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cleveland.com — Is the fan treatment of Chris Perez fair? Was the signing of Brian Hoyer necessary and does he affect Brandon Weeden and Jason Campbell? Who are some players to watch for as the NBA Draft gets closer? Join cleveland.com's Glenn Moore (@GlennMooreCLE) for another episode of Sunday Insider, tonight at 8 p.m.

cleveland.com — Baseball purists are content to enjoy the aesthetics of the game, the nuances, the competition. But one thing is not debatable: There is down time. Managers amble to the mound. Pitchers throw over to first to keep runners honest. Batters foul off multiple pitches to stay alive. Players warm up between every half-inning.

cleveland.com — For around a decade, while authorities say Ariel Castro kept three women imprisoned inside his dilapidated white colonial, residents of the short stretch of Seymour Avenue where he lived reported a litany of other crimes that brought police to the block.

cleveland.com — Darnell Adams, John F. Kennedy; Matt Adrianowycz, Brecksville-Broadview Heights; Austin Ambrose, Berkshire; Kristen Ambrozic, Charles F. Brush; Rachel Anderson, Laurel School; David Arney, Strongsville; Ishaan Bakhle, Westlake; Haley Beavers, Wadsworth; Mason Belles, Coventry; Darrell Benjamin, Ginn Academy; Matthew Bergant, Villa Angela-St. Joseph; Jordan Blazak, Holy Name; Nick Buchta, Olmsted Falls; Andrew Bucur, St.

cleveland.com — CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Justin Masterson vs. Felix Hernandez proved to be no contest Sunday afternoon. Masterson, by TKO. Masterson allowed three hits and struck out 11 in seven innings as the Indians defeated the Mariners, 6-0, at sun-splashed Progressive Field. Paid attendance: 19,744. Masterson (7-2, 2.83 ERA) has won three straight starts.

cleveland.com — Move over Shakespeare. Get out of the way, Dickens. It's time to let a few vampires and zombies breathe some life into English class. At least that's what some young readers think. I recently wrote a column about why young adult books are good books for adults to read.

cleveland.com — "Welcome home, Amanda, Gina and Michelle" was the subject line of a short note that landed in my inbox a couple of days ago. The email read as follows: "I think it would be a really neat thing if Amanda, Gina, and Michelle would finish their walks home that they started 10 years ago.

cleveland.com — Records - the good ol' kind, where you used to make yourself dizzy trying to read the titles as they spun around - always had an A and a B side.

cleveland.com — Clevelanders haven't been able to reach out and hug the three women found on Seymour Avenue, who are understandably sealed behind a wall of privacy. But it's a different story for Yvonne Pointer. She has long been an accessible hero, a grassroots leader who anyone can touch.

cleveland.com — By any definition, 1962 was a watershed year. We had the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ohio's own John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, Wal-mart founder Sam Walton opened his first store and . . . and . . . and . . . ?

cleveland.com — If calculations made by the planners, academics and think tanks affiliated with the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium are correct, this region is headed for a bleak future. The good news is that there is time to change direction, provided enough stakeholders here are willing to do so.

cleveland.com — The 36th annual Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon steps off this morning at 7 a.m. with the full and half marathons. The 10K begins at 7:30 a.m., the 5K at 8 a.m. and Kid's Run at 11 a.m. Read Tweets from runners and spectators below.

cleveland.com — Columbus --Mike DeWine is either to be commended for his hard-charging ways, regularly appearing in cities across the state to speak out about polluters, rapists and bad cops, or he is to be criticized as political grandstander, mugging for cheap publicity.

cleveland.com — CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's a beautiful spring weekend, and we're talkin' ... About the Cavaliers ... If it's not one draft, it's another for Cleveland sports fans -- who indeed love their drafts. This time, it's the Cavaliers. They own a lottery pick, which could be anywhere from first to sixth, the 19th and two high second-round picks.

cleveland.com — Hey, Mary Kay: Do the Browns really think Jabaal Sheard can make the transition to outside linebacker, and how will he get playing time with Barkevious Mingo there, too? -- Joe C., Sandusky Hey, Joe: The Browns believe Sheard will actually be a better pass rusher in this scheme than he was last season on a defense that was sack-challenged.