Cleveland, OH
Ohio State’s new offensive coordinator replaces what Ryan Day missed most last season: Buckeye Take
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day missed something last season, and I’m not talking about a first-round quarterback or a few crucial decisions at Michigan.
Day did not hire new offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien merely to assume Corey Dennis’ spot on the staff and his duties as quarterbacks coach. O’Brien also did not represent the only option available if Day simply wanted a chief play-caller. He could have hired a clone of himself from 2017 — an up-and-coming schematic talent and mentor of passers.
O’Brien instead corrects one of the most underrated absences from the 2023 season. With his executive experience and stature, he can fill the void left after former offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson and his decades of coaching wisdom departed to become Tulsa’s head coach.
A little over a year ago, when Wilson left, Day replaced him on staff in two ways. He promoted Keenan Bailey from senior advisor to tight ends coach — a move all but promised to the now 27-year-old. He also added the offensive coordinator title to receivers coach Brian Hartline. Also not yet 40, Hartline is even younger in coaching terms, having only joined the profession in 2017 following his NFL career.
The 31-year-old Dennis also had spent his entire coaching career at OSU, from intern to graduate assistant to quality control to position coach. On top of all of that, the 44-year-old Day continues to build his own base of knowledge, having been promoted in 2019 from no previous head coaching experience.
Day has not hid the fact that yielding play-calling duties and more offensive oversight takes him out of his comfort zone. A coach with O’Brien’s bona fides — he coached Tom Brady and some explosive offenses in New England, won four division titles in five years with the Texans, and helped Bryce Young win the Heisman Trophy — provides insurance against any inclination to backslide Day might encounter.
Wilson spent 19 years as an offensive coordinator before his stint as Indiana’s head coach. He helped bring the power spread offense to the Power 5. Having led his own program, his eyes, ears and mind were invaluable to a first-time head coach.
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Day remains a relatively young head coach — as well as a sophisticated offensive mind. He also does not have much margin for error with this decision, or others. With three straight losses to Michigan pushing the Buckeyes into a crucial offseason, Day decided the program needed experience over experimentation.
Day had to promote Hartline when he did, because the latter’s performance as position coach demanded the title bump. He also wants to grow in the profession one day, lead his own program. However, it never seemed likely Day would turn over play-calling and oversight of the offense to someone learning the nuances on the job.
O’Brien, 54, needs no tutorial to get up to speed. Beyond his years as a head coach, he spent eight seasons as a Power 5 or NFL offensive coordinator. He can bring a presence to the offensive meeting room each week, and to the headset on Saturday afternoons.
Wilson’s impact on the staff was often overlooked because, while he carried the coordinator title, he did not call the plays. However, his voice carried considerable weight in assembling the game plan each week and when talking through crucial in-game scenarios.
He meant a lot to those offenses that led the nation in yards per play in 2021 and ‘22. O’Brien will mean even more to the next one, because Day is giving him a larger piece of it.
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Cleveland, OH
Woman killed, several children injured in Ohio Turnpike crash in Lorain County
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A 28-year-old woman is dead, and three children are hospitalized following a one-car rollover accident in Elyria Township in the eastbound lanes of the Ohio Turnpike.
The crash happened around 11:54 a.m. at milepost 146.3.
During the investigation of the crash OSHP learned that the crash happened when the Toyota RAV4, driven by Najalee N. Rivera, drove off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail, and overturned.
The vehicle was also occupied by three children. A 7-year-old boy, a 8-year-old girl, and 4-year-old girl all from Lorain, they all suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported by LifeCare Ambulance to University Elyria Hospital.
Rivera was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash, according to OSHP.
Two of the lanes were reopened about 4:15 p.m., according to a social media post from the Ohio Turnpike.
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Cleveland, OH
LOOK: Remembering the Cavs championship win, victory parade 10 years later
CLEVELAND (WJW) — Ten years ago, Cleveland experienced one of the most unforgettable moments in the city’s history.
The Cavaliers became the first-ever team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a championship. By winning the 2016 NBA Finals, they also ended a 52-year championship drought for Cleveland.
Mr. Cavalier, Austin Carr, said he still relishes that moment 10 years later.
“The odds we overcame to win that championship,” he said. “Not only did we have to win three straight games, but we also had to have the right things happen at the right moment in order to win it. And that just tells me how difficult it is … with ‘The Shot’, ‘The Block’, and the defensive move. All those. It was just meant to be.”
The victory over the Golden State Warriors catapulted LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith and the rest of the crew into essential Northeast Ohio sainthood.
When Akron’s own James screamed the now-famous phrase, “Cleveland, this is for you!” following the game, a whole legion of Cleveland fans around the country wept and cheered along with him.

When Smith refused to put a shirt on for what seemed like a whole summer in honor of the win, it felt right and proper.
Whenever the long-since traded Irving comes back to town, he’s remembered for his important 3-pointer at the end of Game 7 and not the way he left the team.
And the city made history again just a few days later, when more than 1.3 million people flooded downtown Cleveland for the championship parade. According to the Cavs, it remains the largest NBA championship parade ever.
The current Cavaliers (now in their Donovan Mitchell era) haven’t been back to the NBA Finals. They reached the conference finals this past spring for the first time since 2018. But a finals appearance has still eluded the wine and gold.
Cleveland, OH
Violent crime crackdown leads to 11 felony arrests and gets eight guns off Cleveland’s streets
CLEVELAND, OH — Cleveland police and Gov. Mike DeWine’s office touted the results of a violent crime reduction operation that led to 11 arrests and took eight illegally possessed guns off the city’s streets Wednesday.
“We got bad people off the street, and we’ll continue to get bad people off the street,” said Cleveland Police Sgt. Wilfredo Diaz.
The operation was a collaboration between police, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputies, U.S. Marshals Service and the Ohio Investigative Unit.
Diaz said it focused on both traffic enforcement and executing search warrants and arrest warrants targeting suspected criminals identified through ongoing investigations.
“[We] use intelligence-led policing to really saturate specific areas where we believe there’s an influx of crime, violent crime in particular,” said Diaz.
The numbers were music to the ears of Councilman Mike Polensek.
“We want this presence,” said Polensek, who chairs the council’s Safety Committee. “We want this presence in our neighborhoods. You’ve got to lay the law down. Our residents want this to take place.”
Polensek previously called on Mayor Justin Bibb to ask for help from the state and county to address what he called ridiculous levels of violence in the city.
Polensek cited numbers showing Cleveland police have lost hundreds of officers over the last two decades.
‘If we’re going to reclaim our streets, that’s what it’s going to be, all hands on deck,” said Polensek.
Diaz said more of the special details are already planned, but he would not reveal specific details.
He did offer this warning to the criminals terrorizing the city.
“If there are any bad actors that watch Channel 5, we want this message to get out,” said Diaz, “that we didn’t get you this time, we’re going to get you next time.”
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