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Longtime Cleveland sports anchor Jim Donovan to retire in June
After 39 years on the job, Jim Donovan, WKYC 3News Cleveland sports anchor, will retire next month.
The station announced the news Thursday on X. They also shared that Donovan’s final broadcast will be June 10.
Jim Donovan, longtime sports and news anchor at WKYC, to retire in June https://t.co/fyKt4usj3R
— WKYC 3News (@wkyc) May 30, 2024
“Jimmy has had one of the most illustrious careers of any local broadcaster across the country,” WKYC president and general manager Micki Byrnes said, per Dave DeNatale, WKYC.com. “It’s hard to believe he’s really stepping down, but we can all agree he’s accomplished just about every milestone that a sports and news anchor would wish for.”
Donovan, who has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Browns since their return to the NFL in 1999, will remain in that role.
In 2023, Donovan announced a leave of absence from the station and the Browns after a leukemia remission. He completed his final radiation treatment at the end of February 2024.
“It’s been an amazing run, and I am so thankful for the support from our viewers, Browns fans, my colleagues and all who have been a part of the journey. I’m looking forward to spending more time with Cheryl and my daughter, Meghan, I haven’t called a Browns Super Bowl win yet, but I’ll continue to call the games this fall so there’s always hope,” Brown said in a statement released by WKYC.
Donovan also spent time as the play-by-play voice of the then-Cleveland Indians from 2006-08 and was part of the NFL on NBC crew from 1987-97. Additionally, he did swimming play-by-play for the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.
[WKYC 3News]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Make that a trio of commitment in the Class of 2027 this week for the Louisville football program.
Cleveland (Oh.) Brush defensive end Munir Lewis announced Wednesday that he has committed to the Cardinals. He’s the third commit in the last four days for UofL, Bradenton (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney defensive lineman Kaleb Exume committing on Sunday and Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day two-way athlete Brooklyn Maxey doing so on Monday.
Lewis chose Louisville out of a top seven that also consisted of Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Purdue. He also held offers from Cincinnati, Minnesota, Wisconsin plus several others, and made multiple visits to UofL’s campus – including this past Friday for the spring game. He’s set to return for an official visit this May.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound defensive end is regarded as the 23rd-ranked prospect in the state of Ohio, the No. 50 edge rusher in the Class of 2027, and the No. 592 recruit in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite.
Lewis was an explosive force for Brush as a junior this past season. He collected 55 total tackles, 13.5 for loss, nine sacks, four pass breakup, a forced fumbles and over 20 quarterback pressures. He helped Brush finish the 2025 season with a 6-4 record.
Lewis is the 12th commitment in Louisville’s 2027 recruiting class, which is on pace to be the best in school history. he joins a class that not only ranks as the best class in the ACC, but the No. 8 class in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite. Four of their commitments are regarded as four-star prospects by the composite.
He’s also the latest in a budding pipeline to the state of Ohio, which has been championed by Executive Director of Football Personnel and Recruiting Vince Marrow. Five of Louisville’s 12 commitments in the 2027 cycle are from the Buckeye State, with three hailing from the Cincinnati area and the other two coming from Cleveland.
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