Columnist Attempts To Abstain From Hall Of Fame Vote, Submits Blank Ballot Instead The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Bill Livingston wrote a grandstanding column today about his decision to forgo participating in this year’s baseball Hall of Fame vote. There’s, uh, one big problem with his column:

LeBron James And A Few Teammates Opt Out Of Team's Scheduled Stay At Trump-Owned Hotel The Cleveland Cavaliers are visiting New York this week to play the Knicks on Wednesday, but LeBron James and a few other Cavaliers players will not be staying at a Trump-owned hotel in Manhattan, per reports from ESPN and the Cleveland Plain Dealer Read more ... . The Cavs were not among the three teams who deci...

How People Responded To Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick's 'Dear Donald' Ad In The NY Times Josh Tetrick hit a nerve with his full-page “Dear Donald” ads in The New York Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer on Sunday.

Black Reporter Recalls Being Arrested For Trespassing Near His Own Property Chis Haynes, a Cleveland Cavaliers beat reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was talking on the phone outside of his Portland, Oregon, house in 2013 when he was unexpectedly stopped by the police.

When The Dealer Forces You To Buy Add-Ons I got an email from a gentleman who had a dealer try to jam some stuff down his throat while buying a new car. I had a dealer do the same thing to me, and it might have happened to you too. Let’s discuss these dealer “add-ons.”

Pipe Merchant J.R. Smith Is Going Back To Cleveland Everyone’s favorite shooting guard/hoverboard pitchman J.R. Smith is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers for another two years. Because he’s J.R. Smith and he loves fun, he broke the news from the beach via Instagram. Chris Haynes of the Clevela Read more ... nd Plain Dealer reports our man has signed a two-year deal worth $5 million next season, with a player option for 2016-2017.

'Going Into the City,' rock critic Robert Christgau's back pages If we peg the birth of rock writing to Richard Goldstein establishing his "Pop Eye" column in the Village Voice, the form turns 50 next summer. If instead we tie it to Jane Scott's Cleveland Plain Dealer report on the Beatles in September 1964, we sh Read more ... ould have been celebrating last fall.

Browns' new look: A plain orange helmet can be only so exciting The Cleveland Browns unveiled their new logo on Tuesday.

Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel enters treatment facility The publicist for Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel tells the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he has entered a treatment facility. A statement from his adviso did not say what Manziel is in...

Cleveland Kidnapping Hero To Get Free Burgers For Life Local hero and burger enthusiast Charles Ramsey will never have to pay for a beef patty in Cleveland again, thanks to a special free burger card good at more than a dozen area restaurants, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.