AKRON, Ohio – The Akron Aeros are no more. But the team isn’t moving anywhere. Instead, the Double-A affiliate team of the Cleveland Indians has adopted a new identity, choosing to hue closer to the city’s iconic rubber industry. So Tuesday morning, team owner Ken Babby announced the name change to the Akron RubberDucks […]
TAMPA, Fla. – Cooling temperatures across Northeast Ohio are a sure reminder that the Fall has arrived. And with the Fall comes the time to “fall back.” Daylight Saving Time is quickly coming to an end for 2013, bringing with it shorter days. Since 2007, Daylight Saving Time, or DST for short, begins on […]
BEREA, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Browns are considering making a change at quarterback, following Brandon Weeden’s dismal performance in the 31-13 loss to Green Bay on Sunday. “I’ll stick to our process, and evaluate the last game, and put the players on the field who give us the best chance to win”, head […]
The convicted former football player and actor claims he has turned his life around after finding God. Disgraced American football legend and retired actor O.J. Simpson is reportedly planning to become a televangelist after his release from a five year prison term some time this Christmas. The troubled star’s manager Norman Pardo told […]
Everyone from President Barack Obama to the Oneida Indian Nation have weighed in on the hot topic. Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama has weighed in. The pro football commissioner, has too. And now, a Native American tribe hopes recent attention to controversy surrounding the name of Washington’s National Football League team will […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Browns on Thursday signed Willis McGahee. McGahee, a 6-0, 235-pound running back, is in his 11th NFL season out of Miami (Fla.). He has appeared in 130 career regular-season games and has rushed for 8,097 yards on 1,957 attempts (4.1 avg.) with 63 touchdowns, while adding 202 receptions […]
The Marijuana Policy Project has come out with a list of 50 of the most famous people who smoke pot. These guys just blew pothead stereotypes up in smoke. Though marijuana opponents have long pointed to studies suggesting that long-term use could be tied to a lack of motivation, a sampling of […]
Many felt she didn’t suggest to drink less soft drinks and other sugar-filled beverages and juices. (CNN) — The truth about water, first lady Michelle Obama says, is that drinking more can make you healthier. Except some health experts are critical of the advice, arguing that it simply doesn’t hold water. Obama this […]
Pastor A.J. Aamir of Resurrecting Faith in Waco, Texas believes if it didn’t grow from your scalp, it doesn’t belong there. Aamir told American Preachers that he instructed his female staff to stop wearing weave because “our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not. Be real with […]
*Whoa! Whoa! From the “You Can’t do that!” files comes this crazy story. A judge in Tennessee has taken it upon herself to change the first name of 7-month-old Messiah DeShawn Martin to “Martin.” And just what prompted the judge to do that you ask? Well, the judge in her infinite wisdom is declaring […]
The progeny of Eddie Murphy‘s Axel Foley character of Beverly Hills Cop fame will not be making it to the small screen after all. CBS has passed on picking up the proposed Beverly Hill Cop television show starring comedian/actor Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder). Entertainment Weekly reports: The Beverly Hills Cop TV spin-off planned for […]
Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing is “unconstitutional” and must be withdrawn, according to rulings filed Friday afternoon. Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said that Detroit’s bankruptcy filing violates the Michigan Constitution, which bans any action that threatens to cut the pension benefits of public employees, according to the Detroit Free Press. Lawyers representing the city’s […]