It's football season baby. And naturally, that's going to be the focus of the Labor Day edition of the Weekend Wrap. The biggest news this weekend? The Buckeyes too close for comfort 31-27 win over the Naval Academy on Saturday afternoon. And the end of the first Camp Mangini, and the team getting down to 53 players over the weekend. Naturally, Peeker has thoughts on both events, and he gives them to our readers in The Wrap.

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Just a week removed from their game in Green Bay where the Browns looked confused, lethargic and just plain bad they took advantage of the bottom feeding team in the NFC North and beat up on the Detroit Lions 27-10 at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday night. In this Monday's Weekend Wrap, Peeks hits on the game, James Davis, Fausto Carmona, and the latest interview from LeBron that has people convinced he is leaving Cleveland at the end of the coming season.

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All kinds of mish-mash from the Cleveland sports world over the last three days. LeBron said he is going to "keep his options open". The Indians traded Carl Pavano. Syndric Steptoe and Rex Hadnot suffered serious injuries at Browns training camp. And the Indians continue to give at bats to AAAA players in favor of guys who actually may be core players in 2010. Peeker hits on it all in The Weekend Wrap ... and also gives us his weekly dose of Jamey Carroll man-love.

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Indians' co-owner Paul Dolan met with the media the other day to essentially lay out his case for the team's recent upheaval. While not exactly contradicting general manager Mark Shapiro on the very fine points, he let it be known that without the changes the Indians were on track to lose millions; many, many millions. As it is, even with the recent strip-mining, the team is on track to lose $16 million. In Gary's latest, he talks about Dolan's comments about the team's finances and a salary cap in baseball, and also about the start of Browns training camp.

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