is meant to show that such tedium does so mean something. James enjoys, even revels in, global fame and scrutiny. Attention for James is what stats were for Chamberlain. He can't live without it.

James got his lone championship ring last year, in a compressed 66-game season, in which the hectic schedule favored the younger, more resilient teams. It was no surprise that the callow Oklahoma City Thunder, unnerved by the Finals spotlight, went quietly once they got there.

That is not a shot at the quality of the title. As James found out, any championship is a hard endeavor.

When James, Wade and Chris Bosh strutted and shimmied out of the fake fog at the Miami pep rally, and James promised championships stretching well nigh into infinity ("not four, not five, not six, not seven. . .") it recalled Muhammad Ali. Often, Ali predicted the round when his opponent would depart from the competition, usually in rhymed couplets. It's not bragging if you can back it up.

It is hard today, when boxing has been marginalized, to grasp how dominant Ali was in the sports consciousness in this country in the 1960s and '70s. A speedy, elusive boxer when he was young, Ali later became a slugger, standing toe to toe with the heavyweight division's best. So great was Ali's pride that members of his entourage worried that George Foreman, whom Ali knocked out, might kill him in the ring. Because Ali would never quit.

In Game 5 against Boston in the second round in 2010, we found out that did not apply to James.

The Nerlens Noel who is being criticized lately does not sound like the one Mary Schmitt Boyer interviewed in Birmingham recently.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- I've been reading some disparaging words the last couple of days about Kentucky center Nerlens Noel as he heads into the NBA draft.

There are reports that teams are being scared off by his "handlers," and that Washington won't choose Noel at No. 3 even if he is still on the board because of the attitude being given off by Noel and his people.

I can't speak for anyone else's experience with the young man, but I can tell you that what is being reported was not my experience, and this was before he hired well-respected agent Andy Miller last week.

After the Cavaliers won the NBA draft lottery and the No. 1 pick, I arranged to go down to Birmingham and interview Noel while he was rehabilitating his torn knee ligament.

I had no trouble setting it up. It took me all of two emails. He arrived when he was supposed to, worked hard all day, reported for a shooting session on time and worked hard until the coach running it decided he'd had enough. He was serious, but polite and businesslike.

I encountered no entourage, although recent reports also have been critical of those around him.

I don't know whether the Cavs will draft Noel. I just know that the player I'm reading about is not the same one I interviewed. It just seemed like somebody should offer another side of the young man.

Here are what blogs from Cleveland and around the country are saying about the Browns, Cavaliers and Indians. Featured today are Bleacher Report, Did The Tribe Win Last Night and Right Down Euclid.

Here are what blogs from Cleveland and around the country are saying about the Browns, Cavaliers and Indians.

This is Jordan Cameron's time to shine. (John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer) 

"With Gordon's suspension, the Browns have to return to square one—working with a group of receivers and tight ends who haven't shown the capability of emerging as No. 1 threats in the near future.

Though, if the Browns are going to receive production from other talent on the roster, the first prime candidate to do so is tight end Jordan Cameron.

Cameron will have a plethora of opportunities in an offense directed by head coach Rob Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner, who both are known for using tight ends frequently in their offensive sets.

Labeled at 6'5, 246 lbs, Cameron brings both the height and quick feet that can make him effective in the middle of the field. As a former fourth-round pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Cameron has not displayed much production to determine if he could ever become a fortified offensive threat.

He could also become very effective in the play-action passing game, as second-year running back Trent Richardson demands attention from the front seven. Thus, Cameron could face some favorable one-on-one matchups with shorter linebackers. He has been viewed as a breakout candidate in 2013 along with Gordon.

In fact, the absence of Gordon could turn out to be a good thing for Cameron. By becoming the focal point of the offense early on, he can capitalize on the chance to improve chemistry with Brandon Weeden and potentially emerge as the No. 1 target in the Browns passing game.

Among the group of young receivers, the most likely to replace Gordon's production is Greg Little. The former UNC Tar Heel has struggled to be a consistent target for the few Browns quarterbacks he has worked with over the years."

Is Lonnie Chisenhall the future at third base for the Tribe? (Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer) 

"The biggest thing about Chisenhall’s return is that he finds himself in a similar situation to the one Matt LaPorta found himself in a year ago. This could be Chisenhall’s last best chance to prove to the Indians that he can be a long-term answer at third base. It seemed like everyone – fans, analysts, teammates – was expecting this to be Chisenhall’s breakthrough season.

When he got off to the slow start, the Indians had to change up their plans. The aforementioned Reynolds began seeing regular time at third while Jason Giambi – initially expected to play only once, maybe twice per week – started playing three of four times. Needless to say, the 42-year-old Giambi’s production suffered from the playing time. On top of that, the Indians didn’t really have any other options to put at third base. On MLB.com’s list of the Indians’ top 20 prospects, the only third baseman on the list is Giovanny Urshela. Urshela is number 20 on the list and has yet to reach Columbus.

So from here, one of two things could happen. Chisenhall could figure it out and prove to be the third baseman of the present and the future, or he could continue to struggle and force the Indians’ hand."

Is Ben McLemore the No. 1 pick? (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) 

"Physical Tools

McLemore is a pretty good athlete for the shooting guard position. He has a vertical leap of 42 inches, is really fast and has great strength for a guard, which he uses to play solid defense, get rebounding position and finish in traffic and on the break. He also has a 6’8” wingspan, which helps his defensive potential when combined with his quickness. Athletically, McLemore stacks up with the best of today’s shooting guard crop and doesn’t really have any physical holes. He could stand to add some weight to his frame, but at 190 pounds, he should still be able to hold his own.

Offense

A lot to like here. McLemore has the prototypical offensive game for a shooting guard, and is able to do a lot of things well. McLemore has great shooting mechanics and should have no problems scoring from outside at the next level. He’s a great free throw shooter and nailed 42 percent of his threes last year, and McLemore is solid in catch-and-shoot situations. He’s not the best at creating off the dribble or pulling up for jumpers, but that should come as he blossoms into a more confident scorer. McLemore does succeed often on straight drives to the hoop, where his speed is excellent for blowing by defenders, but he’s not creative enough, and his left hand isn’t developed enough, for this to be a regular part of his offense just yet. McLemore does thrive on fast breaks, where his abilities to get to the rim and his speed make him a dangerous finisher. He’s also an underrated playmaker, putting up 2.2 assists per 36 minutes with his adept passing skills and never passing up an opportunity to find a teammate with a better look than he had. That skill is going to bode well for him at the next level and makes him more versatile. Overall, the only real hole in McLemore’s offensive game is his abilities creating off the dribble, and I think that will improve as he develops. McLemore has a high ceiling as an offensive player."

LORAIN, Ohio – When veteran football coach Tony Shoulders joined the Lorain staff in January, it was to coach defensive backs and help out head coach Mark Solis. Little did he know that by summer he would be head coach.

Lorain interim football coach Tony Shoulders - (Lorain High School)

LORAIN, Ohio – When veteran football coach Tony Shoulders joined the Lorain staff in January, it was to coach defensive backs and help out head coach Mark Solis.

Little did he know that by summer he would be head coach.

Shoulders is to be Lorain High's interim head coach for the 2013 season, pending school board approval, the school announced Wednesday.

Solis resigned this month to become head coach at Lewis Center Olentangy.

Shoulders, 55, becomes Lorain's third coach since the merger of Southview and Admiral King in 2010.

“I'm excited about it,'' said Shoulders, an elementary physical education teacher in Lorain. “This wasn't the plan at first. I was coming in as a DB coach. Mark had a situation where he had to leave in the interest of his family. I'm glad to be back at it.''

Athletic Director Brian Koury said the school will revisit the position after the season and could stay with Shoulders or search for a long-term coach.

“One of our primary goals was to try to keep as much continuity as possible,'' Koury said. “We have a number of coaches on the staff who have been working with the kids for the past few years, and Tony is an unbelievable person and a great coach.

“After the season, we're going to re-evaluate the situation. I had a long conversation with Tony. He's going to be retiring in a few years from teaching and coaching, potentially. Our primary goal will be to find a long-term fit.''

Shoulders has 30 years coaching experience at high schools and colleges, including stopes at Defiance College, Baldwin Wallace and Tennessee State. He most recently was an assistant at Elyria Catholic.

In 2002, he was head coach at Southview when it had one of the three winning seasons in school history and he was named Lorain County Coach of the Year.

The Plain Dealer's Mary Schmitt Boyer and cleveland.com's Glenn Moore break down the top shooting guards in the 2013 NBA Draft.

This is the second video in a series of position previews in advance of the June 27 NBA Draft. Previously, small forwards were highlighted.

1. Kansas' Ben McLemore (6-4 3/4, 189): Averaged 15.9 points and 5.2 rebounds as the Jayhawks finished 31-6. Fantastic athlete and a great shooter. Shot 42 percent from 3-point range. He's long and quick but at this point he can't get his own shot and also has been known to disappear.

2. Indiana's Victor Oladipo (6-4 1/2, 213): Averaged 13.6 points and 6.3 rebounds as the Hoosiers finished 29-7. Another great athlete with a 42-inch vertical leap. Scouts love his defense, rebounding and energy. General managers loved his personality and how he conducted himself in interviews at the combine.

3. Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (6-5 1/2, 204): Averaged 18.5 points and 7.1 rebounds as the Bulldogs finished 15-17. A great shooter with range who can also pass and defend. Needs to work on ball-handling and his mid-range game.

4. San Diego State's Jamaal Franklin (6-5 1/4, 191): Averaged 17 points and 9.5 rebounds as the Aztecs finished 23-11. His best skill is rebounding. He's athletic with long arms and he puts both to good use. Versatile and experienced. In fact, with three years of college he's like a veteran in this rookie class.

5. NBDL's Glen Rice Jr. (6-5 3/4, 211): Averaged 13 points and 6.2 rebounds as the Rio Grande Valley Vipers won the NBA D-League championship. A good athlete who can rebound and defend, but, unlike his dad, he's more of a scorer than a shooter. Overall stock hurt by the fact he got kicked off the team at Georgia Tech.

Will the Cavs find a trade partner on draft night? What's the worst thing they could do with the top pick? Chris Fedor answers those questions and more.

CLEVELAND -- The NBA draft is next Thursday. Numerous workouts have already been completed and there are still plenty more to come. The rumor mill is churning about what the Cavs will do with the top pick, who is interested in moving on draft night and which players are rising and falling. Sifting through to find correct information has become nearly impossible. This post is dedicated to answering some of the most pressing questions about this year's NBA Draft.

1. What is the worst thing the Cavs could do with the top pick?

Draft Nerlens Noel. He's simply not worth the first overall pick-- in any draft. Noel is a shot-blocking menace and gives maximum effort on every play. There's a place for guys like that in the NBA, but it's not worth the first pick in the draft.

Noel was a defensive game-changer at Kentucky where he was taller, longer and more athletic than his opponents. That won't be the case in the NBA. In the NBA, he is too skinny (weighed in at just 206 pounds at the combine) and will get shoved around in the paint. The NBA is a man's game. Cavs rookie Tyler Zeller learned that the hard way last year. Zeller wasn't strong enough to play inside. He constantly got pushed around, and Zeller has 30-plus pounds on the rail-thin Noel. To make matters worse, Noel is coming off a torn ACL. Given that he relies a lot on speed and athleticism, there is no guarantee he can get back to that Kentucky-level of play after a significant knee injury. Then there's Noel's offensive game. He has none, aside from the dunk. It's taken Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka and Milwaukee's Larry Sanders, who possess similar traits as Noel, years to be effective on offense. And I use the term 'threat' loosely with them (Ibaka 13 points per game, Sanders under 10 points per game). Any team taking Noel will be playing 4-on-5 on offense for at least three years, maybe even longer. That doesn't work in the NBA. An undersized offensive liability who is coming off a torn ACL isn't worth the top pick-- not even in a draft that is lacking true star power at the top. 

2. What team, if any, would be most willing to trade with the Cavs for the top pick?

There are three: the Orlando Magic, Charlotte Bobcats and Minnesota Timberwolves. The only player that is worth trading up for in this year's draft is Ben McLemore. The aforementioned teams need him the most. If Orlando, Charlotte or Minnesota feel nervous about the Cavs nabbing this year's best player, then they could be tempted to move up.

Orlando has some promising young talent with Nikola Vucevic, Moe Harkless and Tobias Harris. But Arron Afflalo led them in scoring this past year. That's not a recipe for success. Adding McLemore's scoring punch would give Orlando an element to their nucleus that is currently missing.

The Bobcats have a lot of young players on the roster but none of them that have the ability to be "the man" on offense. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist still isn't good enough offensively and his shot is still crooked. Kemba Walker is still trying to find his best position and Bismack Biyombo is still years away from doing anything besides dunking on offense. McLemore would give the Bobcats an instant upgrade at shooting guard over Gerald Henderson. He would also give them a cornerstone piece that has the ability to be a 20-point-per-game scorer in the NBA.

It could be more difficult for Minnesota to move up from No. 9. However, the T'Wolves have two first round picks (No. 9 and No. 26) as ammunition. Instead of waiting back and selecting either C.J. McCollum or Kentavious Caldwell-Pope at No. 9, the Wolves could move up and grab the player they need most from this draft in Ben McLemore. Playing next to a pass-first point guard like Ricky Rubio and a scoring threat like Kevin Love could take pressure off the 20-year old early and allow him to blossom into the star he is destined to be in the NBA.

3. What will be this year's biggest lottery surprise?

Pittsburgh's Steven Adams could be too intriguing to pass up in the lottery.Associated Press 

Pittsburgh big man Steven Adams will find his way into the lottery. It could even be as high as No. 10 to the Portland Trail Blazers. There are things to like about Adams. He has size, strength, rebounding skills and athleticism for a big man. Those things translate to the NBA right away. However, he is still incredibly raw offensively and showed that the jump from New Zealand to the Big East was too much for him this past year. Now imagine the jump from the Big East to the NBA. Any team that takes Adams will be doing it for what they believe he will become. The potential is there, but the lottery is too high for him. There are too many players in this year's draft with more skills. Adams will spend more time in the D-League than the NBA his rookie season as he tries to get adjusted to the speed and athleticism of the NBA game and as he continues to work on his offense.

4. Which player is most likely to slide out of the lottery on draft night?

Shabazz Muhammad. It would be a huge mistake by NBA teams to let it happen. Muhammad is one of the most talked-about players in the draft and teams are trying to find out who he really is and what he will become as a pro. Coming into UCLA, he was looked at as one of the best and most exciting freshmen in college basketball. But he also had his issues. He was out of shape early in the season leading to questions about his work ethic and motivation. Despite averaging nearly 18 points per game, Muhammad looked out of place playing in former UCLA head coach Ben Howland's outdated system. With just 27 assists in 32 games, Muhammad is viewed by some as one-dimensional. But that dimension is incredibly valuable-- he can score. And he can do it in a variety of ways. His outside shot (37 percent from 3-point range) was good enough this past season, he can play inside and he finds a way to get to the basket off the dribble. It's all about getting buckets in the NBA, and Muhammad can fill it up. Teams will have to figure out where he'll play as he's a combination of shooting guard and small forward. But no matter where he calls home in the league, Bazz will get buckets and end up being a better pro than college player. His game was made for the NBA, not UCLA. Letting him slide out of the lottery would be a huge mistake by teams like the Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves or even the Oklahoma City Thunder. They could use a natural- born scorer like Muhammad.

5. Five years from now, which player will end up being the best from this year's draft?

Kansas shooting guard Ben McLemore has All-Star potential in the NBA.Associated Press 

Ben McLemore is the most talented player in the class. The only thing that could prevent him from reaching his full potential is going to a place known for killing NBA careers before they start, like Charlotte. Aside from that, McLemore has an NBA body. He has NBA range and an NBA-ready game. He also has good size and athleticism on the wing. But the thing which separates McLemore from every other player in this class is his shooting stroke. It's as pure and as deadly as it gets. McLemore has the arsenal on offense to become a 20-points-per-game scorer. But it's up to him. There are questions about his heart and about whether he gets too down on himself. There are questions about his work ethic. There are questions about his desire to have the ball in crunch time. They're overblown. McLemore is 20 years old. He played just one season of major college basketball. His game is still maturing, and so is he as a person. McLemore faces similar questions that teams had about Harrison Barnes last season. Barnes answered them emphatically this past season at Golden State by being named first team All-Rookie. McLemore will do the same. He will be an All-Star and a lethal scorer. There aren't too many players you can say that about in this year's draft.

Indians knew Gomes could be a solid player, but his contributions as a catcher and hitter have maybe been more than anticipated. Lots can happen, but some things are already shaking out about future starting pitching rotation. More Indians story links.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals tonight, before having an off day on Thursday followed by a three-game, Friday through Sunday home series against the Minnesota Twins.

Right-hander Justin Masterson (8-5, 3.52) starts tonight for the Indians. Kansas City goes with righty Luis Mendoza (2-3, 4.08).

Plain Dealer and cleveland.com Indians coverage includes Paul Hoynes' game story on the Indians' 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Royals on Tuesday night; Hoynes' podcast, talking about the Indians; Hoynes' Indians Insider and his Cleveland Indians Chatter; and other stories, columns, photos and videos.
  
The Indians are 35-35, playing at the approximate pace many observers anticipated.

Every year, every team has some players make larger contributions than expected while other players disappoint.

The Indians felt they were getting a promising player in Yan Gomes when they acquired him and versatile Mike Aviles from the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcher Esmil Rogers in an offseason trade.

Gomes, a catcher capable of playing other positions, has been a major contributor to the Tribe in a part-time role.

Evan Vogel wrote about Gomes for Wahoo's on First (using statistics through Saturday):

The sample size on Gomes remains small, just 29 games and only 28 of those at catcher, but he is leading the American League with his 53 percent caught stealing percentage (8 of 15 caught), and his offensive production has been much more than the Indians could have expected.

Gomes is not walking, that is obvious, but his ability to productively drive the ball is also apparent with 12 extra-base hits in 101 plate appearances (going into Sunday). While his most productive season in the minors was the 2012 season in Las Vegas, which appears to be the size of a Williamsport field, even a small sample size, as in his production in Cleveland, is enticing for Tribe fans. The issue with Gomes is that he may continue to thrive in a part-time role, but overuse of Gomes could lead to pitchers adjusting to Gomes' inability to walk.

The issue with thinking that Gomes is going to eventually fail is that his ability to use the bat is real, as evidenced by his 86.2 percent contact rate on all pitches and 92.7 percent contact rate on pitches inside the strike zone. He isn't going to fail.

Stat of the day: Indians catchers Carlos Santana and Yan Gomes have combined to hit 14 homers, tying Toronto's and Atlanta's catchers for the most in the big leagues.

There are lots of variables, of course, but an analysis of how the Indians' starting pitching rotation is setting up for next season. (By Jacob Rosen, WaitingForNextYear)

It wasn't easy for outfielder Clint Frazier, the Indians' first draft pick, to leave home to begin his professional baseball career, but he's thrilled to be part of the Indians organization. (By Stephanie Storm, Akron Beacon Journal)

Family and friends see Royals outfielder David Lough of Green High School in Summit County play against the team he rooted for, the Indians. (By Michael Beaven, Akron Beacon Journal)

David Lough played various sports as a youth and in high school and college before settling on his path to a big league baseball career. (By Michael Beaven, Akron Beacon Journal)

A story about, and an interview with, Indians radio broadcaster Tom Hamilton. With audio of a couple Hamilton calls. (By Evan Dawson, Let's Go Tribe)

Carlos Santana occasionally has some trouble blocking pitches in the dirt, but manager Terry Francona says Santana has excellent athleticism. (By Mark Emery, MLB.com)

How third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall plays could have a big influence on the Indians' success or lack of it the rest of the season. (By Christian Petrila, Did The Tribe Win Last Night?)

Justin Masterson and the Indians vs. Luis Mendoza and the Royals. (By Kathleen Gier, MLB.com)

It wasn't simple, but the Indians get a 4-3 win over the Royals on Tuesday night. (By Jim Ingraham, News-Herald and Lorain Morning Journal)

The Indians rally in the eighth inning for a one-run win over the Royals. (By Sheldon Ocker, Akron Beacon Journal)

Something goes the Indians' way in their 4-3 win over Kansas City. (By Chris Assenheimer, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina County Gazette)

What happened around the Indians' farm system on Tuesday. (By Arthur Kinney, Indians Baseball Insider)

The Plain Dealer's Tribe beat writer Paul Hoynes answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast.

Can the Indians climb over .500 and stay there? Paul Hoynes talks about this and more during his weekly podcast. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) 

Do the Indians have one of the best core of young starters in the majors? Should fans be concerned with Chris Perez's rehab appearance last night in Akron?

The Plain Dealer's Tribe beat writer Paul Hoynes answered those questions and more in his weekly podcast with cleveland.com's Glenn Moore.

Among other topics discussed:

• Tribe's win over Royals.

• Corey Kluber's season.

• Carlos Santana behind the plate.

• Jason Kipnis starting to heat up at the plate.

You can download the mp3 or listen with the player to the right.

Be sure to follow Hoynes on Twitter.

Clubhouse confidential: Carlos Santana, the No. 1 catcher on a pitching staff that leads the big leagues with 40 wild pitches, did some early work with Sandy Alomar Jr. before Wednesday's game. The Royals scored five runs in the first two games of their series against the Tribe, two of them coming as a direct result of wild pitches...

Clubhouse confidential: Carlos Santana, the No. 1 catcher on a pitching staff that leads the big leagues with 40 wild pitches, did some early work with Sandy Alomar Jr. before Wednesday's game.

The Royals scored five runs in the first two games of their series against the Tribe, two of them coming as a direct result of wild pitches and a third being set up by a wild pitch.

"Carlos put in some extra work with Sandy, but when he's catching a lot, you want to monitor how much extra work you give him," said manager Terry Francona. "He's got into a little bit of a rut where he's getting high, and balls are getting down below him a little bit."

Testing, testing: First baseman Nick Swisher, who has not played since Saturday because of a sore left shoulder, is expected to take batting practice Friday and start against the Twins on Saturday.

Stat of the day: The Indians' past 15 games have been decided by three or fewer runs. The Indians are 6-9 in those games but lead the big leagues with a 13-7 record (.650) in games decided by one run.

-- Paul Hoynes

The Cleveland Indians' top two farm teams, the Columbus Clippers and Akron Aeros, both lost Wednesday night. Pawtucket, R.I., beat the Clippers with a 10th inning home run in Columbus.

Tim Fedroff

Class AAA: Pawtucket 6, Columbus 5 (10) Dan Butler homered off the Clippers' Bryan Price (0-1) in the top of the 10th and Pawtucket won in Columbus. The Clippers' Tim Fedroff and Ezequiel Carrera both clubbed their fourth home runs of the season.

Class AA: Trenton 5, Akron 3 DH Cedric Hunter slugged his fourth homer and had three RBI, but the Aeros lost to the Thunder in Canal Park. Akron starter Brett Brach (4-3) gave up four runs, all earned, and seven hits.

Class A Advanced: Carolina The Mudcats were off Wednesday.

Class A: Lake County The Captains were off Wednesday.

Class A Short Season: Mahoning Valley 7, Jamestown 6 The host Scrappers beat the Jammers by scoring on a bases-loaded walk in the ninth. Jamestown right fielder Elvis Escobar contributed to the rally with two errors on one play. Manuel Carmona (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.

Independent: Lake Erie 4, Normal 3 (10) Catcher Emmanuel Quiles had a walk-off RBI single as the Crushers defeated the CornBelters at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon.

Series tied, 2-2, after Brent Seabrook's goal ends wild Game 4 in a Chicago victory.

BOSTON, Mass. -- The Chicago Blackhawks kept taking the lead until there were no more chances for Boston to come back and tie it.

Brent Seabrook's slap shot beat Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime and the Blackhawks beat the Bruins 6-5 on Wednesday night to send the Stanley Cup finals back to Chicago tied at two games apiece.

Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be Saturday night, with Game 6 back in Boston on Monday.

Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks, who had scored only five goals total in the first three games of the series and hadn't gotten the puck past Rask in more than 129 minutes coming into Game 4. Bryan Bickell and Michal Rozsival had two assists apiece, and Corey Crawford made 28 saves for Chicago.

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Patrice Bergeron scored twice, and Zdeno Chara and Jaromir Jagr each had two assists for Boston, which had won 11 of its previous 13 playoff games. Rask made 41 saves, but he was screened on the game winner, which quickly quieted the building where Boston had earned a dominating 2-0 victory two nights earlier.

"One of things we have talked about: Get pucks to the net," said Seabrook, a defenseman who also had the overtime goal in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals. "I just tried getting it on net, we had a great screen in front. ... It just found a way."

It was the third overtime game in the finals, but it bore little resemblance to the three tightly contested games that opened the series. The teams combined for five goals in the second period -- as many as in Games 2 and 3 combined -- as Chicago repeatedly sprinted into the lead only to have Boston come back and tie it.

The Blackhawks led 1-0, 4-2 and 5-4, but each time the Bruins evened it up, the last just 55 seconds after Chicago took the lead when Johnny Boychuk slapped it over a sliding Johnny Oduya with 7:46 left in regulation. Boychuk, who had never scored more than five goals in a season, has six in the postseason.

The overtime was even until the Bruins failed to clear the zone and the puck got to Seabrook at the right point. What seemed like a harmless shot found the back of the net, and the Blackhawks followed with a subdued celebration at the end of another long night.

"Both teams are so great defensively. Both have great goalies," Seabrook said. "I don't know; it was one of those games. They got some goals on the power play, we got some bounces. It was nice to get some past Tuukka."

Highlights include San Antonio at Miami in the seventh and deciding game of the NBA Finals. Indians have the day off.

CLEVELAND, Ohio

Today's TV and radio sports listings

BASEBALL

7 p.m. LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS at Dayton, AM/1330

7 p.m. Normal at LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS, AM/930

7:05 p.m. Trenton at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350

7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, MLB Network

8:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, WGN

COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES

8 p.m. Game 10, Teams to be determined, ESPN

GOLF

9 a.m. BMW International Open, Golf Channel

3 p.m. Travelers Championship, Golf Channel

NBA FINALS

9 p.m. Game 7, San Antonio at Miami, WEWS

SOCCER

2:45 p.m. Confederations Cup, Spain vs. Tahiti, ESPN

5:45 p.m. Confederations Cup, Nigeria vs. Uruguay, ESPN

7:30 p.m. Women, South Korea vs. United States, NBCSN

The Browns continued the overhaul of their personnel department Wednesday with the addition of five scouts. The team is also overhauling its security operations and are in the process of hiring a vice president of media relations to replace Neal Gulkis.

The Browns continued the overhaul of their personnel department Wednesday with the addition of five scouts.

Frank Edgerly was named senior pro scout, while Brent Blaylock, Brendan Donovan, Matthew Manocherian and Patrick Moore were added as college scouts.

Edgerly joins the Browns after spending the previous four seasons with the Patriots. He spent the past three years (2010-12) as an area scout after working the 2009 season as a pro scout. He joined the Patriots after serving as head coach of Red Bank (N.J.) Catholic High School for 10 seasons (1999-2008). While at Red Bank, Edgerly led his team to seven state playoff appearances and was named coach of the year three times.

Donovan spent the previous two seasons at the University of Florida as director of on-campus recruiting and as a program coordinator. Before that, he spent one season as a recruiting assistant at Rutgers. Donovan began his career as an assistant football coach at Notre Dame.

Moore spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Fordham, where he served as assistant head coach/offensive line, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, and special teams coach. He’s also been an assistant at Louisiana Tech, Auburn, Western Carolina, and his alma mater, Illinois Wesleyan.

Manocherian joins the Browns after spending the previous three seasons as a scouting assistant with the New Orleans Saints. Blaylock spent the previous two racing seasons with Penske Racing in public relations and marketing. Before that, he was assistant director of football operations at the University of Miami and worked with the Dolphins for a year.

The Browns are also overhauling their security operations and are in the process of hiring a vice president of media relations to replace Neal Gulkis.

Chris Bosh says good riddance to the fans in Miami who left Game 6 early and then couldn't get back in the arena as the Heat came back to force overtime and eventually win.

MIAMI — Some people in the sold-out Miami crowd left before the finish of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, then were not allowed back into the arena for the conclusion of what became a wild comeback win for the Heat.

Chris Bosh says good riddance.

The Heat forward made no attempt on Wednesday to hide his disgust with those who left early, many of whom tried unsuccessfully to get back inside once Miami completed a rally from five points down in the final 21 seconds to force overtime.

"For all those guys who left, make sure they don't come to Game 7," Bosh said. "We only want the guys who are going to stay in the building for the whole game. You never give up. People gave up on us and they can stay where they are and watch the game at home."

Miami hosts the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the Finals on Thursday night.

Heat fans have been maligned by many media outlets over the past three seasons, either for their penchant for showing up late, or leaving early, or sometimes both. During the Eastern Conference finals, the radio voice of the Indiana Pacers called Heat fans "losers" and said the city does not deserve an NBA team.

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It bears noting that the overwhelming majority of fans stayed in the building for the full game, and that the Heat have played to sellout crowds at home for the three seasons that Bosh, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James have been teammates in Miami. Also, it seemed to be unnoticed that several Spurs fans left their arena in San Antonio long before the end of Game 4, a one-sided Miami victory.

"I just know in my household, my wife was like, 'Would you please stop doing that to me?'" James said Wednesday, describing the scene at his house after the drama of Game 6. "My mother-in-law, even my sons, they were like, 'Oh my God. You guys lost and won at the same time.' I know. We know. I apologize to our fans from last night. But that's why the game is played all the way to zeroes."

Watch PD Sports Insider today at 12:30 p.m. as Glenn Moore, Dennis Manoloff and Bud Shaw chat with Ben Roberts about Nerlens Noel, Mary Kay Cabot talks Browns and Paul Hoynes on the Tribe.

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Former Browns quarterback Otto Graham is considered by at least one expert as underrated when it comes to Browns players.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The NFL Network has developed a series that lists the most underrated and overrated players in a particular franchise.

Quarterback Otto Graham is considered the most underrated player of all-time when it comes to the Browns. Underrated? Certainly Graham is one of the greatest players and Browns of all-time and is considered as such, locally, but his lack of recognition nationally probably led to his distinction as underrated by the NFL Network.

Tight end Kellen Winslow received the overrated tag. The Browns had high hopes for Winslow when he was drafted sixth overall, but he never lived up to the high expectations and he was traded five years later.

More Browns and NFL news
Browns add five to their personnel department (Cleveland.com).

Things still look down for the Oakland Raiders (Yahoo.com).

The St. Louis Rams may move in 2015 (CBSSports.com).

Dave Jennings, All-Pro punter for Giants, dies (NY Times).

Adam Jones says his reputation speaks for itself (Cincinnati.com).

Judge deals setback to Steelers' quest to expand stadium (Tribune-Review).

Jets players want Sanchez to win QB competition (NY Post).

Spagnuolo-Ravens partnership could benefit both parties (carrollcountytimes.com).

Aaron Hernandez under new scrutiny in Florida shooting (Boston Herald).