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ON SACRED GROUND: THE BIRTHPLACE OF CLEVELAND BASEBALL!!

( all photos and videos courtesy of 216 Sports Network photography and The Baseball Heritage Museum) All my life I have been a baseball fan. My two favorite players of all time are Ken Griffey Jr. and Albert Belle. As a kid growing up my friends and i would play games upon games of baseball from sun up to sun down. I even went so far as to be the kid with the best swing on the street( i tried my hardest to emulate my swing to look like Griffey's). As I grew up i saw the wars between the Indians and Mariners in the playoffs. Two Indians' World Series appearances. The Home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark Mcgwire. On top of playing the numerous baseball video games that came out every year, and of course the magical 2016 year the Ind...

PRO WRESTLING BACK IN CLEVELAND!

With everything slowly going back to normal sports have slowly lifted their restrictions and crowds are coming back, and with arenas allowing more and more fans back the SPORT of professional wrestling is back. More importantly, local pro wrestling is back here in Cleveland. This sunday the NEO Sports plant will be holding a pop up show to welcome back fans and help us get back to normalcy. Doors will be opening at 4pm, with the first bell at 5pm. Tickets are $10 and are already limited so get them while you can. The address to the Sports Plant is 20001 Euclid Ave in Cleveland. Parking is in the rear of the building. Come out and check our live pro wrestling and support independent pro wrestling!

RESPECT THE CROWN!! CRUNCH SHOW OUT IN HOME OPENER!

North Olmstead, Ohio ( all photos courtesy of 216 sports network photography and Cleveland Crunch) If the first game between the Muskegon Risers and Cleveland Crunch left any doubt in you mind about who the kings of the hill are going into the 2022 season, the Saturday night answered all questions. In a sold out, standing room only crowd at the Soccerplex in North Olmstead the Crunch looked to double back on the early season re-match with the Risers on "Champions Night". The Crunch did not disappoint. With the first quarter just starting Crunch forward Mike Derezic would score 2 goals 45-seconds apart to put the Crunch up 2-0 . Not too much later, Kevin Blackwood would connect with Crunch rookie Rylan Wikle for his first goal of the his young career to give the Crunch a 3-0 lead with 13:18 left in the first quarter. Shortly after that Mike Der...