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		<title>LeBron James’ Extension Can Be Offered Tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Being eligible to receive a contract extension three years from the date of his last contract, LeBron James can receive and extension offer from Danny Ferry and the Cavaliers as early as tomorrow.
Given all of the talk of 2010 coupled with the shrinking salary cap, there are a lot of moving pieces to this puzzle.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NBA Rumors: Odom, Boozer and Chris Paul?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[More things that are floating around cyberspace that will probably never happen! Yeah rumors! I wish there was more to report on the Cavaliers, but alas&#8230;
The Miami Heat are said to be in pursuit of FA Lamar Odom, which would be a tad strange since they had him before. That move alone wouldn&#8217;t be enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Fausto Carmona Calming Down?</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14808</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Cliff Lee trade watch essentially an &#8220;advisory system&#8221; away from being full go, I felt it would be prudent to discuss the guy who could then be looked at as our &#8220;ace&#8221; come next season: Fausto Carmona.
Assuming you&#8217;ve stopped trembling from reading that, it may be worth noting that he is only 25-years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Else Can You See Racing Cream Sticks?</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14795</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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Only in the minor leagues right? Canal Park in Akron played host to 2 major events last night. Well, &#8216;major&#8217; might be a bit of a stretch. The Aeros (sans-all stars) played the Bowie Baysox and the Cleveland Sports Blog Network was there in force. First the game- a slugfest that the Aeros came up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Cliff Lee Needs is One Mic, Two Runs</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14789</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time we saw Cliff Lee, he was slinging verbal chinese stars around the Indians locker room.  Eric Wedge and Ryan Garko were the main targets, but if the description of Lee&#8217;s tone was accurate, no one was safe.
Thankfully, after a season of getting next to zero help* from his offense or defense, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While We’re Waiting… Cavs/Wizards “Rivalry”, Shaq’s Michael Jackson Tribute, the ‘94 Tribe</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14571</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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Ri-valry? &#8220;The Washington Wizards will give head coach Flip Saunders his first taste of the rivalry between his new team and the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleveland Sports Blog Outing Game Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14762</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Rosen</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your favorite writers (not Rock and Denny) from WFNY will be in sunny downtown Akron tonight taking in some Double-A baseball at Canal Park. The Aeros (56-35) take on the Bowie Baysox (51-40) tonight at 7:05 p.m. in the first game after the All-Star Break for the Eastern League schedule. These two teams had a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Things I’m Looking Forward To</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14756</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DP Diesel</dc:creator>
		
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Here we are, mid-July. Training camp is still on the horizon, as is the college football season. The Cavs won’t be back in the gym and the Jackets won’t be back on the ice for a couple of months. The Tribe and Clippers eat it. It’s kind of a Dead Period for us. Likewise, I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleveland Browns Tidbits</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14744</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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As you may have already seen, the Browns signed 6th round draft picks Don Carey, Coye Francis and James Davis. According to the OBR, all three signed 4 year contracts. With the earlier signing of Maiava, that makes 4 draft picks left to sign deals. Of course, they are Cleveland&#8217;s top picks- center Alex Mack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nike/LeBron Switch to Air Max Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14740</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Zoom LeBron VI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008-09 basketball season was littered with different versions of the Zoom LeBron VI shoe by Nike.  And while I&#8217;m a bit late to this party, I felt that it was worth noting that the &#8220;Zoom&#8221; line appears to have now been retired by LeBron and his apparel company, as the two parties will now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESPN Poll: Browns Neither Good, Nor Tough</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14734</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Browns]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Hines Ward]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Josh Cribbs]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while back, we discussed the ESPN polling of AFC North players to discuss who will most likely break out in 2009.  The results were pretty favorable for Browns fans as a lot of Cleveland players made the list.
Well, another poll was recently released and ESPN quickly put the kabosh on our excitement by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All-Star Break Analysis - Manager and Front Office</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14711</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TD</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The TD All-Star Break Analysis rolls on. If you missed any of the prior pieces, they can be found here: Starting Rotation, Bullpen, Position Players I, and Position Players II.
In the final installment of our series, we examine the front office and it&#8217;s hand-picked, lock-step manager. It certainly seems a long time ago that Mark Shapiro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While We’re Waiting… Cavs Season Tickets, Keeping Victor Martinez, and an OSU NCAA10</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14572</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email in the sidebar.
 
Briefly mentioned it here late last night, and Brian Windhorst follows up with some pretty sick numbers: &#8220;In perhaps the toughest economy in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NBA Free Agency: What About Bringing Back Gooden?</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14713</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As we are prone to do, the staff at WFNY got to thinking about some of the free agents that we would rather see brought here than Rob Kurz. Now we&#8217;re talking about guys that wouldn&#8217;t cost us the rest of the MLE, so that eliminates a lot of the names. One interesting option came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contest Time!</title>
		<link>http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=14699</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		
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Tomorrow (Thursday the 16th) many WFNY writers will be taking part in a Cleveland Sports Blog Network outing at Canal Park in Akron. The Aeros are playing the Bowie Baysox, and we will be there to support the best team in the Indians&#8217; organization.
Thursday night also happens to be &#8216;Thirsty Thursday&#8217; a promotion the Aeros [...]]]></description>
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