NEW YORK — LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.
 
No wonder he’s bummed about the NBA schedule: only one Garden party this season.
 
James scored 33 points in his lone visit to New York, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the Knicks on Friday night.
 
One night after managing just [...]

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CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers are going to have to win 37 straight home games if they want to match last season’s 39-2 record at Quicken Loans Arena.
 
Cleveland never got it together Thursday night in losing 86-85 to the Chicago Bulls, leaving its home mark at 2-2.
 
The Cavaliers didn’t lose their second home game in 2008-09 [...]

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INDEPENDENCE — Daniel “Boobie” Gibson took charge(s) Tuesday night against the Washington Wizards.
 
Not only did Gibson score 14 points and make 4-of-5 shots from behind the 3-point line, he also drew a pair of offensive fouls from the Wizards, including one where he gets plowed over by Andray Blatche.
 
“You’ve got to be a tough-minded person [...]

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NEW YORK — The Yankees will paint the town in pinstripes! Nearly a decade after their dynasty ended on a blooper in the desert, the New York Yankees are baseball’s best again.
 
Hideki Matsui tied a World Series record with six RBIs, Andy Pettitte worked on short rest and New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies [...]

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BEREA —Jamal Lewis wasn’t just blowing off steam Sunday in the minutes after a 30-6 loss to Chicago.
 
He reiterated Wednesday that the final eight games of the 2009 season will be the last of his illustrious 10-year career. He’s going out on his terms.
 
“When I first came into this league, one of my main goals [...]

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CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers play the New York Knicks tonight in Madison Square Garden.
 
Cleveland forward LeBron James, who will almost certainly become an unrestricted free agent in July, knows what his team’s only road game against the Knicks this season will mean.
 
So does fun-loving Cleveland center Shaquille O’Neal.
 
O’Neal walked by James’ locker Thursday while the [...]

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BEREA – Is there a new general manager? If so, who is it? Not saying. Not saying.
 
What’s the reason for the ouster of George Kokinis, your friend and handpicked choice to be general manager? Not at liberty to tell.
 
Did the role of Browns legend Bernie Kosar just increase? Classified.
 
Browns coach Eric Mangini acknowledged the dismissal [...]

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CLEVELAND —There was a lot of holiday cheer Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
 
Off the court, owner Dan Gilbert was celebrating the apparent passage of Issue 3, which will allow him to build a casino in downtown Cleveland.
 
On the floor, Shaquille O’Neal was a dominating force as the Cavaliers overcame an early 18-point deficit and [...]

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BEREA —Coach Eric Mangini wouldn’t commit Monday to starting Brady Quinn at quarterback, despite Derek Anderson being in the midst of the worst four-game stretch in the NFL in the last 28 years.
 
Mangini defended Anderson and said he’d use the bye week to analyze the situation and pick a starter for the home game versus [...]

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BEREA —Browns owner Randy Lerner stood behind coach Eric Mangini on Monday. Mangini did the same with embattled offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.
 
First-year general manager George Kokinis wasn’t as fortunate.
 
Kokinis, who was rarely heard from after being hired two weeks after Mangini, was fired Monday afternoon after eight games, according to WKYC-TV. Multiple reports said [...]

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