Refueling the hardwood: Fans strike back
In the last installment on the Cleveland Cavaliers off-season antics, I delved into the current roster and what I thought about their futures in the wine and gold. This time around, I look at possible ideas to improve the team, a few given by me, but most of them posed by other fans that want to get their voices heard. I sometimes post on the Cavs official Web site message board at cavs.com and I thought it would be fun and interesting to allow people from there to pose trade and free agent ideas and place them here for the world to see. Following the trades I have selected, I will be showing a trade idea of my own. If you think you have a better idea, feel free to send me an email at fightmb@yahoo.com and I can try to give your idea some face time in a future column. Trade One Compliments of Robin, who posts as “L-Train” on the Cavs.com message boards. Robin is 19-years-old and hails from Munich, Germany. This is a two-team trade involv
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It’s 11:11 p.m. here in the humble confines of the Salem News building. I planned to run a U.S. Open column by Associated Press writer Tim Dahlberg in this space, but after seeing what he wrote, I nixed it because I whole heartedly disagree with what
» Full StoryGriffey’s 600 shines over Bonds, Sosa
Barry Bonds juiced for his numbers. So did Sammy Sosa.
Hank Aaron, although he didn’t cheat, played in 795 more games than Babe Ruth, and had 3,324 more plate appearance to get to his career totals.
So along with Ruth, that
Casi off to Public Links
COLUMBIANA — Alex Casi has always had a solid short game. The 2002 graduate of East Palestine High School was a standout for the Bulldogs’ golf squad and went on to play at the collegiate level for the University of Maryland. It was her drives that n
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COLUMBIANA — In 1999, Copeland Hills and Castle Shannon golf club professional Paul Wackerly III was playing alongside David Gossett in the first stage of PGA Tour Qualifying School. The pair was in the final group at a course in Tennessee. Having al
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PGA fans, ask yourself this question. If Tiger Woods and John Daly weren’t around to provide nearly every headline for professional golf, would you care?
I’ve been pondering this myself. First off, Tiger is a phenom. He makes headlines be


