Cleveland, OH
Former NBA Star Larry Sanders Signs With New Basketball Team Overseas
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Larry Sanders was once among the best centers in the NBA.
After retiring (in 2015), he most recently played in the league during the 2016-17 season when he made a brief return with the Cleveland Cavaliers (five games).
On Monday, it was announced that the 35-year-old has signed with a team in Taiwan (h/t Alberto De Roa of HoopsHype).
Via Basketball On X On July 31: “Former NBA player Larry Sanders announces that he is signing with the Taiwan Beer Leopards of the TPBL. ✍️”
Former NBA player Larry Sanders announces that he is signing with the Taiwan Beer Leopards of the TPBL. ✍️
[via IG// thereal_larrysanders] pic.twitter.com/fmiE1KK0Lr
— BASKETBALL ON 𝕏 (@BASKETBALLonX) July 31, 2024
Sanders was the 15th pick in the 2010 NBA Draft (out of VCU) and spent the first five seasons of his career with the Milwaukee Bucks.
During that time, he was one of the best rim protectors in the NBA.
In 2013, Sanders averaged 9.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.8 blocks per contest while shooting 50.6% from the field in 71 games (55 starts) at just 24 years old.
He shockingly retired from the NBA when he was only 26 (before his brief stint with the Cavs).
Larry Sanders left the @NBA in his prime.
Here’s his story why.#MentalHealthAwarenessMonthhttps://t.co/0pvctwQIwm
— The Players’ Tribune (@PlayersTribune) May 3, 2018
Sanders had career averages of 6.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per contest while shooting 48.0% from the field in 238 regular season games for the Bucks and Cavs.
He also appeared in four NBA playoff games with the Bucks during the 2012-13 season (they lost in the first round).
Sanders has been teammates with NBA stars such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.
If he had not retired at such a young age, it’s possible that he could have been an All-Star.
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Cleveland, OH
Cleveland man killed in accident on the Ohio Turnpike
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ERIE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cleveland man was killed in a car crash on the Ohio Turnpike in Oxford Township early Monday morning.
According to Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, Manuel Alvarez-Loreto was traveling eastbound near milepost 112, when he was rear-ended while he was slowing down in the right lane.
The impact forced both vehicles onto the right berm.
Alvarez-Loretto died from his injuries at a local hospital.
His passenger, Paola Rojas, also from Cleveland, is in serious condition at Fisher Titus Hospital.
Troopers said both Rojas and Alvarez-Loretto were wearing seatbelts.
The other driver is also in serious condition at Fisher Titus Hospital.
Troopers said the accident remains under investigation.
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Cleveland, OH
Where Ohio State can turn after missing out on five-star tackle David Sanders Jr.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ohio State’s 2025 offensive line class won’t include David Sanders Jr., which means the Buckeyes will have to pivot.
The five-star tackle, rated No. 2 overall in the 247Sports composite rankings, chose Tennessee on Saturday, as Ohio State was left as one of three runners-up along with Nebraska and Georgia.
With Ohio State having just two offensive linemen pledged in the 2025 class (four-star tackle Carter Lowe and three-star interior lineman Jake Cook), the Buckeyes and offensive line coach Justin Frye don’t only need good players in the class.
They need to make sure the 2025 class doesn’t sit at two when signing day hits in December.
The likeliest option for the Buckeyes is to push harder for one or more of the few remaining uncommitted players that have offers from Ohio State. Of the 29 offers sent out on the offensive line in the 2025 cycle, just four-star Malachi Goodman, three-star Jayvon McFadden and unranked Atamai Matau remain uncommitted.
Presuming Ohio State doesn’t land all of those targets, it will have to circle back on some options that are currently committed to other schools.
Four-star linemen Micah DeBose (Alabama) and Avery Gach (Michigan) were two linemen that had Ohio State in their final few, as were three-stars Kaden Strayhorn (Michigan) and Andrew Stargel (UCF). Those could be a few options for the Buckeyes to make another run at.
Then there’s the unknown.
Ohio State will, in all likelihood, have to circle back on prospects that don’t currently have reported Ohio State offers. Three-star Jayden Clark, from Northmont High School in Clayton, is the highest-rated offensive lineman left uncommitted in the state of Ohio. There will likely be other names that pop up, like Gabe VanSickle did a year ago, as the Buckeyes and Frye look to fill out the class.
The transfer portal remains an ever-present option for Ohio State, and for other programs in the sport, but it’s usually remarkably difficult to find capable, readymade offensive linemen in the transfer portal.
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Josh Simmons, who transferred to Ohio State from San Diego State for the 2023 season, is a wonderful development story for the Buckeyes and for Frye. That’s something that will undoubtedly be used as a big-time recruiting tool for high schoolers and for portal options moving forward.
But routinely banking on Mountain West Conference offensive linemen to come in and immediately start — and play well — at Ohio State is, put conservatively, risky.
In short, there are a few options for Ohio State now that Sanders has opted to commit elsewhere. But Sanders was clearly Plan A, and now the challenge is figuring out what the next step is.
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Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Guardians are the Luckiest Team in Major League Baseball
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It’s August 18 and the Minnesota Twins are in the middle of an extremely successful summer. At 70-53, the only thing between the Twins and an American League playoff berth would be a meltdown of the most epic fashion. The type of late season collapse that would go directly to the top of Minnesota sports history books.
But more than likely, this is a playoff team. Entering Sunday, the Twins sit two games up on the 2nd AL Wildcard spot and 4.5 games up on Boston, the only team not currently in the playoff field, who still stands a chance.
2024 American League playoff picture has a lot of AL Central in it
Meanwhile, the American League Central Division race is far from over. The Twins trail the Cleveland Guardians by just two games. The Royals, who hold the third and final AL Wildcard spot, are just four games back.
AL Central
W
L
W-L%
GB
Guardians
72
51
.585
—
Twins
70
53
.569
2.0
Royals
68
55
.553
4.0
Tigers
60
64
.484
12.5
White Sox
30
94
.242
42.5
If the Minnesota Twins Can Just Limp to the Regular Season Finish Line…
AL Wildcard | W | L | W-L% | GB |
---|---|---|---|---|
Orioles (WC1) | 72 | 52 | .581 | +3.5 |
Twins (WC2) | 70 | 53 | .569 | +2 |
Royals (WC3) | 68 | 55 | .553 | – |
Red Sox | 65 | 57 | .533 | 2.5 |
Mariners | 63 | 61 | .508 | 5.5 |
The Minnesota Twins are one of the hottest teams in baseball, winning five of their last six games, including three straight vs the Texas Rangers (going for four) this weekend. Kansas City, winners of three straight, haven’t been bad either (other than losing two of three to the Twins last week). Their division rival Cleveland Guardians, on the other hand, have lost nine of their last 14, including losses in their last two games.
Cleveland Guardians are lucky, Minnesota Twins (surprise) are not…
And if luck charts tells us anything, the Guardians will either enter the 2024 MLB postseason as the luckiest team in all of baseball, or they are due for one of those major league caliber late-season meltdowns I mentioned earlier in this article.
According to one MLB simulator’s “Pot O’ Gold” chart, there is no more fortunate team in the league than the one playing home games in Cleveland, OH. The Twins, meanwhile, rank as the 8th unluckiest team. Shocker.
Updated pot-o-gold chart that sums the lucky games (+1) with the unlucky games (-1) in 2024 for each team. #Guardians so far the luckiest and #Braves the unluckiest#MLB #Statcast #MLBSim #Baseball pic.twitter.com/0EhYxrVnFX
— MLB Deserve-To-Win-O-Meter (@mlb_simulator) August 18, 2024
The funniest (maybe saddest?) part about this chart is that it does not factor in player injuries. This is about teams that get on base off balls in play that they should not reach base on, vs those that can’t buy a hit, even when they hit pee rockets off the bat.
The Twins Were Right About Joe Ryan’s Injury
One of the reasons why Cleveland has been so good this season is because they’ve remained remarkably healthy. All of their big hitters and most of their best pitchers have been available for almost the entirety of the 2024 summer. As we all know, that has not been the case in Minnesota.
If the Twins can continue to play well, and get some of their best players back, it appears very likely they could pass the Guardians in the Central, which would more than likely mean a first round bye in the playoffs.
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