Isaac's take on Cleveland Sports

After game one of the Eastern Conference Finals, a lot of people are pretty sure that LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to sweep their way all the way to the NBA Finals. After sweeping both the Indiana Pacers and the Toronto Raptors, the Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics by 13 points in Boston on Wednesday night and they're looking unstoppable. The movie "Space Jam" was released in 1996 and is easily on of my favorite sports movies of all time. It featured Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley and other NBA superstars. The movie pitted Michael Jordan and his team of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and others against the Monstars, a group of giant cartoon characters who've stolen NBA stars talents. We all know what happens, but I'm not going to be writing about "Space Jam" today. Thursday, star Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas told reporters "We're not scared of Cleveland. They're not the Monstars. They're not on

Well, it turns out that Cleveland is just bad at football in general. In the NFL, they have the Browns, a dismal team that had just one win last year. But Cleveland also has a football team in the league everyone forgets about, the Arena Football League.  Now, if you don't know about the Arena Football League, here's a rundown. The AFL was created in 1987 and is a spin-off of the NFL, but with a couple different rules. First, it's played indoor with short walls along the side of the fields. Players are allowed to crash into these walls without the play being stopped. Second, it's much more high scoring. The reason for this is because the field is only 50 yards long. Before the snap, one receiver is allowed to start running. In addition, there are only 16 players on the field at a time, eight on offense and eight on defense. Many players play on both offense and defense. Now that you know the basics of Arena Football, I'll talk about the Cleveland Gladiators.

Last night at 8:00 PM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Cleveland Browns were on the clock with the number one pick for the first time since 2000. Although the Browns have historically been bad, they haven't been bad enough to snag the number one pick in the draft for a while. Then this year, they went 1-15 and got the number one pick. In addition to the number one pick, they had the number 12 pick from the Philadelphia Eagles, which I'll get into later. Now if you've seen the movie "Draft Day" you'll know that the movie is totally unrealistic. In the movie, the Browns actually did well on the first day of the seven-round NFL Draft. This year however, I think the Browns actually did well on draft day, and here's why: From cleveland.com - Myles Garrett putting on his new team's football cap.  The consensus number one draft pick going into the draft was Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett. And the Browns went right ahead and selected Myles

In the past five games, the Cavs have one win and five losses, have dropped to second place in the Eastern Conference and have been ridiculed by just about everyone. So is that enough to become worried about the Cavs not making it back to the Finals? To a lot of people, the answer is yes. To me, the answer is no. And here's why: Reason number one: Talent. The Cavs have one of the most talented teams in the NBA, and there's no doubt about that. LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love are some of the most talented players in the NBA. With that kind of talent, the Cavs can go far in the playoffs, no doubt. Reason number two: Clutch. LeBron James and Kyrie Irving are arguably the two most clutch players in the NBA right now. LeBron had "The Block" and Kyrie had "The Shot." Those were the two most clutch plays in the NBA Finals. Those two plays together show that the Cavs have the clutch players to make it deep into the playoffs. Reason number thr

The Final Four is finally set. After a long run of many, many games, we finally have our final four teams that each have a chance at the championship. There's two number one seeds, a number three seed, and a number seven seed. In this blog I'll be previewing each team. South Carolina South Carolina is a number seven seed, the "Cinderella story" of March Madness 2017. Most people actually expected them to lose in the first round to Marquette. In fact, on ESPN Tournament Challenge, 56% of people had South Carolina losing first round. Even if they won, which they did, most people expected them to lose to Duke by a lot. But they beat number two Duke, they beat number three Baylor and they beat number four Florida, and now find themselves in the Final Four facing Gonzaga. Issue:  Rebounding. South Carolina has the least amount of rebounds per game out of the Final Four, and is going up against a very tall and good at rebounding team in Gonzaga. South Carolina has no l

MLB opening day: April 2nd. The day every baseball fan cannot wait for every single year. The day the baseball season starts. Every year, there's sleepers, teams who everyone knows will win and teams who everyone knows will do bad. Over the off season, there have been many big signings and trades that will certainly make some teams better and some teams worse. So this blog will be my MLB predictions for each team's record and division standings this year. I'll be listing my predictions and their actual record last year with the playoffs at the bottom. Let's start in the National League with the NL East. 1. New York Mets: Prediction - 93-69; Last Season - 87-75 2. Washington Nationals: Prediction - 90-72; Last Season - 95-67 3. Atlanta Braves: Prediction - 78-84; Last Season -  68-93 4. Philadelphia Phillies: Prediction - 75-87; Last Season - 71-91 5. Miami Marlins: Prediction - 73-89; Last Season - 79-82 Here's the thing with the Mets. They need to stay h