Just hours after Cleveland’s fired general manager walked down the front steps in disgrace carrying his belongings in travel bags, two disgruntled fans climbed the same steps inside the team’s headquarters for a meeting with the team’s camera-shy owner.

During his search for Cleveland’s pitching coach, new Indians manager Manny Acta was meeting with general manager Mark Shapiro when Tim Belcher’s name came up for discussion.

Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday’s game at No. 11 Penn State.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Kristian Huselius on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and added forward Alexandre Picard to the roster on emergency recall from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

Evan Turner had 15 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and No. 16 Ohio State shot 63 percent from the field in beating Walsh 86-48 in an exhibition game Wednesday night.

San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the Sharks their sixth straight win, 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

Lost in the hoopla over Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor’s trip home to Pennsylvania this weekend is the story of how Penn State found its own signal-caller in the Buckeyes’ backyard.

Police say Cleveland Browns cornerback Eric Wright flipped his car over on a wet highway entrance ramp and was taken to a hospital.

Everything lined up perfectly for Dustin Penner and the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

Nine of the 10 Cleveland Browns who missed practice the past two days with the flu are back with the team.

Bobby Valentine got his chance to convince the Cleveland Indians that they should hire him as their manager.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have trimmed their roster to 15, waiving guards Andre Barrett and Russell Robinson, and center Darryl Watkins.

Illinois quarterback Juice Williams began the season as a much more logical all-conference candidate than Purdue’s Joey Elliott.

JoePa had a chance to become a Michigan man four decades ago.

Iowa senior Tony Moeaki has often been considered one of the nation’s most talented tight ends. Until now, he’s been hurt too often to prove it.