Redface has another big day at the ballpark in Cleveland

April 6, 2014

About 45 minutes before the first pitch of the Cleveland Indians’ home opener on Friday against the Minnesota Twins, I took the below photo just outside of Gate C at Progressive Field, where a protest against the Cleveland team’s name and Chief Wahoo logo was being held by a group organized by the local chapter […]

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Did Major League Baseball force Chief Wahoo’s demotion?

January 16, 2014

Last week, leading sports uniform expert Paul Lukas reported that the Cleveland Indians were changing their “primary logo” from Chief Wahoo to the block-C, but that this would entail no changes to the team’s uniforms. Indians changing primary logo to the block-C. No change to uniforms, Wahoo still on home cap, sleeves. pic.twitter.com/0EEopJ3ph2 — Paul […]

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Dan Gilbert’s land bridge is a blight on the cityscape

December 4, 2013

Here’s a photo of the view north up Ontario Street from Superior Avenue, just off Public Square in the heart of downtown Cleveland. Pictured is the beautiful Cuyahoga County Courthouse, framed as a crown jewel of the North Coast between two more century-old landmarks, the Old Stone Church (which is actually almost two centuries old), […]

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Mayor Jackson’s secret ass-kicking of Joe Banner and the Cleveland Browns

November 22, 2013

On Tuesday the Browns and the City of Cleveland announced a tentative deal by which Cleveland taxpayers will be on the hook for $30 million over the next fifteen years to go toward the recently announced $120 million upgrade to the Browns’ newly renamed FirstEnergy Stadium. This is on top of another $12 million that […]

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Dan Gilbert would like to get on with the suspension of democracy already

October 28, 2013

Detroit’s bankruptcy trial got underway in federal court last week, with lawyers for the city’s various thousands of pensioners challenging the city’s right to vaporize some $3.5 billion in fully earned and unpaid retiree benefits. The pensioners argue that Michigan state law prohibits cutting public pensions, and that the pension obligations should be prioritized in clearing […]

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Columbus Day is a great American holiday

October 14, 2013

“A hundred castellanoes are as easily obtained for a woman as for a farm, and it is very general and there are plenty of dealers who go about looking for girls; those from [ages] nine to ten are now in demand.”  — Christopher Columbus ————— In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue from Europe […]

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Tribetown lives for October

October 3, 2013

“It didn’t feel like the playoffs.” – Brian McCann With the Cleveland Indians’ inevitable playoff collapse complete (could have been worse!), we may now soberly appreciate just what a cynical cash grab the MLB’s one-game Wild Card “Coin Flip Game” is. Of course, 150+ years of baseball history has taught us nothing if not that […]

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Questions about the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Proposed Cuyahoga County Sin Tax Extension

August 29, 2013

Thanks to some lobbying by the Greater Cleveland Partnership, “one of the largest chambers of commerce in the United States,” a proposed 20-year extension of Cuyahoga County’s “sin tax” — an additional tax on alcohol and cigarettes that’s set to expire in 2015 after 25 years — could hit the ballot as early as next […]

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We’re all Detroit

August 1, 2013

“At least we’re not Detroit” might seem like an especially comforting idea these days. Here’s Dave Zirin at The Nation on some “mind boggling headline juxtaposition” from the erstwhile Motor City: You have, on one day, “Detroit Files Largest Municipal Bankruptcy in History.” Then on the next, you have “Detroit Plans to Pay For New […]

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Andrew Bynum is a man who doesn’t lie to people at airports

July 11, 2013

And Cleveland Frowns is a website that’s two for two with breaking news from the airport: @ClevelandFrowns Andrew Bynum just told me he’s playing for the cavs next year! pic.twitter.com/TL5sddASi8 — Lee Van Cleef (@MSchieman) July 8, 2013 Per @MSchieman on airport run-in: “I was like, ‘Andrew! [Bynum] Are you coming to Cleveland?’ He looked […]

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