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How much better will the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by LeBron James and coach David Blatt, be in the 2015-16 season? The first regular season game is against the Chicago Bulls....The big three will be back this season of James, Kevin Love, and Kyrie Irving, and the new team roster increases the chances of an NBA championship title this season.... By Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough

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Cleveland Cavaliers basketball players from left: Kevin Love, LeBron James, and Kyrie Irving. Photo compliments of Getty Images Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach David Blatt Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough 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, Ohio -When you look back one year ago at the Cleveland Cavaliers season opening roster you may wonder, what a difference a year makes. You might also wonder how that team made it into the NBA Championship series, including the NBA Finals, a showdown that saw the Cavaliers lose to the Golden State Warriors four games to t

Cleveland comes alive again as the Cavaliers beat the Celtics 4-0 to advance in round one of NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, Lebron and Kyrie lead in scoring for the Cavs in game four, Cavs Kevin Love gets injured, JR Smith faces possible NBA punishment.... 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 BOSTON, Massachusetts- The Cleveland Cavaliers closed out their best of seven series 4-0 in their first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with the Boston Celtics with a 101 to 93 victory at the TD Garden arena in Boston, Massachusetts on Sunday, April 26.  The Cavaliers will now be idle until the winner of the Chicago Bulls vs Milwaukee Bucks series is determined. The Bulls currently lead that series three games to one, and might likely play the Cavs for round two of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The winner of that series plays in the Eastern Conference finals, and th

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

It's time for Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to either put up or shut up as he looks for a new head basketball coach to replace the ousted Mike Brown

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Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team owner Dan Gilbert Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough 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    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio -Once again the Cleveland Cavaliers are searching for a new head coach after another poor season. Mike Brown was fired last month and for the second time in four years by owner Dan Gilbert.  Cleveland, as a major American city, is a pro sports teams kind of town, and winning, whether it is basketball, football or baseball,  is part of the ambiance of it all, at least from the standpoint of Cavaliers fans.  Gilbert has now changed head basketball coaches four times and general managers three times over the nine years he has been the owner of

The firing of Chris Grant as general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team was needed, writes Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough, Grant did not have Head Coach Mike Brown's back, says Kimbrough

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From left: Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball Team Owner Dan Gilbert, Cavaliers Head Coach Mike Brown, Former Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, and Acting Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin 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 Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473    ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) Cleveland Urban News.Com Sportswriter Karl Kimbrough CLEVELAND, Ohio-Recently terminated Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant, whom team owner Dan Gilbert fired last week, attended the University of San Diego some two and a half decades ago as did a 6” 10” center named Mike Brown, who is now head coach for the Cavaliers, a major sports attraction for the major American city. With their friendship and so much history between the two, one would think