
CLEVELAND -- The name of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team was the brainchild of a fan who will get special recognition for his winning contest entry in 1970.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- LeBron James is expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup against the Philadelphia 76ers, while Antawn Jamison remains day to day.

CLEVELAND -- An MRI taken on Cavaliers forward Antawn
Jamison's left knee has shown no serious problems.

CLEVELAND -- Mo Williams made two free throws with 9 seconds
left and Delonte West made the kind of plays down the stretch
reserved for LeBron James as the Cleveland Cavaliers won without their superstar, beating the San Antonio Spurs 97-95 on Monday night.

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James will sit out his second consecutive game to rest a tender right ankle.

CLEVELAND -- Fans attending Friday's Cavaliers game at Quicken Loans Arena against Detroit set a Guinness Book of World Record for the "largest gathering of people wearing fleece blankets" while wearing custom-designed Cavs Snuggies before the game.

Milwaukee (AP) -- Rookie Brandon Jennings scored 25 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 92-85 on Saturday night while LeBron James watched from the bench and limping noticeably off it.

Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey has been released from the hospital after collapsing on the bench during a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James had 40 points, 13 rebounds and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Detroit 99-92 on Friday night in a game delayed when Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey collapsed late in the third quarter.

Cleveland (AP) -- Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas wants to come back to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

CLEVELAND -- Center Zydrunas Ilgauskas has been visited in New York by several of his former Cleveland teammates who want him to re-sign with the Cavaliers.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- LeBron James had 26 points and 14 assists and the Cleveland Cavaliers opened a 20-point first-quarter lead and cruised to a 111-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK -- Singer Keyshia Cole and Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Daniel Gibson have announced the birth of their son.

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James had 22 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers used a 74-point first half to hammer the New York Knicks 124-93 on Monday night in their first game since learning Shaquille O'Neal will miss the rest of the regular season.

INDEPENDENCE -- Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal underwent successful surgery to repair his right thumb injury Monday morning at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

CLEVELAND -- No timetable has been set for Shaquille O'Neal's return to the Cavaliers' lineup after an injury to his right thumb.

TORONTO -- Mo Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime and finished with 22 points, LeBron James scored 36, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 126-118 on Friday night.

ATLANTA -- Atlanta Hawks owner Michael Gearon Jr. says the team will be "very competitive" in its pursuit of Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who was waived Thursday by the Washington Wizards.

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Cavaliers have recalled forward Darnell Jackson from the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League, Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry announced today.

Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal left Thursday night's game at Boston in the second quarter with a significant right thumb sprain.