CLEVELAND – No LeBron James equals no chance for the Cavaliers. No one, it seems, realizes this more than the rest of Cleveland`s players. With their superstar sidelined for the third straight game due to a sprained left index finger, the talent-challenged Cavaliers fell 100-79 to the very average New Jersey Nets on Tuesday night [...]

CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers will save some money, while Anderson Varejao will earn the right to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of next season. Neither side, however, came out a clear winner. That`s a quick summary of the three-year, $17.4 million offer sheet Varejao signed late Monday with the Charlotte Bobcats, which [...]

Derek Anderson played arguably his worst game of the season Sunday in the Browns` 27-21 loss in Arizona. He finished with 304 yards, but completed just 51 percent of his passes (21-of-41) and, more importantly, committed three turnovers, two of which led to a 14-0 Arizona lead in the first quarter. The desert disaster, coupled [...]

COLUMBIA TWP. – Kurt Russell says “Morgan is just Morgan” when referring to his star point guard, Morgan Jones. If Morgan was being Morgan on Tuesday night against Columbia, it`s good to be Morgan. Jones, Oberlin`s all-county and all-conference junior, scored 22 points and doled out five assists in roughly three quarters as the Phoenix [...]

LORAIN – After two losses, John Szalay made practices tough on his young Clearview basketball team this week. He wanted to get a message across. Then the Clippers took to the court against Brooklyn in their first Patriot Athletic Conference game and nearly blew a nine-point lead in the final minute before securing a 67-65 [...]

SHEFFIELD – David Gentry is only 5-foot-6 but Black River`s junior guard was huge in the third quarter Tuesday night, standing tall over everyone else on the court. Gentry scored 16 points in the quarter, including four three-pointers, as Black River (2-2) turned a close game into a 59-38 Patriot Athletic Conference rout. Brookside (0-2) [...]

Hans Schneider The Chronicle-Telegram LODI – Keystone coach Greg Morgan didn`t offer any excuses after Tuesday night`s 56-45 non-conference loss to host Cloverleaf. In fact, he quickly pointed out why his Wildcats dropped to 1-1 on the season. “I think there were two things that hurt us tonight,” Morgan said. “First, we missed a ton [...]

ELYRIA – Too many fouls and too many turnovers. Add too and too together and the sum is defeat. It happened to Open Door`s boys Tuesday night and the result was their first loss of the basketball season. Despite the mathematical probabilities, the Patriots (2-1) nearly pulled off their third straight win. They fought back [...]