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Relive the Cavs parade through a 60-year-old superfan (video)

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Superfan Lauren Lanphear, 60, celebrates the Cavs parade in downtown Cleveland. See the jubilation in the video. Watch video

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nobody enjoyed the Cavs victory parade more than Lauren Lanphear, a lifelong Cleveland sports superfan who was 8 when the Browns won the NFL championship in 1964.

Lanphear, a Cavs devotee since the franchise was founded in 1967, suffered through the heartbreaking near-misses of 52 years. The former Brush High School basketball player remembers them all.

But after painting his face wine and gold, watching the Cavs all season from the Q, the Beachwood arborist who calls himself Cleveland's Tree Doctor, was finally rewarded with an NBA championship.

So was the gritty, big-hearted city he loves.

Relive the revelry of the Cavs parade in downtown Cleveland with Lanphear, as he shares with a millions of other fans the joy and relief of finally being crowned a champion.


2016 NBA Draft: Full draft order

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The 2016 NBA Draft starts at 7 p.m. The Philadelphia 76ers, lousy for the last few years, will open the festivities, likely to select LSU star Ben Simmons.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2016 NBA Draft starts at 7 p.m. The Philadelphia 76ers, lousy for the last four years, will open the festivities, likely to select LSU star Ben Simmons. 

After that, it's anyone's guess, with a few trades already shaking up the order of the first round.

Here is the entire order of this year's draft, which will take place on ESPN at the Barclays Center and can be streamed online via WatchESPN:

First Round

1. Philadelphia 76ers

2. Los Angeles Lakers

3. Boston Celtics (via Brooklyn Nets)

4. Phoenix Suns

5. Minnesota Timberwolves

6. New Orleans Pelicans

7. Denver Nuggets

8. Sacramento Kings

9. Toronto Raptors (via New York Knicks)

10. Milwaukee Bucks

11. Orlando Magic

12. Atlanta Hawks (via Utah Jazz)

13. Phoenix Suns (via Washington Wizards)

14. Chicago Bulls

15. Denver Nuggets (via Houston Rockets)

16. Boston Celtics (via Dallas Mavericks)

17. Memphis Grizzlies

18. Detroit Pistons

19. Denver Nuggets (via Portland Trail Blazers)

20. Brooklyn Nets (via Indiana Pacers)

21. Atlanta Hawks

22. Charlotte Hornets

23. Boston Celtics

24. Philadelphia 76ers (via Miami Heat/Cleveland Cavaliers)

25. Los Angeles Clippers

26. Philadelphia 76ers (via Oklahoma City Thunder/Nuggets/Cavaliers)

27. Toronto Raptors

28. Phoenix Suns (via Cavaliers/Celtics)

29. San Antonio Spurs

30. Golden State Warriors

Second Round

31. Boston Celtics (via 76ers/Heat)

32. Los Angeles Lakers

33. Los Angeles Clippers (via Nets)

34. Phoenix Suns

35. Boston Celtics (via Timberwolves/Suns)

36. Milwaukee Bucks (via Pelicans/Kings)

37. Houston Rockets (via Knicks/Kings/Blazers)

38. Milwaukee Bucks

39. New Orleans Pelicans (via Nuggets/76ers)

40. New Orleans Pelicans (via Kings)

41. Orlando Magic

42. Utah Jazz

43. Houston Rockets

44. Atlanta Hawks (via Wizards)

45. Boston Celtics (via Grizzlies)

46. Dallas Mavericks

47. Orlando Magic (via Bulls)

48. Chicago Bulls (via Blazers/Cavaliers)

49. Detroit Pistons

50. Indiana Pacers

51. Boston Celtics (via Heat)

52. Utah Jazz (via Celtics/Grizzlies)

53. Denver Nuggets (via Hornets/Thunder)

54. Atlanta Hawks

55. Brooklyn Nets (via Clippers)

56. Denver Nuggets (via Thunder)

57. Memphis Grizzlies (via Raptors)

58. Boston Celtics (via Cavaliers)

59. Sacramento Kings (via Spurs)

60. Utah Jazz (via Warriors)

A look at past Cleveland championships and the celebrations that followed (vintage photo gallery)

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A vintage photo gallery of past Cleveland sports championships and the celebrations that followed them.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Many of you reading this are undoubtedly too young to remember, but Sunday's epic win in game 7 of the NBA Finals wasn't the first time Cleveland claimed a championship in one of the major professional sports.

The Cleveland Browns won an NFL Championship (it wasn't called the Super Bowl just yet) in 1964 to claim the most recent title prior to 2016.

The Browns won three championships before that in 1955, 1954 and 1950, while the Cleveland Indians won the World Series in 1920 and 1948.

The Cleveland Rams -- who later became the Los Angeles Rams and then the St. Louis Rams -- won an NFL championship in 1945.

After the Cavaliers championship parade brought an estimated 1.3 million people to downtown Cleveland on Wednesday, we combed through our photo archives to find vintage pictures of Cleveland championships and the celebrations that followed.

The most recent championship parade was held in 1948 to honor the Cleveland Indians.

Judging by the pictures in our archives, it wasn't nearly as well attended as Wednesday's festivities.

Scroll through the gallery above to see pictures of past championships and the celebrations that followed.

How Cavs parade fans climbed that Cleveland parking garage (video)

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To watch the Cavs parade in downtown Cleveland Wednesday, fans perched between columns on an East 9th Street parking garage. Cleveland.com reporter Matt Goul demonstrates how they did it. (No, they didn't scale the outside.) Watch video

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cavs fans studded on an E. 9th Street parking garage Wednesday left a lasting image of Cleveland's NBA championship parade. People hung from the fifth, sixth and eighth stories of the structure to catch a glimpse of parade.

The images went viral, and several media outlets, including USA Today, speculated or implied that the revelers climbed to their viewing spots from the bottom of the garage like spiders.

That's not how they did it.

As you'll see from the video above, the spectators climbed through openings in between columns of the garage's exterior and stood on small ledges parallel to the floor.

Openings are fenced off on sides of the garage except the side that faces E. 9th Street.

Watch the video above to see cleveland.com reporter Matt Goul demonstrate the ease with which spectators climbed to watch the parade.

Cleveland Browns' Joe Thomas moves up to No. 23 on NFL Network's "Top 100'' of 2016

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Browns nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas moved up two notches to No. 23 on NFL Network's "Top 100 players of 2016'' as voted on by his peers.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Browns ironman left tackle Joe Thomas isn't getting older, he's getting better.

Thomas moved up from No. 25 to No. 23 in NFL Network's "Top 100 players of 2016" rankings as voted on by his peers.

"Joe Thomas is the best tackle in the game right now,'' his former teammate Alex Mack, now with the Falcons, said in a video on NFL Network.

"Hands down the best,'' said receiver Travis Benjamin, now with the Chargers.

"He's always been to the Pro Bowl because he's that dominant of a player,'' said Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap. "He can dance with the best of them. It doesn't matter how fast guys come off the edge, he has the ability to move with them. If you see one guy that has not changed, that's that left tackle right there. And we have to play him twice a year.''

Thomas, hasn't missed a snap -- up to 8,959 now -- or a Pro Bowl in his nine seasons.

"There's a lot of guys who probably question whether or not they want to do it in that locker after playing Joe Thomas,'' said Bears guard Kyle Long. "He's a super nice guy. You watch him play and it's kind of boring to be honest. It's like watching a great defensive back over there in man coverage and everyone else is in a zone.''

Thomas, who's made the list NFL Network Top 100 six times, is the second Browns player this season to earn the honor. The first was tight end Gary Barnidge, who was No. 94.

"He is a born leader, a true leader," Barnidge said. "He's going to tell you what you did wrong and help you because he wants to win."

Barnidge never ceases to be amazed by Thomas' prowess.

"Any outside zone we run to Joe Thomas, if we're double-teaming to the 'backer or this guy upfield, he just knocks the guy completely out of the picture and then you just wash that out and continue going. If he's going to get a chance to give him a punch and get up to the next level, that guy's going to go flying....he is a born leader, true leader.''

He's earned the respect of Chiefs five-time Pro Bowl linebacker Tamba Hali.

"It's always one of those games where you've got to prepare yourself mentally because you know you're going to be in a fight,'' he said. "Joe is Joe. No secrets. You know who you're going against.''

And you know he'll be there for every snap.

Here's the rest of the list. Do you think Thomas is too low? Too high? Right where he belongs?:
 

100. Derek Carr - Oakland Raiders, QB
99. Cameron Jordan - New Orleans Saints, DE
98. Jarvis Landry - Miami Dolphins, WR
97. Richie Incognito - Buffalo Bills, OG
96. Sammy Watkins - Buffalo Bills, WR
95. Mike Daniels - Green Bay Packers, DE
94. Gary Barnidge - Cleveland Browns, TE
93. Jeremy Maclin - Kansas City Chiefs, WR
92. Andrew Luck - Indianapolis Colts, QB
91. Travis Kelce - Kansas City Chiefs, TE
 
90. Matt Forte - New York Jets, RB
89. Allen Hurns - Jacksonville Jaguars, WR
88. Cameron Heyward - Pittsburgh Steelers, DE
87. Julian Edelman - New England Patriots, WR
86. Jonathan Stewart - Carolina Panthers, RB
85. Kirk Cousins - Washington Redskins, QB
84. Tamba Hali - Kansas City Chiefs, LB
83. Telvin Smith - Jacksonville Jaguars, LB
82. Delanie Walker - Tennessee Titans, TE
81. Alex Smith - Kansas City Chiefs, QB
 
80. Derrick Johnson - Kansas City Chiefs, LB
79. Ryan Kalil - Carolina Panthers, C
78. Chris Ivory - Jacksonville Jaguars, RB
77. Jordan Reed - Washington Redskins, TE
76. Linval Joseph - Minnesota Vikings, DT
75. Jamaal Charles - Kansas City Chiefs, RB
74. Emmanuel Sanders - Denver Broncos, WR
73. Harrison Smith - Minnesota Vikings, S
72. Doug Baldwin - Seattle Seahawks, WR
71. Calais Campbell - Arizona Cardinals, DE
 
70. Carlos Dunlap - Cincinnati Bengals, DE
69. LeSean McCoy - Buffalo Bills, RB
68. T.J. Ward - Denver Broncos, S
67. Andrew Whitworth - Cincinnati Bengals, OT
66. Earl Thomas - Seattle Seahawks, S
65. Marcus Peters - Kansas City Chiefs, CB
64. Reshad Jones - Miami Dolphins, S
63. Gerald McCoy - Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DT
62. Demaryius Thomas - Denver Broncos, WR
61. NaVorro Bowman - San Francisco 49ers, LB
 
60. Reggie Nelson - Oakland Raiders, S
59. Michael Bennett - Seattle Seahawks, DE
58. Kawann Short - Carolina Panthers, DT
57. Clay Matthews - Green Bay Packers, LB
56. Blake Bortles - Jacksonville Jaguars, QB
55. Eric Berry - Kansas City Chiefs, S
54. Thomas Davis - Carolina Panthers, LB
53. Lavonte David - Tampa Bay Buccaneers, LB
52. Chris Harris Jr. - Denver Broncos, CB
51. Dez Bryant - Dallas Cowboys, WR
 
50. Devonta Freeman - Atlanta Falcons, RB
49. Fletcher Cox - Philadelphia Eagles, DE
48. Chandler Jones - Arizona Cardinals, DE
47. Eli Manning - New York Giants, QB
46. Philip Rivers - San Diego Chargers, QB
45. Trent Williams - Washington Redskins, OT
44. Tyler Eifert - Cincinnati Bengals, TE
43. Ziggy Ansah - Detroit Lions, DE
42. Tyron Smith - Dallas Cowboys, OT
41. Le'Veon Bell - Pittsburgh Steelers, RB
 
40. Ndamukong Suh - Miami Dolphins, DT
39. Muhammed Wilkerson - New York Jets, DE
38. Greg Olsen - Carolina Panthers, TE
37. Marshal Yanda - Baltimore Ravens, G
36. DeMarcus Ware - Denver Broncos, LB
35. Andy Dalton - Cincinnati Bengals, QB
34. Aqib Talib - Denver Broncos, CB
33. Doug Martin - Tampa Bay Buccaneers, RB
32. Kam Chancellor - Seattle Seahawks, S
31. Allen Robinson - Jacksonville Jaguars, WR
 
30. Drew Brees - New Orleans Saints, QB
29. Geno Atkins - Cincinnati Bengals, DT
28. Tyrann Mathieu - Arizona Cardinals, S
27. Larry Fitzgerald - Arizona Cardinals, WR
26. Justin Houston - Kansas City Chiefs, LB
25. Brandon Marshall - New York Jets, WR
24. Darrelle Revis - New York Jets, CB
23. Joe Thomas - Cleveland Browns, OT
22. Todd Gurley - Los Angeles Rams, RB
21. Ben Roethlisberger - Pittsburgh Steelers, QB
 

Cleveland Cavs: Underdogs from the start, with Cavalier spirit (photos)

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The Cavs amazing triumph reflects a "never-surrender" spirit that defines the soul of Cleveland and the team from the very beginning.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Shot, The Fumble, The Drive.  

Cleveland's sports futility is always distilled to such cliches.

Oh yeah, there's also The Curse. It's as if the 52 years since the Cleveland Browns' 1964 championship has been a continuous run of bad luck. (Thank God that's over.)

But the the Cavaliers' unlikely, come-from-behind, against-all-odds triumph is much more than merely the ending of the drought. It is the culmination of a scrappy, never-surrender spirit that defines the soul of Cleveland -- not to mention the credo of the Cavaliers franchise from the very beginning.

Of course, the Cavs' addition to the myth of The Curse comes with, yes, The Shot -- that series-winning basket by Michael Jordan to defeat the team in the NBA playoffs, May 7, 1989, at the old Richfield Coliseum.

"That's the one time I thought there might be something to this curse thing," says Burt Graeff, who covered the game for The Plain Dealer. "But then you realize that the Cavs had a tremendous team, but they were going up against Michael Jordan - and it's not like the Cavs were the only team to lose to him."

As Chuck D. of Public Enemy once told me in an interview with The Plain Dealer: "Cavs fans suffered while Jordan was in the league, so did Utah fans and Knicks fans and everyone except Bulls fans."

The Cavs swept the Bulls 6-0 in the regular season and had won 10 more games than the Bulls in the regular season, 57 to 47.

Sounds familiar?

Golden State, which swept the Cavs 2-0 during this season, won 16 more games this season. The biggest difference, however, was LeBron James.

"Like Jordan, LeBron is a once-in-a-generation player, and the deeper the Cavs went into the series, the better their chances to win," says Graeff, who now resides in Tucson, Arizona. "But I gotta say, even after they did win, I couldn't believe it. It's amazing."

Amazing to all, but especially to longtime fans. The Cavs, you see, have come a long, long, long (repeat "long" about 30 more times) way since  its inaugural 1970 NBA season.

"We finished 15 and 67 that first year," said Bill Fitch, the team's first coach, in an interview with The Plain Dealer.

The team consisted of bench players from other teams that the Cavs received in an expansion draft. How did they pick the players? It was about as low-rent as you can get: To prepare, the Cavs spent $20 on NBA bubble-gum trading cards so they could study the player bios on the back.

They played in a dump, the old Cleveland Arena on Euclid Avenue. The circa-1937 building - renowned for hosting the first rock 'n' roll concert -- was more hospitable for circuses than professional basketball.

Call Cavaliers founder Nick Mileti the grand master.

The John Adams High School grad was once a cheerleader. It became his greatest asset.

He noticed that the Arena, at 3717 Euclid Ave., had only one tenant: the Cleveland Barons hockey team. So he bought the team and the venue and started putting on ice shows and spectacles with dancing elephants.

"There was an NBA team called the Cincinnati Royals that would play some of its games at the arena as far back as 1966," says Graeff. "They always drew really here, and it showed that Cleveland was a real basketball town."

That fan enthusiasm and Mileti's resourcefulness led to his landing of an NBA franchise -- for $3.7 million, little of it his own money.

"Cleveland deserved a basketball team,'" said Mileti, in an interview with The Plain Dealer. "That I was able to buy one on terms, meaning I didn't have to come up with all the money up front, made it even better."

After conducting a contest in The Plain Dealer to name the team, Mileti narrowed 14,000 entries to a handful, from the Forest Cities to the Jays.

One name stuck out.

Clevelander Jerry Tomko wrote that the Cavaliers "represent a group of daring, fearless men, whose life's pact was never surrender, no matter what the odds."

"It was no contest -- Cleveland Cavaliers," said Mileti. "It rolls off the tongue and says it all: a fun-loving, aggressive guy with a cavalier attitude."

NEVER SURRENDER, NO MATTER WHAT THE ODDS.

It has become a credo for the franchise that has defied long odds in its history-making comeback from being down 3-1 in the NBA Finals. But it was always that way, from the very beginning.

"We were really bad our first four years, everyone said we were the worst in every category," says Fitch. "But we actually led the league in stolen cars. After every game, people would race to the pay phones to report that their cars were missing."

Things weren't much better inside the Arena.

"The showers and locker rooms were so bad that visiting teams would get dressed in the hotel across the street and come to the games in their uniforms," said former Cavs announcer Joe Tait, in an interview with The Plain Dealer. "There were some real bleak times back then."

Beyond bleak.

"At one point, the team was 2-37," said Tait. "But that didn't stop Nick. He'd be there greeting the fans, cheering on the team and yelling at the refs."

Mileti had a cavalier attitude tailor-made for the spotlight.

"He was so brash," said Austin Carr, in an interview with The Plain Dealer. "He's the guy with his head up, wearing a full-length mink coat and looking all stylish and positive."

Thing were looking up for the franchise by 1974, the year Mileti opened the Richfield Coliseum. The good news started with the showers - they worked.

"I remember the Boston Celtics coming to the old arena, and John Havlicek said he wouldn't go there because he didn't want to catch an incurable disease," says Graeff. "So the Coliseum fixed that."

By 1975, the Cavs were an up-and-coming team that had finished 40-42. They won the Central Division the following year and captured the hearts of Northeast Ohio with the Miracle of Richfield.

Cynics might wonder how winning an Eastern Conference semi-finals series qualifies as a miracle. But it was a long way from the beginning - and it was an underdog story that rivals this year's Cavs championship.

Though the Coliseum proved to be a prize, it never spurred development of the restaurants, hotels and shops Mileti had predicted. Instead, the $25 million edifice drove the empire into a ditch.

"He thought that Cleveland and Akron would eventually merge and that the Coliseum was the perfect spot," says Graeff. "But it never happened, and he ended up having to sell the team."

Egads, the Ted Stepien years.

Considered the worst owner of any sports team ever, Stepien traded draft picks away, leaving the cupboard bare for years. It resulted in the NBA imposing the "Stepien Rule," preventing teams from trading two straight No. 1 picks, and to a trade embargo.

"He was so bad that the NBA had to monitor every trade he was involved in," says Graeff. "The general manager of Dallas would often refuse to go to lunch because he was afraid he might miss a trade call from Stepien. The team was the joke of sports."

Stepien oversaw a carousel of coaches, fired Tait from his play-by-play duties and issued a bizarre series of stunts and statements that earned the team the nickname, the Cleveland Cadavers.

He also thought about naming the team the Ohio Cavaliers and having them play in area markets, with an eye toward moving the team to Toronto.

"Thankfully, he sold the team to George Gund," says Graeff. "The NBA had mercy on the Cavs and gave the team an extra draft pick, which they used to pick Ron Harper."

Harper was part of a stellar 1986 draft that also netted Brad Daugherty and Mark Price, the foundation of those great Cavs teams of the 1980s and '90s.

"Those were tremendous teams," says Graeff. "What they did is sometimes overshadowed by 'The Shot.' "

Sometimes it comes down to a shot. There's always a little luck involved.

This year's Cavs team had both, not to mention a block from a once-in-a-generation talent.

As the Warriors took a 3-1 lead, however, LeBron found himself mocked and maligned and written off as some longshot underdog. It only made him the perfect Cleveland hero and, finally, the ultimate Cavalier. Especially when teamed with longshots, cast-offs and rogues -- like Matthew Dellavedova, Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith.

More than anything, LeBron & Co. exhibited that Cavalier spirit that goes all the way back to 1970.

Never surrender, no matter what the odds.

LeBron James will not play for Team USA in Rio Olympics

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LeBron James isn't going to play in the 2016 Olympics because he's played too much basketball elsewhere -- including the 2016 Finals for the Cavs.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - LeBron James informed USA Basketball that he would not participate in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August, citing the glut of court time he's logged through six consecutive trips to the Finals.

James' agent Rich Paul informed Team USA managing director Jerry Colangelo Thursday of James' decision.

"I could use the rest," James told cleveland.com.

James' decision could signal the end of his prolific Olympic career. He's 31 and has already won two gold medals (in 2012 and 2008) and a bronze (2004) in three Olympics with Team USA, as well as a bronze in the 2006 FIBA World Championships.

He is one of three players to play on three Olympic teams, is among the select few to win an NBA championship and a gold medal in the same year (2012), and steps away as Team USA's all-time leading scorer (273 points) and second-leading rebounder (95 rebounds). He owns one of two triple-doubles in Olympic history.

At 31, James is now a three-time NBA champion, having just led his Cavs to their first title Sunday night. He is the first player since Bill Russell in the 1960s to lead his teams to six consecutive Finals, and no player has played more minutes than James during that stretch.

Over his 13 NBA seasons, James has played 46,861 minutes. Over the past six,  it's 21,664 NBA minutes, with another 330 minutes for Team USA in 2012. Kevin Durant, the next closest, played 18,901 minutes during the same stretch in the NBA.

James' last two Finals have been historic. He was named Finals MVP after leading the Cavs to the biggest playoff comeback over the Warriors in league history, erasing a 3-1 series deficit to beat Golden State in Game 7 on Sunday. He led both teams in points (29.7 points), rebounds (11.3), assists (8.9), blocks (2.3) and steals (2.6) -- the first player to ever do so.

The year before, a six-game loss to the Warriors, James led both teams in scoring (35.8 ppg), rebounds (11.3 rpg) and assists (8.8 apg). No one had previously done that, either.

So, he's been busy.

The thought of James playing in a third Olympics was unfathomable following last season, when he had just missed a career-high 13 games, mostly due to injury. In October, he'd received a second, anti-inflammatory injection in his back in a 10-month span.

But he played injury free in 2015-16, and his respect and admiration for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who will coach his final Olympics after steering James and Team USA to the last two gold medals, were among the factors that kept James on the fence about making one more Olympic run.

James contacted Krzyzewski Thursday.

A source close to James said a desire to rest his body from the last championship run and prepare for what he hopes is a second one for the Cavs is his sole reason for not playing for Team USA. Items such as the Zika virus, political unrest in Brazil, or the fact that James had already played basketball in Rio -- when the Cavs traveled there in October, 2014 for an exhibition game -- were not factors.

Other Team USA roster finalists like Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Chris Paul (a close friend of LeBron James), Kawhi Leonard (according to ESPN) and Damian Lillard (according to The Vertical) have declined to play in Rio.

The Cavs' Kyrie Irving is almost guaranteed a spot on the roster, which is due by the end of June. Another of James' close friends, Carmelo Anthony, will play for Team USA, according to The Vertical.

Ohio State close to another five-star commit? Top OG Wyatt Davis set to announce Friday

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Rated the No. 1 offensive guard in the 2017 recruiting class in the 247Sports composite rankings, Davis is making his college decision Friday evening.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Four-star quarterback Tate Martell of Las Vegas (Nev.) Bishop Gorman put out a few interesting tweets this week implying that Ohio State was close to getting another commitment. 

Speculation was that Martell, who recently committed to the Buckeyes himself, was talking about five-star offensive lineman Wyatt Davis of Bellflower (Calif.) St. John Bosco. 

Now Davis, who is coming off an unofficial visit to Ohio State, is set to announce his college decision. 

Rated the No. 1 offensive guard in the 2017 recruiting class in the 247Sports composite rankings, Davis is making his college decision Friday at 6:00 p.m. in the school's football office. 

The 6-foot-5, 310-pound prospect is also considering Alabama, Michigan, Notre Dame and UCLA. Davis, who has committed to play in the U.S. Army All-American Game, visited Ohio State, Michigan and Notre Dame in mid-June. 

Want to see Martell's tweets and to see if you can make the leap?

Here's the first one: 

Then he followed up later in the evening with this: 

Finally, after the school announced Davis is ready to end his recruitment, Martell fired off another tweet that shows he has a whiteboard of Ohio State's top-remaining targets. 

Stay tuned with cleveland.com on Friday evening for Davis' decision. 

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More Monday Plain Dealer 'BELIEVE IT!' Cavaliers championship editions in stores Saturday (photos, videos)

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About 30,000 more copies of Monday's Plain Dealer Cleveland Cavaliers championship edition will be in stores Saturday. Watch video

BROOKLYN, Ohio - About 30,000 more copies of The Plain Dealer's coveted "BELIEVE IT!" Cavaliers championship Monday edition will be delivered to major retailers for sale on Saturday.

The historic edition quickly became a collector's item when initial printings were snapped up Monday. The newspaper has continued to print the edition, reaching 505,000 copies this week, while selling it in front of the The Plain Dealer printing plant in Brooklyn, but it has not been available in stores since Monday.

A list of retailers is being compiled, said Plain Dealer Director of Circulation Bryan Schneider. It is to include major drug stores, supermarkets and big-chain retailers such as Walgreens, Giant Eagle, Marc's and Walmart. He said it will be up to each retailer to decide whether to limit the number of purchases.

Every edition this week will continue to be sold at the printing plant Friday and Monday, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the regular cover price of $1.50. Also available is a separate, 24-page Cavs championship keepsake section, printed on premium paper, selling for $4.95.

Complete sets of this week's papers -- Monday June 20 through Sunday June 26, plus a copy of a 24-page commemorative edition -- will be on sale next week at the printing plant, 4800 Tiedeman Road at I-480 in Brooklyn. Multiple selling stations have been set up around the outside of the plant to allow drivers to buy copies with curbside service.

Friday's edition is to include a special section recapping Cavs celebrations in Cleveland and Akron this week. Sunday's Plain Dealer will include a championship week commemorative edition with full-size reprints of front pages from throughout the week.

The Plain Dealer is home-delivered on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, and available at retailers every day of the week.

Two editions of the Monday front page were printed. The first edition featured the headline "CHAMPS!" After a different photo of LeBron James crying with the trophy was featured, a second-edition headline was changed to "BELIEVE IT!''

Copies of the papers currently are not available for purchase online. For questions, call 216-999-6000 or 800-275-7346.

Cleveland Browns rookies visit Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of rookie transition program

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Browns rookies visited the Hall of Fame on Thursday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns rookies were able to get a taste of history this week when they watched the Cleveland Cavaliers win the city's first championship in 52 years. Thursday, they had a chance to get a taste of NFL history when they paid a visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the team's rookie transition program.

"(It's) just knowing who's come before you," said Ron Brewer, Browns Manager of Player Engagement on Tuesday during a youth football camp including the team's rookies at FirstEnergy Stadium. "There's a history in the NFL. A lot of times guys, 'Hey, I'm here. I've arrived now.' But hey, there were other people that came before you and you want to pay respect to them, but also understand the importance of being in the National Football League and how much of a privilege it is, so that's the idea behind it. You can't teach that in the classroom. It gives them a chance to see it and being right here in Ohio, you can't miss it. Can't miss this opportunity to get out there."

Rookie quarterback Cody Kessler said on Tuesday he had never been to the Hall of Fame and was excited for the trip.

"For me, I've always had so much respect for the game and respect for the quarterback position," he said. "It's going to be really cool to go there and see guys and the history of it and see guys that have played the game for so long and played it the right way and set the bar very, extremely high for the rest of us that are coming in as rookies or guys that are playing now or even in the future."

The rookie transition program replaced the league's annual Rookie Symposium beginning this year. It's designed to educate players about finances, domestic violence, sexual assault and other off-field issues as they transition to the NFL. The switch to the transition program allows for teams to include all rookies -- the Symposium was previously open only to drafted rookies -- and to tailor the program to individual needs.

Brewer said he believes the Browns are the only team making a Hall of Fame trip and said having the museum in the team's backyard is a tremendous resource.

"An hour down the road, we can hop in there," Brewer said. "That's special."

Here are Tweets from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and some Browns rookies.

5 reasons you shouldn't stand on bus shelters, even at the crazy Cavs parade (video)

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Want to stand on a bus shelter? Maybe just to get a better view at the championship Cavs rolling by in a parade? Don't do it. Here's a video showing why. Watch video

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More than a million people crammed downtown Cleveland to party with the Cavs Wednesday. Which meant it was pretty tough to actually see anything during the parade. Which meant diehard fans did whatever it took to get above the crowd.

Some people climbed trees, others street lights, others the outside of parking garages. Even portapotties.

How Cavs parade fans climbed that Cleveland parking garage (video)

You probably shouldn't do any of the above, but let's just talk about bus shelters for today. Police will probably make you get down anyway.

2016 NBA Draft tracker: Pick-by-pick results and on-the-clock updates

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Get pick-by-pick and on-the-clock updates during the first and second rounds of the 2016 NBA Draft.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2016 NBA Draft will take place inside the Barclays Center on Thursday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers enter the night without a selection.

Get pick-by-pick and on-the-clock updates during the first and second rounds throughout the night with our trackers below. Click on the player names to get more information about the selection. 

Please note that, at the completion of the first round, the list below will flip to the second round. 

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Sources: Tristan Thompson to play for Canadian National Team

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Tristan Thompson will play for the Canadian National Team with the hopes of qualifying for the Olympics in Brazil this summer, league sources informed cleveland.com.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson will play for the Canadian National Team with the hopes of qualifying for the Olympics in Brazil this summer, league sources informed cleveland.com.

Team Canada's third-place finish at the FIBA America's Championship in Mexico City last summer secured them a spot in the Olympic qualifying tournament. Running July 4-10, there will be three separate tournaments, with the winning team at each event grabbing a berth in the 2016 Olympics.

Canada will play in the Manila tournament. Slotted into Group A, Canada will see Turkey and Senegal in the first round. France, New Zealand and the host Philippines make up Group B.

Phoenix Suns assistant Jay Triano will coach the team, one that is expected to feature other NBA players -- Cory Joseph, Tyler Ennis and Joel Anthony -- along with Thompson. Youngster Andrew Wiggins released a statement through his agent announcing his decision to take the summer off. 

Thompson, the 25-year-old Cavaliers ironman, did not play for the Canadian National Team last summer, choosing instead to focus on his first free agency go-around. 

Chris Fedor contributed to this report.

Fresh Brewed Tees sells shirt that looks like JR Smith's tattooed torso

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Cleveland-based T-shirt company Fresh Brewed Tees just struck a deal with the Cavaliers guard, and one of the tattoo artists who decorated part of his body, so that the company could sell a front and back tattooed shirt that matches Smith's tattoos.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - If you like the way J.R. Smith looks shirtless, and want to look just like that, you can - wearing a newly designed tattooed T-shirt.

Cleveland-based T-shirt company Fresh Brewed Tees just struck a deal with the Cavaliers guard, and one of the tattoo artists who decorated part of his body, so that the company could sell a front and back tattooed shirt that matches Smith's tattoos.

It all started as a joke, but then social media took over. That's when Fresh Brewed Tees owner Tony Madalone thought he'd be crazy not to try to capitalize on the interest. He did not know J.R. Smith until this past weekend.

"We did a mock-up of what the shirt would look like as a joke and it went viral," Madalone said. His Thursday tweet of the mock-up, which featured the tattoos on the front of Smith's body on a shirt, garnered 6,400 retweets on Twitter, and 7,000 likes on Instagram. When ESPN picked it up, it got 70,000 likes.

For the next two days, Madalone was negotiating with J.R. Smith's team.

"I spent two days trying to make it happen. Half of that time was a full day of negotiating from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., " Madalone said. "I was at J.R.'s house with a photographer at 10 p.m. Friday.

TonyandJR.jpegFresh Brewed Tees owner Tony Madalone met J.R.Smith for the first time Friday night. By Monday evening a newly designed J.R. Smith tattooed T-shirt was available on the company's website.  

"His family was there, and because of all of the popularity they were excited about it, and he was laughing about it," said Madalone, 31, who is licensed by the MLB Players Association. His 7-year-old business has partnerships with both the Cavs and the Indians.

Smith was wearing his shirt for his moving post-game press conference, but he did not have one on when the Cavaliers' team plane landed back in Cleveland the following day. And he did not have one on during the team's championship parade through downtown Cleveland last week.

Even President Obama suggested that Smith put back on his shirt, after days of celebrating the championship. In a congratulatory call Thursday to head coach Tyronn Lue, President Obama ended the call by telling the coach to tell Smith to put his shirt back on. 

"Tell everybody and J.R. to put on a shirt, though ... walking around without a shirt, for a whole week. Now Shumpert taking off his shirt. Kyrie taking off his shirt. C'mon man," said President Obama.

"Now he can put a shirt on without putting a shirt on," Madalone said. "We joked about it. Maybe he'll wear it to the White House whenever they go, because they've been invited."

The T-shirt just went on sale this evening on Fresh Brewed Tees website for $34.99.

See ESPN's video of a shirtless J.R. below:

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Cleveland Indians ring down the thunder 4 times Sunday in 5th inning to remember

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As soon as Juan Uribe hit his leadoff homer Sunday in the fifth inning, Tyler Naquin could feel a jolt of energy flow through the Indians' dugout. That energy kept on flowing as the Indians hit four homers in the fifth to tie a club record.

ATLANTA - Juan Uribe provided the jolt with a leadoff homer in the fifth inning Sunday at Comerica Park.

Things just flowed after that.

"There's energy anytime somebody hits a home run, especially Juan," said Tyler Naquin. "Everybody loves when Juan hits a homer. Just the way he reacts to them. He has so much fun playing the game."

Uribe hit a 78 mph curveball from Detroit's Justin Verlander to break a 2-2 tie in a game the Indians won, 9-3. What followed has happened only three times in Indians' history as they hit four homers in one inning.

Naquin followed Uribe to the plate and hit Verlander's 1-0 changeup into the right field seats for a 3-2 lead. The pitch came in at 85 mph and left considerably faster.

"An inning like that carries all the way though the lineup," said Naquin. "We're having a lot of fun. Anytime you hit a lot of homers that makes anything fun. The energy just flows through the whole team. You can just tell."

Verlander retired Carlos Santana on a fly ball and struck out Michael Martinez. All he needed was one more out to save himself from allowing four homers in one inning. He couldn't get it.

Francisco Lindor singled. Mike Napoli sent Verlander's 88 mph first-pitch slider into the seats in left field for a 6-2 lead. It was Napoli's 16th homer, but only his fifth on the road.

"We're thriving off each other right now," said Napoli. "We're having a good time. When somebody does something good, the next guy wants to top him.

"But we're not taking anything for granted. We know every team wants to beat us and that we have to bring it every game."

After Napoli's homer, Jose Ramirez singled off Verlander with Lonnie Chisenhall coming to the plate. Verlander threw a 85 mph change up to Chisenhall, who drove the 2-1 pitch into the right field seats just beyond the reach of Mike Aviles, his former teammate and platoon partner at third base and in the outfield.

"You see a guy take a swing and the dugout erupts," said Chisenhall. "Then the second one goes. You're not thinking about going up there and hitting a home run, you just want to have a good at-bat.

"Just continue to click. It might be that the energy is rolling. You've got the hot hand and just keep swinging."

The Indians hit four homers in an inning on July 31, 1963 and July 16, 2004. In the 1963 game, Tito Francona, the father of Tribe manager Terry Francona, hit one of the homers.

"I've heard that story so many times I think eight guys hit home runs in that inning," said manager Terry Francona. "My dad said the guy who battered fifth tried to bunt. I don't know if that's true or not."

In the second game of a doubleheader against the Angels, Pedro Ramos, Woody Held, Tito Francona and Larry Brown hit four homers in succession.

Three's the charm: Francisco Lindor entered Monday's game with 14 three-hits games this season.

"First at-bat to your last at-bat, it shouldn't matter," said Lindor. "You're always trying to get a hit. Never take your foot off the throttle."

Memory lane: Turner Field, which is getting ready for mothballs, opened in 1997. The same year Francona made his debut as a big-league manager for the Phillies.

Asked about his memories of the ballpark, Francona said, "I remember coming in here and getting our butts kicked." The Braves had a pitching staff featuring Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine.

Francona said he was so distressed with the state of the Phillies that he asked to talk to talk to Bobby Cox, Atlanta's Hall of Fame manager.

"I told Bobby, 'I'm scuffling,'" said Francona. "He said, 'What was the difference between you and me last night?' He said you were on the field six times making pitching changes. I didn't go out there once. He said, 'Relax, your pitching stinks.'"

The Braves are moving into a new ballpark in 2017.

Finally: The Indians entered Monday's game against Atlanta with a +81 run differential, tops in the American League. ... Trevor Bauer, who went to the plate with a bat in his hand Monday night, has nowhere to go but up. He's 1-for-14 with two sacrifice bunts in his career as a batter. No word if he intended to imitate his teammate's batting stances as he did last year against Pittsburgh.


Clint Frazier's throw-out at home saves Akron RubberDucks victory

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Frazier's throw from left field prevents the Flying Squirrels from scoring the tying run.

clint frazier.jpegClint Frazier 

RICHMOND, Virginia -- Akron outfielder Clint Frazier threw out the tying run at home in the bottom of the ninth, preserving a 5-4 victory for the RubberDucks in a Class AA Eastern League game Monday night.

Akron took a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning but the Flying Squirrels rallied off RubberDucks reliever Perci Garner, scoring once and putting runners on second and third with two outs.

It looked like Ali Castillo would at least send the game into extra innings when he singled to left field, bringing in a run. Steven Lerud tried to score from second, but was thrown out by Frazier.

Akron had built a 4-1 lead by the third inning thanks to a solo homer from Bradley Zimmer in the first inning, an RBI groundout from Mike Papi and an RBI single from Claudio Bautista in the second, and an RBI double from Jordan Smith in the third.

Nellie Rodriguez hit a solo homer in the eighth, a run that proved to be crucial. Rodriguez finished 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.

Akron left-hander Shawn Morimando (10-3, 3.09 ERA) gave up two runs on just three hits in six innings to break a three-game losing streak. He struck out five.

Go here to see a box score from the game

Cleveland Indians roll to 10th straight victory with 8-3 win over Atlanta Braves

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The Indians' 10-game winning streak is the longest in the big leagues this year. It is the longest by the Indians since they won 10 straight to end the 2013 season.

ATLANTA -- The Indians have changed leagues and rules, but they're still hitting home runs and winning games.

Powered by Lonnie Chisenhall's three-run homer and the pitching of Trevor Bauer, the Indians beat Atlanta, 8-3, Monday night at Turner Field for their 10th straight victory. It is the longest winning streak by any team in the big leagues this season and the Tribe's longest since it ended the 2013 season with 10 wins.

Chisehall's three-run homer in the fourth gave the Indians a 4-1 lead off Tyrell Jenkins (0-1), who replaced injured starter John Gant in the third inning. It was Chisenhall's second homer in as many days and his fourth of the season.

The Indians have hit 10 homers in the last three games and 21 in the 10-game winning streak. In Monday's win, six players drove in one or more runs.

"That's when we're at our best," said manager Terry Francona. "When we can go one through nine, or one through eight tonight, that's probably the best way for us to play. I think we can have a chance to be consistent that way."

Bauer (6-2, 3.19) wasn't at his sharpest, but he still turned in his seventh straight quality start (three or fewer earned runs in six or more innings). He allowed two runs with five strikeouts and three walks in six innings.

"Mostly it's about the team winning," said Bauer, when asked about the quality starts. "That's what a quality start is. You keep your team in it. That's the goal when you go out there."

Catcher Tyler Flowers, an old foe of the Indians and Bauer from his days with the White Sox, cut the Tribe's lead in half, 4-2, with a leadoff homer in the fourth. Flowers came into the game hitting .500 (3-for-6) against Bauer.

The Indians didn't respond until late.

Carlos Santana, pinch-hitting for Bauer, made it 5-2 with a single in the seventh. The inning promised more, but with the bases loaded and no outs, Jason Kipnis flied out to short center and Francisco Lindor bounced into a double play.

The Tribe bounced back with two in the seventh. Mike Napoli pushed the envelope after his third single of the night. He took second on a wild pitch and continued to third on a throwing error by Flowers. Jose Ramirez, hitting .400 (18-for-45) with runners in scoring position, delivered Napoli with a single to left. Tyler Naquin made it 7-2 when he doubled home Ramirez. It was Naquin's second double in as many bats.

Kipnis accounted for the Tribe's final run with a solo homer in the ninth. It was his 10th of the season, four more than he hit in 2015.

"It's fun because we're scoring late in the game," said Chisenhall, who went 2-for-4 and is hitting .295 (49-for-166). "I know we scored in the first inning tonight, but we continue score to in the fifth, sixth and seventh. When you score late like that, I know from being on the other side, it's a little deflating when you see the other team scratching out one, scatching out one.

"It's a big part of what our offense does."

The Indians took a 1-0 lead in the first as Napoli scored Lindor with a two-out single off Gant. Lindor doubled in front of Napoli.

The Braves, with eight wins in their last 11 games before Monday, made it 1-1 in the third on a sacrifice fly by Nick Markakis.

Gant left the game in the third inning with a strained left oblique muscle. He had a 2-2 count on Bauer when Jenkins relieved.

What it means

The Indians maintained their five-game lead in the AL Central and improved to 15 games over .500 at 45-30.

The Tribe's five-game lead is its largest at this point of the season since ending the 2007 season with an eight-game lead. The Indians won the Central that year and advanced to Game 7 of the ALCS.

That hurts

Jerry Layne, plate umpire and crew chief, left Monday's game in the eighth inning, after getting hit in the mask by a foul tip by Markakis. Second base umpire Hunter Wendlestedt moved behind the plate as the game was finished with three umpires.

Strangers in a strange land

Lefty Tom Gorzelanny made his first appearance since June 15 in the seventh. There were two out and Atlanta had four lefties due to bat. Gorzelanney walked Jace Peterson, but struck out Edner Inciarte to end the inning.

Righties Tommy Hunter and Joba Chamberlain worked the eighth and ninth innings, respectively. It was their first action since June 18.

The relievers weren't getting a lot of work because the starters pitched three complete games in the last five games going into Monday's game.

The pitches

Bauer threw 100 pitches, 59 for strikes. Grant threw 37 pitches, 26 or 70 percent for strikes.

Thanks for coming

The Indians and Braves drew 15,538 to Turner Field on Monday night. First pitch was a 7:10 p.m. and the temperature was 89 degrees.

What's next?

Corey Kluber (7-7, 3.59 ERA) will be working with an extra day's rest when he faces RHP Matt Wisler (3-7, 4.22) Tuesday night at 7:10. Kluber was supposed to pitch Monday, but the Indians backed him off a day.

Kluber, 5-2 in his last seven starts, has never faced Atlanta. He's 10-2 with a 2.30 ERA against the NL. Erick Aybar is hitting .444 (4-for-9) against Kluber.

Wisler is 1-2 in his last four starts, allowing 10 earned runs and 22 hits in 17 1/3 innings. He's never faced the Tribe.

Lonnie Chisenhall, Trevor Bauer help Cleveland Indians extend MLB-best winning streak to 10: DMan's Report, Game 75 (photos)

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Lonnie Chisenhall and Jason Kipnis homered and right-hander Trevor Bauer was solid as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Atlanta Braves, 8-3, Monday night in Atlanta, Ga. The Tribe has won 10 in a row.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lonnie Chisenhall went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and right-hander Trevor Bauer produced another quality start as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Atlanta Braves, 8-3, Monday night at Turner Field in Atlanta, Ga. The Tribe extended its MLB-season-best winning streak to 10.

Here is a capsule look at the game, which was televised by Fox Sports Time Ohio:

Impressive stuff: The first-place Indians (45-30) secured the 22nd winning streak of 10+ in franchise history. Among the streak highlights, as shown in a Fox Sports Time Ohio graphic:

*Outscoring four opponents, 68-22.

*Have scored six-plus runs in each of the past seven games -- the franchise's longest such streak since 2005.

*Batting .322 with 46 extra-base hits (21 homers, 18 doubles, seven triples).

*Batting .329 with runners in scoring position.

*Starters' ERA is 2.05.

The Diff: For the season, the Tribe's run differential is +86 (369-283).

Not taking them lightly: The Braves are bad -- 26-50 overall, 11-30 at home -- but had won eight of 11.  

Plenty good enough: Bauer allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out five. He threw 51 of 100 pitches for strikes.

Bauer (6-2, 3.19 ERA) rarely appeared comfortable -- and still delivered his seventh consecutive John Lowe Quality Start (six or more innings, three or fewer earned runs).

Bauer had a June to remember. Here are his starts:

  • June 1 vs. Texas -- 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (ND; Tribe won, 5-4).
  • June 6 @ Seattle -- 7.2 IP, 5 H, R, ER, BB, 10 K (W, 3-1).
  • June 11 @ Angels -- 8 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, BB, 3 K (ND; Tribe lost, 4-3).
  • June 17 vs. White Sox -- 7 IP, 4 H, R, ER, 3 BB, 9 K (ND; Tribe won, 3-2).
  • June 22 vs. Tampa Bay -- 9 IP, 3 H, R, ER, BB, 10 K (W, 6-1).
  • June 27 @ Atlanta -- 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K (W, 8-3).
  • Totals: 6 GS, 44.2 IP, 30 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 12 BB, 43 K (3-0; Cle 5-1.)

Bauer was off his game Monday in part because of plate umpire Jerry Layne's occasionally amoebic zone. It is difficult to crack Layne too hard, though, because he was forced to exit late in the game after absorbing a foul to the jaw area of the mask.

Atlanta's runs against Bauer came on Nick Markakis' sacrifice fly in the third inning and Tyler Flowers' homer in the fourth. Give Flowers, a big man who can run into one, his due: He stayed on a 3-2 fastball and drove it deep to right-center.

Gettin' Chizzy Wid It: Chisenhall has been a load in the past two games. On Sunday in Detroit, he went 4-for-4 with one triple, one homer, three RBI and two runs as the Tribe rolled, 9-3.

On Monday, Chisenhall's homer gave the Tribe a 4-1 lead in the fourth.

Francisco Lindor led off against righty reliever Tyrell Jenkins by slapping a 3-1 fastball (93 mph) near the left-field line for a single. Lindor displayed excellent plate coverage against a pitch that was off the outside corner and below the knees.

Mike Napoli sent a 3-2 slider (84) to left-center, Lindor stopping at second.

Chisenhall took a fastball (94) up and in, then attacked a hanging slider (82) and sent it into the right-field seats.

Flowers pulled the Braves within 4-2. The Indians scored once in the seventh, twice in the eighth and once in the ninth to make it 8-2.

Jenkins allowed four runs on six hits in four innings. He had been forced into the game on no notice when righty John Gant suffered oblique discomfort in the third inning.

Party at Napoli's: Napoli went 3-for-5 with one RBI and two runs. He saw a game-high 26 pitches.

Napoli's second run captured the essence of the scrappy Indians during the streak and, for that matter, the season to date. It happened in the eighth inning.

Napoli led off against lefty Ian Krol. Napoli took a fastball (93) for a called strike and fouled a fastball (94) before Krol essentially insulted him by throwing an 0-2 fastball (92). Napoli grounded it sharply into the hole at short for a single.

Krol's 0-2 pitch to Chisenhall bounced in front of catcher Flowers and trickled into the righty batter's box. Napoli, light on his feet and keenly aware, sprinted for second. A surprised Flowers threw wildly into the outfield, and Napoli continued to third.

Napoli is far from a track star, but he didn't need to be in this case. He manufactured first-to-third by using aggressiveness and "functional'' speed to force Flowers into an error.

Chisenhall grounded to second. Napoli held.

Jose Ramirez rallied from a 1-2 count to 3-2. Krol threw a high fastball (93) that Ramirez socked into left-center for an RBI single to make it 6-2.

Two pitches later, Tyler Naquin hit an RBI double to right. Naquin finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, one RBI and one run. His past eight hits have been for extra bases (four doubles, two triples, two homers).

Have you bought into the Indians after 10-game winning streak? (poll)

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Has the Cavs' championship combined with the Indians' 10-game winning streak increased your interest in the Indians?

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cavaliers finally broke Cleveland's 52-year pro sports championship drought.

But elsewhere in Gateway Plaza, the Indians are on a strong run of their own.

The Indians have won 10 straight games and are in first place in the AL Central by five games.

They have not lost since Game 6 of the NBA Finals when the Cavs forced a Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors on the way to a title.

So as a fan, have you bought into the Indians now? Or do you need to see more?

Let us know in the poll and comments below.

Could LeBron really feel your pain? -- Bud Shaw's You Said It

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Cleveland sports fans wonder if LeBron really shared their pain and how the Indians' Juan Uribe managed to bounce back so well from his.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- You Said It is based on the premise that the only thing Cleveland sports fans need more than another championship is a sense of humor...

YOU SAID IT

Bud: Someone on TV said LeBron suffered with all of the other Cleveland sports fans through the years. Not true. LeBron grew up a Cowboys, Yankees and Bulls fan -- Tim, Canton

But except for those three small details, you can take that opinion to the bank.

Bud: Okay, now what am I supposed to do for the next 52 years? -- Big Al, Aurora

Parade around.

Bud: Was You Said It omitted during Championship Week because the sports pages had no room for losers? -- Michael Sarro

No. It was just a regularly scheduled public service.

Bud: Is the scheduling conflict between the upcoming Olympics in Rio and 'Safety Town' the reason why Steph Curry won't be playing basketball for the U.S. this summer? -- Jim Corrigan, Fairview Park

I believe it's over his wife's concern that the IOC is rigging the Olympics in favor of Venezuela.

Bud: Juan Uribe hit home runs in four straight games. What did you do the last time you were hit in the groin? -- Frank, Avon Lake

In search of something guaranteed to make the pain of a groin shot feel as insignificant as a hangnail, I re-watched Carl Lewis singing the national anthem..

Bud: Am just wondering if all those people who bought "just once before I die" T-shirts are a little nervous now about how more time they have left on earth? -- Fred Corrigan, Orlando, FL

You Said It winners find salvation just in the nick of time.

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