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As the year comes to a close, like we have done the last three years, WFNY will take a look at what we view to be the 10 biggest sports stories affecting our local sports scene. Each day through the rest of the year, we will be counting down from ten to one. We started with #10 - The Colt Concussion, next was #9 -Key Cavalier Wins. We broke down the Baron Davis Trade and talked some Tribe at #7. Kirk was on the Pat Shurmur hire for #6. Yesterday, we stuck with that Browns theme and discussed the big draft day deal involving Julio Jones and Phil Taylor (#5). Today we will go back into the Red, White, and Blue. #4 – Ubaldo Jimenez Comes to Cleveland, Signaling the Indians Want to Win Now Right around the Major League Baseball trade deadline, the Indians were locked in a battle for the AL Central lead with the Detroit Tigers. They were so banged up offensively and really needed a big bat, preferably from the right side, for the middle of the order. What nobody knew at the time wa...
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