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On this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk Podcast, Cavaliers reporters Joe Vardon and Chris Fedor discuss Dwyane Wade's impact since moving to the second unit and the team at the quarter point of the regular season.

The Cleveland Browns lost to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, 30-16, to drop to 0-11 on the season. It is the second consecutive season the Browns have started 0-11. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked about the game in our postgame podcast. Topics include: - Being 0-11 for the second consecutive year. - The hit from Jabrill Peppers that drew an unsportsmanlike conduct flag. - The run defense. - The play of DeShone Kizer.

On this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk Podcast, Joe Vardon and Chris Fedor discuss the Cleveland Cavaliers' five-game winning streak and how head coach Tyronn Lue will try to balance playing time when Derrick Rose, Tristan Thompson, Isaiah Thomas and Iman Shumpert get healthy.

The Cleveland Browns lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon at FirstEnergy Stadium, 19-7. It was their tenth loss in a row to start the season and they were unable to sustain anything offensively against Jacksonville's stingy defense. Following the game, Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all about the game, including: - The play of DeShone Kizer. - Losing Emmanuel Ogbah to a broken foot. - Getting back Corey Coleman. - Tashaun Gipson's comments.

Cleveland.com's Paul Hoynes breaks down what offers Carlos Santana can expect to field in free agency, and takes a look back at BBWAA Awards Week.

In this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk Podcast, Cavs reporters Joe Vardon and Chris Fedor discuss LeBron James' interesting week and whether his behavior has been intentional. The guys also discuss the team's recent play and if there are signs of a turnaround coming.

The Browns are back in Berea following their ninth straight loss to start the season. The bad news kept coming as linebacker Jamie Collins will miss the season with an MCL injury. Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all about that on Monday in our weekly podcast. We also talked about the return of wide receiver Corey Coleman against Jacksonville and got into the play that got quarterback DeShone Kizer hurt.

The Browns fell to the Lions on Sunday, 38-24. It was their ninth loss in a row to start the season and the 24th loss in 25 games since this regime took over. After the game, Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe talked all things Browns-Lions including: - The Browns played better on Sunday. - What happened at the end of the first half? - The play of Kizer. - The defense and losing Jamie Collins.

Cleveland.com's Paul Hoynes talks about the Tribe's pending free agent moves and how they might impact Jason Kipnis' role with the club.

On this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk Podcast, Joe Vardon and Chris Fedor discuss the Cavaliers' early-season issues, how much they miss Kyrie Irving, LeBron James' social media posts and Eric Bledsoe getting traded to Milwaukee.

The Cleveland Browns are back from their bye week, but it's like then never left. Mary Kay Cabot and I talked all things Browns in our latest Orange and Brown Talk podcast. Here are the topics we discussed: - Should the Browns welcome back Josh Gordon. - More on the AJ McCarron non-trade and Jimmy Garoppolo ending up in San Francisco. - Thoughts on the front office and the coaching staff and whether they're on the same page.

Michael Brantley and Josh Tomlin will be back with the Cleveland Indians in 2018 after the club picked up their contract options on Friday. Cleveland.com's Paul Hoynes joins us to break down the moves.

Takes By the Lake talks Browns problems and solutions with NFL analyst Benjamin Allbright, who had some reporting in the middle of the Browns trade fiasco that included emails from disgruntled members of the Browns staff. So Ben joined Doug Lesmerises to talk how bad this coaching staff-front office discord is; what he would do if he owned the Browns; how they Browns dodged a bullet on AJ McCarron; and why Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield might be the top pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. Doug also took some time to say whether the trade problems have changed his mind on the front office and the rebuild plan he's been backing from the start.

Something crazy happened at the trade deadline today between the Browns and Bengals, but we're not entirely sure what. The teams had a deal in place for quarterback AJ McCarron, but it fell through because one team or both teams messed up the paperwork. Either way, the Browns were clearly trying to get McCarron and didn't do it. What does it mean? What do we make of all this? Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discussed.

On this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, Joe Vardon and Chris Fedor discuss the Cleveland Cavaliers' early struggles and how many of the problems can be corrected over time. The guys also discuss Tyronn Lue's role in the slow start.