Jordyn Peck can shoot the 3 but becoming a graphic designer is more important to the Shaker Heights senior guard.   Peck, who averaged 17.3 points, 2.3 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.9 treys a game a year ago, recently gave Wagner College her oral commitment without even visiting the Division I school located in Staten Island.

 Jordyn Peck can shoot the 3 but becoming a graphic designer is more important to the Shaker Heights senior guard.

  Peck, who averaged 17.3 points, 2.3 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.9 treys a game a year ago, recently gave Wagner College her oral commitment without even visiting the Division I school located in Staten Island.

  "The coaches came to one of my open gyms, then to my house and offered me a scholarship,'' said Peck, who also had the interest of Florida Atlantic, Loyola (Chicago) and Temple.
 

 "They told me they want me to be one of the players to turn their program around. I felt comfortable with them and I'm convinced it's a good fit.''
 

 It's close to New York City which is the major reason Peck chose the Seahawks.

  "I'm going to have a lot of opportunities to get an internship in New York City every summer and that's very important to me,'' said Peck.
 

 She has an official visit scheduled for later this month.

The late Al Davis seemed to be former Browns owner Art Modell's polar opposite. But there were similarities between the two, as well as differences.

View full sizeAP photoA rebellious maverick who seemingly loved fighting authority in the NFL, Al Davis has always been the singular face of the Oakland (and briefly Los Angeles) Raiders.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Although they seemed to be polar opposites, Al Davis and Art Modell had many similarities. They shared a common birthplace (Brooklyn), religious faith (Judaism), occupation (powerful owners in the NFL) and controversy (relocating their franchises).

Davis, who died over the weekend, was a rebellious, combative maverick who fought the NFL fiercely as the former commissioner of the rival American Football League. He was as responsible as anyone for the pro football merger because of the sheer cost of fighting him and the fledgling league for players. Modell was a glib, congenial company man for most of his life.

"Art Modell runs with the pack, and he has always run with the pack," sneered Davis, who moved the Raiders up and down the California coast line.

When Modell moved the Browns to Baltimore, he was only following the blueprint Davis drew up in his contentious legal battles. Modell had before been popular among other owners. The move made him an outcast, with old friends rebuking him.

Davis died Saturday at the age of 82 as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He dominated one franchise as coach, owner, and lone wolf the way no other NFL franchise has ever been dominated.

The 83-year-old Modell, as a one-percent owner of the Ravens franchise, is no longer a part of a league whose enduring popularity he assured with his work on the NFL's television committee. He is not a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It is hard to see him ever being inducted while he is alive, given the proximity of the Canton shrine to Cleveland.

The end of Modell's ownership, at least regarding the on-field performance of his franchise, was the reverse of that of Davis. In 2000, with one of the great defenses in NFL history, aided by the financial resources of minority owner Stephen Biscotti, the Ravens won the Super Bowl in the only appearance a Modell-owned team ever made. The Ravens beat Davis' Raiders in the AFC Championship Game.

By the end of Davis' life, he was considered a meddlesome, inept owner, just as Modell was viewed in Cleveland. The Raiders won three Super Bowls with Davis as owner, but their final appearance was after the 2002 season.

View full sizeAP photoWhile Al Davis embraced the antipathy that some of his fellow owners had for him, Art Modell has clearly been wounded by those who criticized his move of the Browns from Cleveland, says Bill Livingston.

The team's current revival, however, dates to such Davis draft picks as Darren McFadden and Denarius Moore, as well as the free agents he signed before the lockout. If controversial ex-Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, who becomes eligible this week when the Browns play at Oakland, turns out to be helpful, his selection in the supplemental draft will be remembered as a signature Davis move.

Davis took outcasts and misfits and won with them for years by creating a culture of intimidation. The Raiders' pirate logo was symbol of their outlaw ways. Steelers coach Chuck Noll once said the Raiders had brought a "criminal element" into the NFL with their vicious play.

Modell's lone Super Bowl victory came after linebacker Ray Lewis plea-bargained his way onto the roster, receiving one year's probation for one count of obstruction of justice in a murder case.

Davis read extensively about the Nazi era. Although he was Jewish, the Raiders' owner was fascinated by Adolf Hitler.

Modell was not much for history. At the team's Berea headquarters, there was no sign during his ownership that the Browns were a great power under coach Paul Brown before Modell fired him. Modell willingly left the brown and orange colors behind when he moved. In Baltimore, he could begin anew with his team's Power Rangers outfits.

Long before there was a "Rooney Rule," giving minorities the opportunity to interview for NFL head coaching jobs, Davis made Tom Flores the NFL's first Latino head coach and Art Shell the first black coach in its modern history. He also made a woman, Amy Trask, a leading team executive.

Modell made former Browns tight end and Hall of Fame member Ozzie Newsome the league's first black general manager.

Both owners were generally beloved by their players.

Davis moved the Raiders to Los Angeles, then back to Oakland. The dynamics of Modell's move made such a return impossible, both because of the antipathy to him here and the restoration of the franchise as an expansion team in 1999. Modell did not even return to Cleveland for the funeral for one of his favorite players, Lou "The Toe" Groza, saying he feared for his safety.

Davis welcomed the hatred of other teams and owners. The degree to which Modell is still reviled here probably wounds him deeply. But a man makes his bed and must lie in it. Particularly after rolling it down the road to another city.

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Pat Shurmur may have a better grasp of what the Browns have on offense after four games and the bye week. Numerous other Browns links.

John Kuntz, The Plain DealerCould wide receiver Brian Robiskie's role in the Browns' offense change now that the bye week is over?

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Pat Shurmur, like all coaches new to a team, didn't know everything he'd need to about the Cleveland Browns when he was hired as their head coach.

Shurmur's plate was especially full, because he would essentially operate, too, as the team's offensive coordinator, and oversee the installation of the West Coast offense.

Of course, it's been well-documented how the lockout disrupted Shurmur's plans to bring the Browns along into their new offensive and defensive (4-3) systems.

Now, after posting a 2-2 record and then taking advantage of the team's bye week, Shurmur and his coaching staff may have a better idea about the personnel on hand and how they should employ it.

Scott Petrak of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina County Gazette lists five issues to watch with the post-bye Browns, and writes about one of them:

On one play, Mohamed Massaquoi and Brian Robiskie are the receivers. On the next, it’s Joshua Cribbs and rookie Greg Little.

Tight ends Benjamin Watson, Evan Moore and Alex Smith all play, along with fullback Owen Marecic. And you can’t forget the Peyton Hillis/Montario Hardesty shuffle at running back.

Without an offseason to familiarize himself with his skill players, first-year coach Pat Shurmur used the first four games to judge the talent. He did that with an almost nonstop rotation, as nearly every offensive snap brought a new combination of the five skill players on the field.

This is an area where the bye comes at a good time. Shurmur used the extra time to evaluate his personnel and what it does best. The result will surely be a streamlining of plays and packages.

“You’ll probably see more of certain guys in the game than you may have seen,” he said.

The Browns play at Oakland against the Raiders (2-2) on Sunday.

Plain Dealer and cleveland.com Browns coverage includes a report by Pat Galbincea and Mary Kay Cabot that defensive end Marcus Benard suffered a broken arm in a motorcycle accident and is in the Cleveland Clinic; Cabot's story that running back Peyton Hillis says he was too sick to play against Miami on Sept. 25, but wouldn't admit it to himself until his agent said it would be unwise to play; Cabot's report that cornerback Joe Haden missed Monday's practice with a sprained knee; a Starting Blocks poll on the Browns-Raiders game; and, much more.

Goal to goal

Rookie wide receiver Greg Little is getting an added role in the offense, Fred Greetham writes for Scout.com's Orange and Brown Report.

Pat Shurmur has seen ups and downs in his early days as the Browns coach, Scott Petrak writes for the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Medina County Gazette.

Greg Little is showing potential as a go-to receiver, Stephanie Storm writes for the Akron Beacon Journal.

Peyton Hillis is concerned that he might not have a long-term future with the Browns, Nate Ulrich writes for the Akron Beacon Journal.

The Browns return to the practice field, but Joe Haden can't yet, writes Jeff Schudel for the News-Herald and Lorain Morning Journal.

Steve King continues his "Browns Across America" series for clevelandbrowns.com. He writes about players throughout Browns history who are from Oregon.

On the Dawg Pound Daily, how will the Browns finish the 2011 season? By Steve DiMatteo, with an accompanying poll. 

On the Bleacher Report, a slideshow of 25 of the most under-valued players in Browns history. By Samantha Bunten.

The Browns coming off the bye week. By Jamison Hensley for ESPN.com.

Peyton Hillis admits concern about his future with the Browns, but tries to focus on his job. By Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository.

Roe's moment of clarity became public a few weeks ago when he announced that he was stepping away from the Spartans to pursue a blossoming acting career.

View full sizeKirthman F. Dozier, MCTFormer St. Edward star Delvon Roe (blocking the shot of Indiana's Christian Watford during a game last January) was one of the Big Ten's top shotblockers, but in leaving basketball he's hoping to find a clear path to success in acting.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Maybe Delvon Roe's moment came over the summer, when the basketball player landed his first role in a big-time movie, complete with a $20,000 paycheck.

Maybe it came in August, when the former St. Edward star and his longtime girlfriend, Michigan State basketball player Lykendra Johnson, had a daughter, Destinie Roe.

Or maybe it came when all the knee torment finally culminated, when his future in acting began looking more and more promising while his basketball forecast remained painful, and the best opportunity for providing for tiny Destinie clearly lurked outside the basketball court.

Whatever the case, Roe's moment of clarity became public a few weeks ago when he announced that he was stepping away from the Spartans to pursue a blossoming acting career that he discovered only recently.

"This is the hardest decision I've ever had to make," Roe said in a statement released by the school. "It feels that I've been playing through pain throughout my career at MSU, but the daily grind of basketball -- the running, cutting, jumping -- has finally taken its toll given the intensity required to play at our level. I started playing basketball because I loved the game, but the pain has taken that away and forced me to always think about just getting through the next few minutes or the next game."

"I don't think I could have gone through another year of this pain, mentally," Roe said at the press conference.

Since he first suffered a knee injury in high school, Roe has lived with knee pain he described as "off the charts." For the past year, he has been receiving pain injections every other week -- merely to practice basketball, according to his St. Edward basketball coach, Eric Flannery.

Spartans coach Tom Izzo has called Roe one of the toughest players he's ever worked with, but the agony became too much. But there was something else. He is not so much walking away from basketball as he is walking toward acting.

Roe took a class at Michigan State by chance his sophomore year. It wasn't long before professors and classmates were complimenting his skills, telling him he had real potential and encouraging him to audition for plays. And it wasn't just because he was convincing in his on-court flopping, either.

He earned a part in the Shakespeare play "As You Like It," last year as a wrestler, Charles. But his biggest break came a few months ago -- via Facebook.

Roe received an email on the social networking site from a young director named Danny Mooney casting for a film in Ann Arbor. Mooney thought Roe might be a good candidate for a part in the movie "AWOL," set amid the backdrop of the 1969 Vietnam War. It was a Thursday. The audition was Saturday. He was competing for the part against Quinton Aaron, the actor who played football player Michael Oher in "The Blind Side."

"My resume compared to the other guy was bleak, to say the least," Roe said.

Still, he was impressive enough on two days of preparation to land the role, his first in a film. Suddenly he was acting alongside up-and-coming actors and actresses such as Aimee Teegarden and Liam Hemsworth. Hemsworth's famous girlfriend, Miley Cyrus, began following him on Twitter. And he learned the differences between acting on stage and acting for film.

"With theatre, you use a lot of your voice to make a statement," Roe said. "With a movie, a whisper can tell the whole story."

Roe saved most of his $20,000 paycheck, but splurged on an iPad and new computer. Most of all, he learned that he could earn a living. Back at Michigan State this fall, he landed the lead role in a play dedicated to the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. Recently, he secured another movie role, the lead in a film where he plays a not-so-hard-to-fathom basketball player.

"He's very excited about that, and it speaks volumes to his talent," Flannery said. "He finally came to realize that this could be his future and his career."

After his movie role in the summer, Roe decided that he had the ability to act professionally -- and wasn't there just because he happened to be an athlete.

"I don't think they'd invest a lot of money just because I'm a basketball player," Roe said. "Most of the people didn't even know who I was."

Now, the Euclid native hopes, more people will.

Tigers trying to even ALCS before series heads to Detroit for Tuesday's Game 3.

View full sizeMark J. Terrill, Associated PressDetroit Tigers' Ryan Raburn is congratulated by teammates Victor Martinez (center) and Miguel Cabrera after his three-run homer gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead in the third inning of Monday's Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. Rangers catcher Mike Napoli waits for the next pitch.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nelson Cruz homered off the left-field foul pole Monday in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series to pull the Rangers into a 3-3 tie with Detroit at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Cruz hit a 1-2 pitch from Dan Scherzer, who had thrown five scoreless innings after giving up two runs in the first. Cruz's homer ended Scherzer's day.

First-inning doubles by Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre gave Texas a 2-0 lead. Ryan Raburn countered with a three-run homer in the third off lefty Derek Holland to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. That's the way the score stayed until Nelson's homer.

Elvis Andrus started the rally for Texas with a one-out single off Scherzer. Hamilton doubled to the wall in left center to score Andrus. After Scherzer retired Michael Young, Beltre doubled into the right field corner to make it 2-0.

While the Rangers repeated their quick-strike offense, the Tigers seemed to be repeating their early-inning failures from Game 1.

They stranded five runners in the first two innings against left-hander Derek Holland. Austin Jackson walked to open the game and took second on Ramon Santiago's single, but Holland retired the next three batters.

In the second, Holland walked the bases loaded. Raburn opened the inning with a walk. Holland retired the next two batters, but walked Brandon Inge and Jackson to fill the bases. Texas escaped when second baseman Ian Kinsler ranged behind the bag to field Santiago's grounder and flipped to Andrus at second to force a sliding Jackson on a close play for the third out.

In Game 1, Detroit loaded the bases in the first and left two on in the second without scoring.

Raburn ended that trend with his three-run homer in the third. Miguel Cabrera doubled to the wall in right center with one out. On a pitch in the dirt to Victor Martinez, the Tiger DH was apparently hit, but the ball squirted away from catcher Mike Napoli. Cabrera, thinking it was a wild pitch, came around to score as Napoli appealed to first base umpire Tim Welke that Martinez had swung.

Plate umpire Larry Vanover huddled with the rest of the umpires and called Cabrera out of the dugout and put him back at second and Martinez at first. Tiger manager Jim Leyland argued to no avail. While all this was going on, Holland just stood on the mound without playing catch with Napoli.

When play resumed, Raburn pulled a 1-2 pitch into the bleachers in left field. After Jhonny Peralta doubled past third, Scott Feldman relieved Holland. He allowed three runs on four hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings in his second start of the postseason.

Scherzer, 3-0 lifetime against Texas, settled in nicely after the first. After Cruz's leadoff double in the second, Scherzer retired 12 straight. The streak ended when Andrus walked to start the sixth and Hamilton singled him to second. Michael Young lined out to right to move Andrus to third with the tying run, but Scherzer struck out Beltre and retired Mike Napoli on a grounder to short.

After Andrus and Hamilton reached, Scherzer put Young, Beltre and Napoli down in the count 0-2.

Feldman, after relieving Holland, stopped Detroit through seven on 4 1/3 scoreless innings. He struck out four and allowed one hit.

Scherzer, lifted after Cruz's homer, threw 70 percent (64-for-91) of his pitches for strikes. He allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out six and didn't walk a batter.

With the bye, Zips running back Jawon Chisholm and a nicked-up receiving corps can recover.

View full sizeMike Cardew, Akron Beacon JournalAkron QB Clayton Moore is hoping the upcoming bye week will help to heal some of the Zips' ailing offensive players.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The bye week has come just in time for the Akron Zips, according to quarterback Clayton Moore.

The sophomore was about the only offense the Zips had in a 27-17 setback to Florida International on Saturday. With tailback Jawon Chisholm hobbled with tender feet, Moore's scrambles anchored Akron's offensive attack.

With the bye, Chisholm and a nicked-up receiving corps can recover and get set for the second half of the season.

"The only time it can hurt is if you are hot," Moore said of the bye. "It can slow your momentum down. But what are we, 1-and-5? I think if anything it is going to help. We have some players a little dinged up. We'll be given time to sit back, relax, and create a new season for the second half."

The second half of the season will begin with home games vs. Ohio and Central Michigan. Then comes an ESPNU game Thursday, Nov. 3 at Miami followed by what appears to be Akron's best chance at notching its second win of the season, Nov. 12 at home against Kent State. The Zips' final two games are at Buffalo on Nov. 19 and at Western Michigan on Nov. 25.

Woe are they: In recent years, Kent State has been considered an average team that perhaps needs to take one step forward to be consistently good. Now it seems the offense has taken one step backward and gone off a cliff.

The Flashes rank last in the 13-team conference in offense at just 170 yards per game, far behind 12th-place Akron's 301. KSU is averaging just 94 passing yards, also last in the league; and is 12th in the league in rushing.

"We've got to find answers," KSU head coach Darrell Hazell said Monday at his weekly media session. "Our defense is doing an unbelievable job right now."

The good news for Kent is the next six weeks will effectively be spent at home. The Golden Flashes play four of five games at Dix Stadium, with the fifth game down the road at Akron. Spliced in the midst of that five-game stretch is a bye week.

No doubt that time will be spent trying to get the offensive line and quarterback situation settled.

About the offensive line, Hazell said he has two good tackles and a center to rely on. When asked if he would consider putting his three best linemen -- Brian Winters, Josh Kline and Chris Anzevino -- hip-to-hip, then working from there, he said "we've talked about it."

Top prospects in the upper levels of the Cleveland organization, such as Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall, either finished the season with the Indians or, like Drew Pomeranz, were traded. More Indians links.

Chuck Crow, The Plain DealerSecond baseman Jason Kipnis is being counted on as one of the mainstays in the Indians' lineup.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2011 Major League Baseball season continues for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers.

For the Cleveland Indians and 25 other teams, it is, of course, a different season, the offseason.

Matt Snyder looks back to the 2011 Indians for CBSSports.com. And, he looks to the Indians' future, writing:

•Mostly, these Indians need to stay the course. The youthful foundation is growing up together. Kipnis and Chisenhall have joined Santana, Cabrera, Masterson and the "Bullpen Mafia" as a strong core of players all still in their 20s and only scratching the surface of how good they can be. The 2012 season will provide answers to some questions (Sizemore, Carmona, how good some of the young players can be, LaPorta, etc.) to provide a better road map as to how the 2013 season will look. All the top prospects have either been promoted or traded, so what you see at the big-league level is what you get for the next few years.

Plain Dealer and cleveland.com Indians coverage includes Paul Hoynes' story that the Indians won't rush their decision on whether to pick up the option year in center fielder Grady Sizemore's contract.

Hoynes is in Texas, covering the American League Championship series between the Rangers and Tigers, and he will follow the teams to Detroit, where they meet in Game 3 on Tuesday night.

Monday night, Hoynes is covering Game 2. He posts other reports from the series, too, such as his ALCS Daily Briefing and his ALCS Insider.

Besides many other stories by Hoynes on cleveland.com, check his review of the 2011 Indians, which included his story about the season, his month-to-month breakdown and his ranking of the 40-man roster.

Dugout talk

Jordan Bastian answers readers' questions about the Indians, on MLB.com.

The Indians' decision on what to do about Grady Sizemore will affect the offseason -- with the story including an analysis of Sizemore as a player. By Tony Lastoria of Indians Prospect Insider.

A Bleacher Report slideshow, projecting the Indians 2012 Opening Day roster.

Indians Prospect Insider continues its Indians minor leagues awards. Tony Lastoria writes about the candidates for Pitcher of the Year, and the winner, Jeanmar Gomez.

Pitching was the focus of the 2011 Indians farm system, Jonathan Mayo writes for MLB.com.

James Bailey of BaseballAmerica.com lists the top 20 prospects who played this season in the International League, the home of Cleveland's Class AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis and third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall are in the top half of the group, and infielder Cord Phelps just missed making it.

Stoops had a 41-50 record with the Wildcats, who, dating to last season, have lost 10 of their last 11 games, the lone victory in this season’s opener over Northern Arizona.

Associated PressMike Stoops during Arizona's 37-27 loss at Oregon State on Saturday. Stoops was fired as the Wildcats' coach on Monday.

TUCSON, Arizona -- Coach Mike Stoops has been fired halfway through his eighth season at Arizona.

Athletic director Greg Byrne announced Stoops’ dismissal at a news conference Monday evening, two days after the Wildcats lost their fifth straight game, 37-27, at previously winless Oregon State.

Dating to last season, Arizona has lost 10 of 11 games, the lone victory this season’s opener over Northern Arizona, a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) school.

Stoops had a 41-50 record with the Wildcats. He was co-defensive coordinator on his brother Bob’s staff at Oklahoma before he was hired at Arizona. The 49-year-old coach, known for his highly emotional sideline behavior, also was an assistant at his alma mater Iowa and at Kansas State.

His 2010 team started the season 7-1 but lost its last five, including a 36-10 blowout to Oklahoma State in the Alamo Bowl. Arizona, the only team in the old Pac-10 never to play in the Rose Bowl, had consecutive 8-5 seasons in 2008 and 2009.

“Coach Stoops had many successes as our head coach over the last eight seasons,” Byrne said in a news release. “It was a difficult decision but I feel now is the time for new leadership and direction.”

At the news conference, Byrne said the buyout for the remainder of Stoops’ contract will be about $1.4 million. His contract ran through 2013 under an extension granted in December 2008.

Defensive coordinator Tim Kish will serve as interim coach through the remainder of the season, Byrne said, while a national search for a coach is conducted.

“We will make the best decision for Arizona Football, and we are open to a variety of candidates, but the next time you will hear anything from me about this search will be when we introduce our new coach,” he said.

Arizona does not play until a Thursday night home game, Oct. 20, against UCLA.

Kish called it “a tough day for the program.”

“I appreciate Greg’s faith in me to provide leadership to our young men during this difficult time,” Kish said in a release. “I’ve been with coach Stoops for each of his eight years here and know that we have a strong foundation for not only the future but for our immediate tasks. I know this coaching staff will work hard and support our players as we compete for the remainder of the season. We’re here to help these players succeed.”

Byrne said he told Stoops of his decision Monday afternoon, and told the players before the 6 p.m. PDT news conference.

If the Browns open in a two-receiver set in Oakland, it would be Little and Mohamed Massaquoi. If it's three, it'll most likely include Josh Cribbs if healthy.

View full sizeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerGreg Little should get more chances to help the Browns' offense following Pat Shurmur's announcement Monday that Little would start against Oakland on Sunday.

BEREA, Ohio -- One of the most significant changes to come out of the bye week: Pat Shurmur will give rookie Greg Little a start as the X receiver.

Little has played a lot, but has started only one game, catching 14 passes for 131 yards without a score. Now, he'll open games at the X -- split wide on the weak side -- and then move into the slot in three-receiver sets.

"Greg has played over 200 snaps, but as it goes forward here we'll just put him at the X," said Shurmur. "We'll get him in there and get him starting. I'm optimistic as we move forward."

The Browns have opened with various combinations of receivers, including twice with Brian Robiskie and Mohamed Massaquoi. If the Browns open in a two-receiver set in Oakland, it would be Little and Massaquoi. If it's three, it'll most likely include Josh Cribbs if his sprained knee is healthy.

"I knew they were going to give me a chance and it was going to be completely on me to do the most with that opportunity and to turn that opportunity into maybe being the No. 1 guy and maybe stepping into a starting role," said Little, who downplayed the move.

"I think I played the most plays each game as a receiver," he said. "Just looking back, I think we're all capable of playing well and starting because that was the case previously. I've started some games. I've been in on the second play or the third play. So I don't really think that starting title is even going to be any big change."

Little said the increased role is appreciated.

"[Shurmur] has that same kind of confidence in me to want to get me more balls," he said. "I just have to come out and prepare well as I've been doing in the previous weeks and execute on Sunday."

He said his chemistry with Colt McCoy has been good.

"When it's a defensive period [during practice], we try to get balls over on the side field," he said. "He knows where I'm going to be and I know where he's going to put the ball and just different routes, different steps I'm taking and just all the little nuances of a quarterback-receiver relationship."

More Moore, too: Shurmur said he plans to play Evan Moore, who has only seven catches -- and two touchdowns -- even though teams often go to the nickel when Moore is in.

"When you put Evan on the field you can't always throw the football," he said. "When you use multiple receiver sets same thing. Those are the things that you factor in when you go to attack an opponent."

Said Moore: "I'm open to it. I've just got to keep getting better. I'll use these weeks that we have in practice to make sure I'm prepared and whatever my role is on Sunday get ready to execute whatever they call on me to do."

Sitting out: Cornerback Joe Haden, who suffered a sprained left knee against the Titans, worked inside and Shurmur said it's too early to tell if he'll be ready for Oakland. Dimitri Patterson worked in his place, and would most likely move inside on third down, with Buster Skrine playing outside.

View from the sideline: Alex Mack, who underwent an appendectomy last Monday, watched practice from the sidelines.

"He was able to get some mental reps on some of the stuff we're getting ready for Oakland, but he wasn't able to perform either," said Shurmur, who said it's too early to determine his status for Oakland. Steve Vallos worked with the first team in his place.

Some good signs: Cribbs was limited in practice with his sprained knee, but Shurmur said he's feeling much better. "He did a little more than we thought, so, he's moving forward there," said Shurmur.

Other tweaks: In addition to starting Little and giving Moore additional time, Shurmur said "Benjamin Watson is playing at a very high level. He's a three-down tight end so when you put in Evan Moore a lot of times it's in a two tight end set. Those are the things you look at."

He said last week he wanted Peyton Hillis to get more touches.

For a man who deals in life lessons, Ginn, 55, delivered one personally in the form of a three-week absence for undisclosed health reasons.

View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerAn institution on the Cleveland high school sports scene, Glenville's Ted Ginn has won on the field and helped plenty of his players (Christian Bryant, right, and James Gordon, after signing letters of intent in 2010) earn collegiate scholarships.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ted Ginn was speaking to his players upon his return to fulltime coaching last week, but he might as well have been talking to all of us.

"You've got to look at it like you look at life," Ginn said. "There's going to come a time when I'm not in your life. You're going to have to adjust to when I'm not there."

For a man who deals in life lessons, Ginn, 55, delivered one personally in the form of a three-week absence for undisclosed health reasons. It was a stark reminder to the teenagers he mentors as Glenville's football coach and director of Ginn Academy.

Coaches such as Ginn seem like they've been around forever, and always will be. Some do last almost forever, such as the late Augie Bossu, who coached into his 80s. Some go before their time, such as Glenville basketball coach James O'Neal Johnson, who passed a decade ago at 56. Glenville players might have little memory of Johnson himself, but a playground behind the school that bears his name is a lasting symbol of what he meant to the area.

Ginn's impact is immeasurable, and this is a good time to take stock of how fortunate Cleveland is to have him guiding kids and prodding adults.

"The guy is everything to the Glenville community," longtime assistant coach Matt Chinchar said. "He makes things happen. He's like the catalyst for change. He's not afraid to think outside the box and he's not afraid to challenge the school district to raise the bar. That's one of the reasons he created Ginn Academy."

For 15 years, Ginn's primary platform has been as coach of a team he wants to be seen as Cleveland's "shining light." Not surprisingly, his return has not ended speculation about his future.

Ginn would say only this: "I'm coaching. I'm the coach. I'm working and doing my job as I've always done." He offered nothing else. Despite his public position, he can be intensely private.

These days, Ginn leaves much of the in-game coaching to offensive coordinator Tony Overton, defensive coordinator Damion Creel and Chinchar, who oversees several positions. Ginn had input in numerous decisions during Saturday's 40-0 victory over previously unbeaten John F. Kennedy. He also took time to deal with an unhappy player who was making a scene on the sideline.

After the game, Ginn called the player in front of the team. The player apologized to everyone. Ginn hugged him and told him he loved him.

"It was a teachable moment," Ginn said. "Those are the things I worry about all the time. Even when you're playing the game, you're teaching life.

"I have a special place in all the kids' hearts because I put myself there, and they don't know how to deal with that sometimes."

It was classic Ginn, and a reassuring moment for the Tarblooders. "The kids don't get real emotional, but you can see it in their eyes what that means," Overton said.

Chinchar, one of Ginn's closest confidants, believes that vision will continue. He said he wouldn't be surprised if Ginn coaches at least five more years. Then he compared Ginn to a guy who outlasted them all.

"I call him the Black Moses," Chinchar said. "He's leading the community and as many people as he can to raise expectations for kids, to give them a chance, and a vision of hope."

Here's hoping Ginn will be given as much time as Moses to spread his message.

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There are no further talks scheduled, said NBA Commissioner David Stern, but the two sides will stay in touch.

AP"We remain very, very far apart on all issues," Stern told reporters last night in New York. "With every day that goes by, there will be further reductions on what's left of the season."

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Forget the Cavaliers' home opener against Toronto set for Nov. 4. The club's second regular-season game at the Q, scheduled for Nov. 12 versus Boston, also is history.

As it stands, the only pro basketball team guaranteed to play on the Cavaliers' home court this year is the Harlem Globetrotters on Dec. 27. Yep, Cleveland fans might see Big Easy Lofton bouncing red, white and blue balls off the foreheads of hand-picked opponents before they catch their first glimpse of No. 1 draft pick Kyrie Irving.

Unable to reach an agreement with locked-out players Monday in New York, NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the regular season supposed to open Nov. 1. The Cavaliers had six games scheduled for that time frame, including two at home.

It marks the first time the league has scrubbed regular season games in 13 years and just the second time in its 65-year history. Teams played 50 games during the lockout-shortened 1998-99 season.

The Cavaliers organization, as has been its approach since the labor impasse began July 1, offered no comment Monday night.

"We remain very, very far apart on all issues," Stern told reporters last night in New York. "With every day that goes by, there will be further reductions on what's left of the season."

Stern said there's no chance teams will play a full 82-game schedule. There are no further talks scheduled, he added, but the two sides will stay in touch.

The two sides met for nearly seven hours Monday night but could find little common ground in a last effort to start the season on time. Owners and players are dealing with an array of financial issues, the largest being how to split the revenue pie. In the last two days, however, the focus was not basketball-related revenue (BRI), which has dominated the headlines for the past week. The sides could not make progress on system issues, which include the salary cap, luxury taxes and length of contracts.

Some small-market teams are trying to level the competitive field in a league where clubs can spend beyond the soft salary cap as long as they pay a luxury tax. Currently, the tax is a dollar for every dollar over the cap. Among proposals floated is a $4 tax for every dollar over the cap, which players believe acts as hard cap.

"It makes no sense for us to operate under the current model, where [luxury] taxpayers ... have a huge advantage over other teams," deputy commissioner Adam Silver said.

The league has stated that 22 of 30 teams lost money last season, totaling $300 million. Under the expired contract, players received 57 percent of the revenues. The league had been offering a 50-50 split of the BRI.

But as the NBA cancels the first two weeks of the regular season -- which the league projects will produce $200 million in losses -- Stern warned that owners will scale back offers. For instance, the league has retreated to a 47 percent share of the revenue for players, he said. The diminished offers will account for the NBA's losses during missed games.

"This is not just about dollars and cents for players," union president Derek Fisher told reporters in New York. "It's about a system for our guys to operate under."

Cavs union representative Anthony Parker could not be reached for comment. However, Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash expressed strong views on his Twitter account Monday. "The NBA has experienced over 60 [years] of growth with new growth projected using the current model," Nash wrote. "After a banner year the players are still willing to GIVE the owners a higher percentage in good faith.

"Why are the owners unwilling to negotiate in good faith? As a player I apologize to the fans that we're in this position but we will not be taken advantage of. In our hearts we're desperate to play, in our minds we know better and are prepared to stand united."

Lake Catholic and Avon battled to a scoreless tie in the first half, but the Eagles turned things around in the second half of their boys soccer match Monday. Ryan Poyle scored two second-half goals to give Avon a 2-0 victory over the Cougars. Niko Telidis had an assist on the first goal, and Brendan Cannon assisted Poyle on...

Lake Catholic and Avon battled to a scoreless tie in the first half, but the Eagles turned things around in the second half of their boys soccer match Monday.

Ryan Poyle scored two second-half goals to give Avon a 2-0 victory over the Cougars. Niko Telidis had an assist on the first goal, and Brendan Cannon assisted Poyle on the second.

Avon, ranked No. 8 in Division I, is 14-0-1 overall and 6-0 in the West Shore Conference. Lake Catholic is 1-11-2.

Avon goalie Austin Saini had two saves.

Volleyball

Brookside 3, Buckeye 0: Senior Geanine Musall was 23-of-25 hitting with 12 kills, junior middle hitter Shelby Kerstetter had 13 kills, and junior Kady Whitsel was 41-of-41 setting with 22 assists to lead the Cardinals to the 25-17, 25-14, 25-19 win.

Lake Catholic 3, Kenston 2: The Cougars edged the Bombers in five sets, with Lake Catholic winning the final set, 20-18. Sophomore Abby Detering had 26 kills, and Bridget Wilhelm had 11 kills and three blocks for the Cougars. Outside hitter Jamie Kosiorek led the Bombers with 20 digs and 20 kills.

Gilmour 3, Mentor 2: Senior Maria Cup had 15 kills and seven blocks, Jess Janota had 14 kills and six blocks, and setter Megan Polak had 40 assists and one ace to lead the Lancers.

Girls soccer

Bay 3, Brunswick 1: Senior Grace Foerstner scored the game's first goal, and Rachel Ritzenthaler scored the final goal for the Rockets.

Midpark 3, St. Joseph Academy 3: Trailing, 3-1, with five minutes left, Midpark rallied behind goals from Katie Bainbridge and Sidney Morgan.

Stow 3, CVCA 2: Abbie Lawson, Julia Burrowbridge and Ashley Pryce each scored a goal to lead Stow.

Thanks to Albert Pujols' monster night, the St. Louis Cardinals have done exactly what they set out to do in the NL championship series: Erase the Milwaukee Brewers' home-field advantage. Story includes post-game video.

St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols (5) slides safely past Milwaukee Brewers' Marco Estrada (41) to score during the fifth inning of Game 2 of baseball's National League championship series Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

MILWAUKEE  — Thanks to Albert Pujols' monster night, the St. Louis Cardinals have done exactly what they set out to do in the NL championship series: Erase the Milwaukee Brewers' home-field advantage.

After a 12-3 victory over the Brewers in Monday night's Game 2, the Cardinals are headed home tied in the series with ace Chris Carpenter taking the mound in Game 3. Things are looking a lot brighter than they did after blowing a big lead in the first game of the series.

"If you want to make it a competitive series, winning a game here, that's a big step in the right direction," Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said.

Carpenter faces Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo on Wednesday night.

Sweep three games at home and the Cardinals move on to the World Series — but in a matchup of two intense NL Central rivals who have played each other evenly all season, nobody's counting on that.

"It's a pretty evenly matched series," Cardinals slugger Lance Berkman said. "I would imagine that this thing is a long way from being over."

It was a temporary setback for the Brewers, who remain confident despite some cracks developing in their starting pitching beyond Gallardo and Zack Greinke.

"Sometimes, you're going to get spanked a little bit," center fielder Nyjer Morgan said.

Pujols certainly spanked the Brewers' pitching in Game 2 — over and over and over. The three-time MVP went 4 for 5 with a home run, three doubles and five RBIs.

His big hits came one night after Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder bashed the Brewers to a 9-6, come-from-behind victory in Game 1. This time, the big bats couldn't bring Milwaukee back — even at Miller Park. Milwaukee was the best home team in the majors all season and the Brewers had won all four home games in the playoffs until Monday.

"It wasn't joyful," Fielder said. "You've just got to deal with it and move on."

Until Monday, Pujols hadn't been producing runs in this year's playoffs.

He was 1 for 4 in Sunday night's loss, hitting into a double play with runners on first and third in the seventh inning. A run scored on the play, but it seemed to be an indication that Pujols wasn't quite on his game. He came into Monday with only one RBI in the Cardinals' first six postseason games.

"You learn from the mistakes that you made," Pujols said. "Yesterday was just so tough. Going to bed, I was just thinking about some of the opportunities I had to help our ballclub win. I turned that page, knowing today was a new day."

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke, of course, has seen such things from Pujols before.

"The last time we saw them at their place he was swinging the bat just like this," Roenicke said. "You can't make mistakes to him. You have to hit spots. You have to keep it down in the zone. He doesn't miss too many mistakes."

Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer in the fourth for Milwaukee, then was involved in a disputed play in the fifth. With the bases loaded and one out, Weeks grounded into a double play, though replays showed he was safe.

Weeks — hobbled by the lingering effects of a midseason left ankle injury — appeared to beat the throw to first base and seemed upset when he was called out.

"Big part in the game, whether he's safe or out," Roenicke said. "You guys saw the replay. That was a big play."

But it didn't matter much after the Brewers gave up four runs in a backbreaking seventh inning. Fielder homered in the eighth, well after the outcome had been decided.

Cardinals starter Edwin Jackson went 4 1-3 innings, giving up Weeks' home run. Lance Lynn got the win.

It was a short and ugly start by Milwaukee's Shaun Marcum, who gave up five runs on seven hits in four innings and took the loss. Marcum, obtained in an offseason trade with Toronto, struggled mightily in the final month of the season. After a rough outing in Game 3 of the NL division series against Arizona, his place in the postseason rotation might come into question.

"We'll see how it goes," Roenicke said, adding later: "As far as I'm concerned right now he's pitching again."

Marcum says he feels fine physically. And despite the run totals he has given up lately, he doesn't feel like opposing teams are hitting him that hard — and he isn't getting discouraged.

"If I was giving up 15 home runs a game and getting hit all over the park, probably," Marcum said. "When you make pitches and they make jam jobs and bloopers that fall in, nothing you can do about it if you're still making pitches and locating."

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Cleveland native and former Villa Angela-St. Joseph basketball standout Tony Miller was one of seven people inducted this summer into the Marquette University Hall of Fame, an honor shared by only 72 others in the school's history.

Tony Miller

Cleveland native and former Villa Angela-St. Joseph basketball standout Tony Miller was one of seven people inducted this summer into the Marquette University Hall of Fame, an honor shared by only 72 others in the school's history.

Miller, who was a four-year starter at Marquette, earned All-America accolades and accumulated 956 assists for the Golden Eagles, a total which ranks seventh in NCAA history. He led Marquette to two NCAA Tournament appearances and to the 1995 NIT championship game.

“I respected the game of basketball ever since I've started, and it has returned a lot of rewards – from playing 12 healthy seasons overseas and now having the chance to stay in the game and coach at [Southern Cal] and to give what I've learned back to younger guys,” Miller said in a statement.

Currently, Miller is the assistant men's basketball coach for the Trojans. Before joining the team, he played 12 seasons in Europe, where he became a Dutch All-Star and led his team to the 1998 Dutch League Championship.

Six Case Western Reserve University Spartans were selected as University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week on Monday.

Six Case Western Reserve University Spartans were selected as University Athletic Association Athletes of the Week on Monday: football junior quarterback Erik Olson, junior football safety Dan Calabrese (NDCL), men's soccer senior forward Vinny Bell (Valley Forge), women's soccer senior goalkeeper Anna Kennedy, women's soccer sophomore forward Leah Levey and women's tennis junior Erika Lim.

Akron's Paiton Twitty earned Mid-American Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week honors in volleyball. In a loss to Ohio, Twitty recorded a career-high eight kills and hit .357.

Baldwin-Wallace junior football running back Tyler Lohr (Kent Roosevelt) and men's soccer forward Kirk Graf were named Ohio Athletic Conference players of the week.

Oakland and former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has completed his five-game suspension and is eligible to practice with the team. The Raiders play the Browns on Sunday.

Associated PressOakland's Terrelle Pryor could make his NFL debut Sunday against the Browns.

Oakland and former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has completed his five-game suspension and is eligible to practice with the team.

Pryor had to serve the suspension at the start of his rookie season when he was allowed to participate in the supplemental draft. Pryor left Ohio State instead of serving a five-game ban after being involved in a cash-for-memorabilia scandal that has put the Buckeyes under NCAA investigation.

Pryor was selected by the Raiders in the third round of the supplemental draft Aug. 22. He has not been allowed to practice with his team since the end of preseason, but has been attending meetings and doing individual drills.

The Raiders do not have to make a corresponding move immediately because of a one-game roster exemption.

Williams keeps writing: Hank Williams Jr. has cut a new song, “Keep the Change,” calling out ESPN and “Fox & Friends” after an interview last week on the Fox News talk show led to the end of his association with the sports network and “Monday Night Football,” long home to his “Are You Ready for Some Football?” theme.

He also is scheduled to appear on “The View” and “Hannity” today to discuss the uproar after he made an analogy that President Barack Obama and House Speaker Rep. John Boehner playing golf together was like Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round.

ESPN decided to pull Williams’ intro from last week’s “MNF” telecast after the comments, and the move became permanent Thursday when both sides said they had decided to pull the spot.

In the new song, Williams says “Fox & Friends” hosts twisted his words: “So Fox ’n Friends wanna put me down /Ask for my opinion / Twist it all around.” He finishes the verse: “Well two can play that gotcha game you’ll see.”

Around the league

49ers: Receiver Joshua Morgan will miss significant time with a broken bone in his lower right leg that requires surgery. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Morgan was scheduled for a “procedure.” He was injured late in the fourth quarter of San Francisco’s 48-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

Colts: Team officials said they re-signed 6-2, 312-pound lineman Dan Muir. He spent the past three seasons with Indianapolis but signed with St. Louis as a free agent when the lockout ended. He was released by the Rams.

Jaguars: Coach Jack Del Rio says he will work out punters today, two days after Matt Turk’s 22-yarder helped Cincinnati hand the Jaguars a fourth consecutive loss. Del Rio said no decision has been made on Turk’s future.

Packers: Coach Mike McCarthy said left tackle Chad Clifton has a “significant” hamstring injury after leaving Sunday night’s game against Atlanta. The team has not established a timeline for Clifton’s return, but it sounds as though Clifton will miss multiple games. McCarthy said it might be “a couple of weeks” before the Packers’ medical staff even has a full picture of how serious the injury is.

Texans: Houston lost defensive end Mario Williams for the season with a torn pectoral muscle. Williams appeared to get hurt while sacking Oakland’s Jason Campbell with about five minutes left in the first quarter on Sunday. He walked to the locker room on his own and was on the sideline in the second half wearing a T-shirt and shorts. Coach Gary Kubiak said Williams will go on injured reserve and undergo surgery.

Effects also could be felt in Independence, which is the site of the Cavaliers' practice facility and splits income taxes from the home team's players with Cleveland. The Cavaliers rank as the suburb's second-biggest source of income taxes this year, accounting for $326,664 through September, according to the weekly Sun Post newspaper.

Scott Shaw, Plain Dealer fileThe city of Cleveland will take a hit if the Cavaliers' season is wiped out. Here, guard Baron Davis drives past the Miami Heat's LeBron James.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Already reeling from economic losses, Cleveland could be out millions of dollars in tax revenue if labor strife leads to cancellation of the upcoming National Basketball Association season.

The Cleveland Cavaliers paid the city $4.5 million in city admission taxes last season, plus income taxes charged against the team's $53 million payroll. How much in income taxes was not known because Cleveland officials decline to discuss what they collect from specific taxpayers.

The city also took in hundreds of thousands of dollars in parking taxes on Cavs' game days. The 8 percent tax generated $300,000 for municipal operating expenses, according to Finance Director Sharon Dumas, and a possibly larger sum to pay debt on parking garages.

Effects also could be felt in Independence, which is the site of the Cavaliers' practice facility and splits income taxes from the home team's players with Cleveland. The Cavaliers rank as the suburb's second-biggest source of income taxes this year, accounting for $326,664 through September, according to the weekly Sun Post newspaper.

Cleveland was likely due to lose basketball-related revenue even if the NBA season went off without a hitch. Last year's average attendance -- 20,112 -- was inflated by tickets purchased before LeBron James announced he would sign with the Miami Heat.

Dumas said she was bracing for a 25 percent decrease in attendance, and a drop in admission taxes of more than $1.5 million.

On the plus side, the city benefited from the early season success of the Indians. The baseball team drew a little more than 1.8 million fans after attracting nearly 1.4 million last year. The taxes collected on those extra tickets were not available Monday.

Marc Ganis, a sports-business consultant based in Chicago, said talk in the basketball industry is that an agreement will be reached no later than Christmas, soon enough to salvage 60 of the 82 regular-season contests. He said the season will be in danger if players decertify their union and sue to end the lockout, setting up a long legal battle.

Dumas doesn't appeared to worried about a worst-case scenario. "We do not currently have a plan for replacing the whole season's revenue," she said.

The city will manage if basketball shuts down for the season, Dumas said. She said the bigger hit would be taken by businesses that count on the games for traffic.

The Cavs are just a piece of downtown activity, said Lexi Hotchkiss, spokeswoman for Positively Cleveland, a regional convention and visitors bureau. But she said there is no denying that losing the entire season would have an impact.

A 2008-2009 study by the bureau found that Cavs games pumped $153 million into the local economy.

"This affects more than the players," Hotchkiss said. "This affects us as a city."

Plain Dealer Reporter Tom Reed contributed to this story.

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The Cleveland Browns could face the Oakland Raiders without Joe Haden and Alex Mack. Which player's absence will hurt the team more?

John Kuntz / The Plain DealerCenter Alex Mack.

Two of the best players for the Cleveland Browns may not play in Oakland on Sunday. Cornerback Joe Haden is especially needed to defend some of the speedy Raiders' receivers, and Mack is certainly needed to help hold off the Raiders' defensive line, one of the best units in the NFL.

If Haden can't play, Dimitri Patterson will try to fill in the gap, and Steve Vallos will replace Mack if he can't play.

Which player will the Browns miss more?

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