Fireworks missing this July 4 DETROIT — Last July 4, the Indians produced their own fireworks display with plenty of bottle rockets and Roman Candles in a memorable 19-1 thrashing of the New York Yankees at Jacobs Field. This time around, Cleveland’s Independence Day arsenal included sparklers and crawling snakes. A night after producing a [...]

DETROIT — Indians manager Eric Wedge was still steaming over the umpiring crew penalizing reliever Rafael Betancourt for taking too much time during Tuesday’s 5-4 victory over the Tigers. On two separate occasions, batters were awarded balls when the notoriously slow Betancourt exceeded the allotted time between pitches, as prescribed by Major League Baseball rule [...]

BAY VILLAGE — It was a different kind of victory at Bay Days for three-time winner Rick Bement. The 1999 Olmsted Falls graduate led from wire-to-wire to capture the 33rd installment of the 5-mile race. It’s rare that anyone leads the event for the entire stretch but the 27-year-old Columbia Station resident proved to be [...]

CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers may be making some “big” decisions in the coming weeks. A league source said power forward Anderson Varejao could sign an offer sheet from the Memphis Grizzlies that will pay him more than the mid-level exception, which is expected to be between $5.5 million and $6 million. However, the Grizzlies, who [...]

Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press You knew it was going to be a special day when Joey Chestnut first opened his mouth. To talk, that is. “I’m really hungry,” he said. In the world of competitive eating, that qualifies as a bit of trash talking. But it paled to what Chestnut had to say a [...]