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Highlights From Shapiro Roast

With a tidal wave of negative press following the Cliff Lee trade, the Cleveland Indians decided to hold a roast of general manager Mark Shapiro at the downtown Marriot Hotel Thursday night in ...

Written by Jon Sladek about 4 months ago 77 reads 0 comments
Line Between WWE and MLB Blurs In Indians Clubhouse

Reporters are still reeling from the chaos that ensued in the visiting manager's office at Wrigley Field Saturday. Indians skipper Eric Wedge was attempting to field questions about Kerry Wood's ...

Written by Jon Sladek about 5 months ago 260 reads 0 comments
Naming Kerry Wood's Slider

Great people often do great things. Fortunately for the rest of us, even those in the mediocre majority can enjoy flashes of greatness. I had such a moment while watching Kerry Wood pitch Sunday...

Written by Jon Sladek about 6 months ago 58 reads 0 comments
Lions' Stafford Selection Bewilders Daunte Culpepper (Humor)

Lions quarterback Daunte Culpepper feels blindsided. Like millions of other Americans, Culpepper settled on his couch last weekend to watch the broadcast of the NFL Draft from New York City...

Written by Jon Sladek about 7 months ago 628 reads 0 comments
Blast from the Past: Revisiting Column from 2006

I hate to toot my own horn, but I have discovered recently, if I don't, NOBODY will. So here is a blog post from my Web site from 2006. Now I don't want a flood of emails from individuals asking for career and/or relationship advice...

Written by Jon Sladek about 7 months ago 68 reads 0 comments
The Incredibly Inefficient Indians

The formula for success in Major League Baseball is no secret. Good pitching + timely hitting = victories. Every team knows it, though some have more resources to perfect it. The 2009 Cleveland Indians, however, have gone a different direction...

Written by Jon Sladek about 7 months ago 98 reads 1 comments
No Day But Today For LeBron, Cavaliers

“I don’t know how you can say that.” Recently a co-worker disagreed with my assertion the Cavaliers entire season will be a waste should it not culminate in a championship...

Written by Jon Sladek about 8 months ago 391 reads 5 comments
Steelers Title Should Not Devastate Browns Fans.

This might sound comical to anyone living outside the greater Cleveland area, but there are some Clevelanders who actually still consider the Pittsburgh Steelers a rival to our perennially underachieving Browns...

Written by Jon Sladek about 10 months ago 440 reads 2 comments
Unforgiveable Hall Of Fame Oversight: The Jesse Orosco Story

It is unlikely there will ever be a baseball Hall of Fame vote devoid of controversy. Between hardcore baseball fans, It usually makes for a lively and jovial debate...

Written by Jon Sladek about 10 months ago 335 reads 3 comments
Eric Mangini Accepts Fate As New Cleveland Browns Coach

Here we go again. The dismissed and disgraced Browns coach exiting Cleveland to make way for the latest schmuck, err, leader. Are we supposed to be excited about Eric Mangini? We were excited about Bill Belichick and Butch Davis...

Written by Jon Sladek about 11 months ago 502 reads 7 comments
Embarassing Blunder Leaves Yankees Red-Faced

Recently I had an embarrassing misunderstanding with—get this—the New York Yankees. As a lifelong Indians fan, you can imagine my surprise when I discovered a voice mail on my cell phone from Yanks general manager Brian Cashman...

Written by Jon Sladek about 11 months ago 519 reads 7 comments
Browns Faced With Must-Lose Sunday.

It just wouldn’t be a Browns/Bengals game in December unless there was some serious draft positioning on the line—and this year is no different...

Written by Jon Sladek about 11 months ago 229 reads 2 comments
What's on Tap for the SEC: Week Four

No. 6 LSU at No. 10 Auburn This will be the first of many tests for both teams. Auburn narrowly avoided disaster last week in an uber-ugly 3-2 win over Mississippi St. A lot of question marks still surround the offense and junior quarterback Chris Todd...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 150 reads 0 comments
Cleveland Browns, Indians Keep on...Struggling: The week in Cleveland sports.

The Season of Disappointment for the cit of Cleveland continues. The Browns fell to 0-2 after a loss to the Steelers for the 72nd consecutive time and the Indians learned how to play baseball courtesy of the Kansas City Royals...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 236 reads 1 comments
U.S. Will Continue to Shut Out Soccer

I know a few people who suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD. One way to cope with the affliction is breaking things into increments throughout the day...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 394 reads 5 comments
NBA: Where the Fix Happens

Six years ago the Sacramento Kings were on their way to the NBA Finals. It was game six of the Western Conference Finals, and the Kings appeared to be the superior team—and it appeared they would win the game...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 330 reads 6 comments
Atlanta Braves: The Summer of Chipper

It happens every April. A collection of big-league hitters start the season red hot, posting ridiculous batting averages in the .400-range. Another collection of slumps through the initial month and suffers the shame of seeing an average like ...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 590 reads 4 comments
Slamming the door: MLB's top 7 closers

You can never truly appreciate the advantage of having a good closer until you have a bad one. Rooting for the team that has gainfully employed Joe "I got nothing" Borowski the last season and a half, I am all too familiar with the latter...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 543 reads 2 comments
Cleveland Indians: Pitchers Fed Up with Lack of Support, Plan To Strike

Fed up with working conditions and Tribe hitters not carrying their weight—or in some cases hitting their weight—the Cleveland Indians’ pitching staff will strike against the ...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 568 reads 2 comments
Cleveland Cavaliers: Mike Brown Ok With Playoff Ouster

Shortly after the crushing Eastern Conference semifinal game seven defeat at the hands of the Boston Celtics, Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown entered a somber locker room...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 527 reads 2 comments
Breaking News: Patriots Accept Super Bowl Bid

FOXBOROUGH, MA – The New England Patriots are headed back to the Super Bowl.The Pats (14-0) announced Monday that they have accepted an invitation to play in the National Football League’s finale for the sixth time in franchise history...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 1,455 reads 7 comments
Doubting Detroit: Why the Tigers Won't Win the AL Central

“Disregard what I said about us winning the division. The Tigers acquiring Willis and Cabrera sealed the deal for them, son of a (expletive)!”That's a quote from an email I received ...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 1,796 reads 17 comments
Slow Moving Ferry: Cleveland Cavaliers' Trouble at the Top

LeBron James is back in the Cavaliers' lineup, the team ended a six-game losing streak by defeating the Indiana Pacers, and once again, all is well in Cleveland...

Written by Jon Sladek about about 1 year ago 1,467 reads 4 comments

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Jon Sladek Article Archive

Highlights From Shapiro Roast

Line Between WWE and MLB Blurs In Indians Clubhouse

Naming Kerry Wood's Slider

Lions' Stafford Selection Bewilders Daunte Culpepper (Humor)

Blast from the Past: Revisiting Column from 2006

The Incredibly Inefficient Indians

No Day But Today For LeBron, Cavaliers

Steelers Title Should Not Devastate Browns Fans.

Unforgiveable Hall Of Fame Oversight: The Jesse Orosco Story

Eric Mangini Accepts Fate As New Cleveland Browns Coach

Embarassing Blunder Leaves Yankees Red-Faced

Browns Faced With Must-Lose Sunday.

What's on Tap for the SEC: Week Four

Cleveland Browns, Indians Keep on...Struggling: The week in Cleveland sports.

U.S. Will Continue to Shut Out Soccer

NBA: Where the Fix Happens

Atlanta Braves: The Summer of Chipper

Slamming the door: MLB's top 7 closers

Cleveland Indians: Pitchers Fed Up with Lack of Support, Plan To Strike

Cleveland Cavaliers: Mike Brown Ok With Playoff Ouster

Breaking News: Patriots Accept Super Bowl Bid

Doubting Detroit: Why the Tigers Won't Win the AL Central

Slow Moving Ferry: Cleveland Cavaliers' Trouble at the Top

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