On about his sixth depressing Weekend Wrap in a row, Brian McPeek trudges on unfettered, noting this week that despite losing two of three to the hapless Royals, the Tribe actually gained a game on division leader Chicago, who got swept by Tampa. The offense though, man, there's no way to sugarcoat it. It's been atrocius, and more concerning by the day as we continue to get deeper into the season. Just seven weeks until Browns training camp ...

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This year, for the 11th time in history, the Lakers and Celtics will decide between them the NBA championship. Game 1 is Thursday in Boston.  Opinions are sharply divided in Northeast Ohio over whether it's worth watching the Celtics win a 17th title versus watching the Lakers with a 16th, or whether it would be less painful to simply commit hara-kiri with a serrated butter knife.  In Erik's latest, he says he'll be tuning in, and talks a little bit about this ratings rich matchup between the league's most two storied franchises.

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It’s not easy to lose 8 out of your last 9 baseball games.  It’s especially not easy to lose 8 out of 9 when your starting pitching is outstanding. Yet here we are after the Tribe dropped two of three to the Rangers this weekend.  In The Weekend Wrap, Peeks touches on the Rangers series, some of the changes in store with the team, the Daven Holly injury, and the strangely surreal relationship that the Browns have with former St. Ignatius and Ohio State star LeCharles Bentley.

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Hiko checks in once again with the wildly popular "Moot Points", our weekly dose of comic relief here at The Cleveland Fan ... and God knows we need it right now given the way the Indians are playing.  In this week's installment, Hiko chronicles a recent trip he took to New Orleans to visit a friend shooting a film there, and predictably, there's no shortage of hilarity from the trip.  It's a great read, and takes us through the wave of emotions a guy with kids goes through when getting a chance to temporarily revery back to the days and ways of old.

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