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Cleveland City Council seals $282 million Cavaliers' arena renovation deal with few community concessions from the Cavs, say community activists, though the Black contractors say otherwise....Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, City Council President Kevin Kelley and Mayor Frank Jackson say the Q-Deal is good for Cleveland and the region as activists such as Ada Averyhart say it's unfair to inner city residents and poor people, among others....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland Black contractors rally on Monday, April 24, before Cleveland City Council seals the deal with its contribution of $88 million toward a $282 million project to renovate the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio that houses the Cleveland Cavaliers. While the Black contractors were happy with the deal that Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, Mayor Frank Jackson and City Council President Kevin Kelley say will benefit the city and the county, community activists in general called the Q-Deal a raw deal that undermines inner city residents and poor people, among others. ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers with some 4 million readers on Google Plus alone. And the  ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  website  stats reveal some 26 million hits since 2012. Tel: (216)  659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.  Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Pos

LeBron James leads the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the NBA championship title over the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland to hold celebration and parade on June 22....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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LeBron James (center) led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship title Sunday night, the Cavaliers winning Game 7 of the NBA Finals over Golden State Warriors, 93-89 (Photo compliments of Getty Images) Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue ( w w.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com   By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-23-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS Kathy Wray Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus.  CLICK HERE TO GO TO GOOGLE PLUS WHERE KATHY WRAY COLEMAN HAS 2.7 MILLION READERS OR VIEWERS UNDER HER NAME AND IS OHIO&

LeBron James leads the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference title, the Golden State Warriors win the Western Conference title, both teams head to the NBA championship series....Game one is at 9 pm on Thursday, June 4 at the ORAGLE Arena in Oakland, California....By Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough

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By Karl Kimbrough, Cleveland Urban News.Com sportswriter (kimbrough@clevelandurbannews.com).   Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Leaders In Black Digital News . Tel: 216-659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough CLEVELAND, OHIO- Going into the playoffs this season if someone would have told you that the Cleveland Cavaliers would win the Eastern Conference title as they did last Tuesday night 118-88, defeating the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth of four straight wins out of a possible seven games, who would have believed that this could happen? It did though, and it is good for  Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson,  team owner Dan Gilbert, General Manager Kevin Griffin, Head Coach David Blatt, and the largely Black major metropolitan city, Ohio's second largest city next to Columbus.  The Ca

Cleveland Cavaliers hire David Blatt as new head coach, LeBron James is now a free agent, Blatt his hiring comes after Cuyahoga County voters renew a $270 million sin tax on alcohol and cigarettes to fund pro-sports stadiums upkeep, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitGerald, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, wants sin tax monies linked to wins, a proposal Mayor Jackson opposes, Blatt replaces Mike Brown, who replaced Byron Scott, both Brown and Scott are Black, Brown is a two-time Cavs head coach who coached LeBron James, who now plays with the Miami Heat, who won NBA titles in 2006, 2012 and 2013 and lost the 2014 NBA title to the Spurs

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New Cleveland Cavaliers head basketball coach David Blatt By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog, Tel: (216) 659-0473  K athy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio.    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-The Cleveland Cavaliers hired David Blatt on Friday to become the franchise's 20th head coach, replacing Mike Brown, who is Black and was ousted by Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert in May after the Cavs compiled a less than mediocre winning record and did not make the playoffs this year. He beat out closest contender Tyronn Lue, an assistant coach for the controversial Los Angeles Clippers.  Though Blatt, 55, has no NBA experience, he has experience as an international coach and

Cleveland Cavaliers fire head coach Mike Brown, hire David Griffin as new general manager

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        Mike Brown David Griffin By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-n-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper .  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio-Cleveland Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert has fired head coach Mike Brown and hired David Griffin as general manager, team officials announced Monday.  Brown, whom the Cavs fired in 2010 and hired again last year, has $16 million left on his five-year $20 million contract. The firing of Brown, who is Black, comes after the Cavs failed to make the playoffs this year and ended the season with a 33-49 record. Brown succeeded Byron Scott, who is also Black.   ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.co