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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Where do you get most of your sports news online? Do you go to the major providers such as ESPN, AOL and Yahoo!, or is it the local views of Ohio.com or Cleveland.com?

Would you like an e-mail each morning with what is new on the Ohio.com sports site?

What about a breaking news blog on Ohio.com with scoring updates and other news?

What is missing or what would like more of on Ohio.com?

Let us know what you guys are thinking.

Weekend packages

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

There is plenty of Browns, Cavaliers and Indians material on Ohio.com and in the Beacon Journal this weekend.

On the site now you'll find Patrick McManamon's prediction that Joe Thomas will become the Browns' left tackle today. He picks the rest of the draft, too.

Sunday, look for Terry Pluto's analysis of the Browns draft and also the Cavs' performance in Game 3. Brian Windhorst also will provide coverage of Game 3 from Washington, D.C.

Nate Ulrich will be filing reports on each of the Browns selection Saturday, and that will be posted immediately after each selection on Ohio.com. George Thomas will be blogging on the draft all day. So as you watch the NFL Network and ESPN coverage of the draft take a look for Thomas' take, too.

Sheldon Ocker examines the Indians' possible problems of too many platoons, as he continues to cover the home series with the Baltimore Orioles.

Draft coverage

Friday, April 27th, 2007

I have DirecTv so I have enjoyed the NFL Network since its beginning. The network does a tremendous job of giving you NFL Films quality coverage between games each week. Its Super Bowl coverage is great, and I am sure that its draft coverage is good, too.

But ESPN and Mel Kiper Jr. and the rest of the gang can't be beat.

I used to stay home from school to watch the drafts on ESPN in the early 80s, just to see whom the Steelers would take.

I think I recall Louis Lipps being compared with Lynn Swann on draft day. A couple of bad hamstrings cut his career short.

Anyway, when I watch the draft I will be sticking with ESPN maybe it is just a habit but I think it probably is just better, too.

Top of the morning

Friday, April 20th, 2007

ESPN is continuing to look for the right recipe for its morning brew. Cold Pizza has been under constant construction since it started and now the name and location are getting thrown out.

On May 7, Cold Pizza will become ESPN First Take. Jay Crawford and Dana Jacobson will still host the show, but it will be back in Bristol, Conn., with the rest of the ESPN studios. It also will have 1st and 10 segments with two commentators from a pool that includes Skip Bayless, as well as Stephen A. Smith, Patrick McEnroe and Jemele Hill. The show will continue to be shown on ESPN2.

ESPN First Take (airing live from 10 a.m.-noon and repeated from noon-2 p.m.) will be televised in high definition. The HD will come to ESPN2's simulcast of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning, which is on from 6-10 a.m.

ESPN also said that Mike and Mike and ESPN First Take will have sports updates with Sage Steele. The morning repeats of SportsCenter will have a rundown graphic like they have for the draft to tell viewers what's coming next.