Cleveland, OH

Browns legend has a new shot at the Hall of Fame via seniors candidacy

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5 months ago

October 23, 2025

Browns legend has a new shot at the Hall of Fame via seniors candidacy

One day after the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced its 52 candidates for the Class of 2026 with only one player with Cleveland ties, the Hall’s Seniors Blue-Ribbon Committee announced its list of 34 candidates, one that includes four more former Browns players, including one of the most beloved ever by Cleveland’s fanbase.

Additionally, three former coaches tied with the franchises’ history are up for induction next year.

The senior candidates are Clay Matthews Jr., Jim Marshall, Carl Banks and Everson Walls.

Out of those four, Matthews was the only one who truly made his best and largest contributions with the Browns, making him one of the Dawg Pound’s favorites.

The former outside linebacker played his first 16 seasons with Cleveland (1978-1993), before ending his career with the Falcons. A four-time Pro Bowler and one-time second team All-Pro, all as a member of the Browns, Matthews’ best season came in 1984 when he logged 126 combined tackles, 12 sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. He topped the 100+ tackle mark eight times in his career. Matthews was the Browns first-round pick in 1978 (12th overall) out of USC.

Matthews was inducted in the Browns Ring of Honor in 2019. Matthews has reached the finalist stage of the voting process one time (2021), and has also made it to the semifinalist round four times.

Banks, also a linebacker, played two seasons for the Browns (1994-1995), reuniting him with then head coach Bill Belichick, who previously served as his defensive coordinator with the Giants. He was included in the Hall’s All-1980s team.

Likewise, Walls spent his last season and a half in the NFL with Cleveland in 1992 and 1993, after a stellar nine-year career with the Cowboys and two and a half years with the Giants. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Walls came in fifth in the voting for Defensive Player of the Year in 1982.

Before arriving in Cleveland as a fourth-round pick (44th overall) out of Ohio State, Marshall had a brief one-year stint in the CFL, in 1959. He only lasted one season with the Browns before being traded to the expansion Vikings, with whom he would stay for the 19 remaining years of his pro career, appearing in four Super Bowls for Minnesota.

Matthews, Banks, Marshall and Walls add their names to Lomas Brown, the only former player with Cleveland ties announced yesterday among the 52 candidates to be enshrined in next year’s Class. Additionally, two former head coaches and one former team president — Marty Schottenheimer, Bill Belichick and Mike Holmgren — could be inducted in the Hall as part of the 2026 Class, through the coaches and contributors category.

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2nd tornado confirmed after storms slammed Northeast Ohio

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11 hours ago

April 3, 2026

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2nd tornado confirmed after storms slammed Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The National Weather Service confirmed another tornado after Tuesday evening’s severe thunderstorms.

An EF-1 tornado touched down in Chesterland in Geauga County with an estimated 100 MPH peak wind speed.

It touched down at about 5:49 p.m. and lifted at 5:51 p.m.

The tornado traveled 1.53 miles with a width of 120 yards, NWS confirmed.

2nd tornado confirmed after storms slammed Northeast Ohio(WOIO)

Tornado warnings were issued in these counties:

Cuyahoga
Geauga
Holmes
Lake
Stark
Wayne

19 News reached out first responders in the areas where tornado sirens were set off, but there was no significant damage reported.

However, many remain without power on Thursday.

Check the outage maps by FirstEnergy, Cleveland Public Power, and AEP for the latest developments.

Get the latest on the severe weather on the 19 First Alert Forecast webpage

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Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert Trolls Fans With Hilarious April Fools’ Day Post

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23 hours ago

April 2, 2026

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Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert Trolls Fans With Hilarious April Fools’ Day Post

Dan Gilbert will forever be a hero in the city of Cleveland for the way he runs the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is not afraid to spend his money in the pursuit of winning. That is all fans can ask for in an owner.

His work in Cleveland makes it easy to forget he is a Michigan native and was specifically born in Detroit. Thus, the Michigan ties run deep.

That is why some fans may have been shocked when they saw a tweet Gilbert put out Wednesday morning. Yet all people had to do was check the calendar and read closely to figure out it was all a joke.

Introducing our proposed name for Cleveland’s new WNBA team… THE Ohio Wolverines.
The Midwest work ethic is a real thing. As someone who has spent a lot of time on both sides of the lake, I can tell you that Ohio and Michigan have far more similarities than differences.
We’re… pic.twitter.com/DC2cISudxh
— Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) April 1, 2026

His pitch? Calling Cleveland’s new WNBA team the “Ohio Wolverines.”

Dan Gilbert has fun at the expense of Cleveland fans

Gilbert even goes as far to suggest the Detroit WNBA franchise call itself the “Michigan Buckeyes.” What he is not joking about is calling Lake Erie “the Midwest’s own Mediterranean.” That is no April Fools’ exaggeration.

The replies seem to show most people understood it as a joke. Yet there are certainly people who were clearly duped, perhaps too prideful to share it on social media.

Gilbert has the grace and goodwill among Cleveland fans to make a joke like this. What would have happened if Jimmy Haslam made a joke on social media to this magnitude? That would have been enough to power local talk shows for a week.

The Dolans, owners of the Guardians, would also not find a big sense of humor among fans.

Gilbert’s spending allows him to get away with these fun pranks

The Cavaliers are among a handful of teams spending over $200 million in cash on player salaries this season. Guardians fans could only dream of such spending, and MLB does not even have a salary cap. Thus, fans are often on Gilbert’s side for his commitment to winning.

This post also reminds fans of the coming WNBA franchise, which will debut in 2028. That team will only add to Gilbert’s portfolio in the city.

His Cavs are also among the favorites to win the NBA title in 2026.

The excitement only continues in the summer, win or lose, as rumors of another LeBron return will loom over the franchise. Such a move would likely be the next time fans would be talking about a Dan Gilbert social media post.

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Tornado touched down in Wayne County on Tuesday night

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1 day ago

April 2, 2026

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Tornado touched down in Wayne County on Tuesday night

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Wayne County as severe thunderstorms raced through Northeast Ohio Tuesday evening.

The Wayne County tornado touched down and lifted at 9:56 p.m.

It traveled .11 mile with a width of 75 yards and peak wind of 85 MPH, NWS confirmed.

Tornado touched down in Wayne County on Tuesday night(WOIO)

Tornado warnings were issued in these counties: