Not ready for football season, but it's here!

Though 'my' Cleveland Indians are not doing well, they are quite exciting, but I am not ready for football season yet.

Baseball season lasts through October.

For me, the summer ends on the last day of the World Series.

Today I picked up my Cleveland Browns' season ticket and realized it's fastly approaching.

Let's face it, with temps in the mid 90's, it really makes it difficult to fathom what time of year is just in front of us.

Channel 3, WKYC will air, as usual, the Cleveland Browns' Pre-Season games:

• Saturday, August 14 at Green Bay


• Saturday, August 21 at Cleveland Browns Stadium against the Rams


• Saturday, August 28 at Detroit


• September 2 at Cleveland Browns Stadium against the Bears

And as always, you can be sure that wkyc and Sportstime Ohio will give the consummate football fan and casual watcher everything and anything necessary to attack the 2010 Football Season--before, during, and after.

Jim Donovan, radio voice of the Cleveland Browns, hosts Browns Training Camp Daily every day to give the sports fan insight into the daily workings, the progress, and the highs and lows of what the team may or may not be doing as well as covering Browns Camp every day with the rest of the Channel 3 Sports Department.

If you want a front row seat to this year's Cleveland Browns' Season, look no further than wkyc Channel 3 News and Sportstime Ohio for the comprehensive coverage in town!

And the winner is...

Saturday night, the Lower Great Lakes Regional Emmy Awards Gala was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Downtown Marriott.

Channel 3 walked away with Emmy awards in three of the top categories: Outstanding Evening Newscast, Outstanding Weekend Newscast, and Breaking News for The Shooting at Success Tech. We also won for Feature News Report within 24 hours for 'Eliot Ness: Not Untouchable.'

News Director Rita Andolsen proudly accepted the Breaking News award on behalf of a number of her staffers. She told the gathering that 'this award was one that embodied what Channel 3 is about and what makes me proud to be a part of the team. Our Success Tech coverage was award winning because it was truly a team effort, from the General Manager leading the charge all the way down. Every department was involved in the coverage of the day. We provided hours of live coverage on a story that was literally in our front yard, turned our station into a command post for our local police, school district, and city and played host to local stations, NBC affiliates and the networks. We knew we won the story that day. Tonight, our peers rewarded our efforts.'

I echo Rita's sentiments! Award or no award, you get a great feeling at the end of the day when you know you have done the best you can! And when you know you truly went above and beyond and then receive accolades from your peers, it makes it so much sweeter!

Congratulations to: Rita Andolsen, Lydia Esparra, Danielle Fink (yours truly), Tom Genovese, Dave Grendzynski, Maureen Kyle, Lisa Lowry, Chris Mizell, Scott Newell, Julie Ocepek, Mike O'Mara, Brandi Paulson, George Payamgis, Monica Robins, Romona Robinson, Amanda Subler, Dave Summers, Paul Thomas, Kim Wheeler, Tim White, Al Wohl, and Carrie Young.

SportsTime Ohio also picked up a few awards for Sporting Event/Game Live with 'Indians on Deck' and Graphic /Animation for 'Cleveland Indians Baseball.' A big Congratulations goes out to: Brian Anderson, Greg Golya, Jim Murphy, Al Pawlowski, Mike Pocta, Michael Symonds, Joe Von Enck, and Ian Zeigler.

Congratulations to all the winners! For a view of the complete list of winners, CLICK HERE!

S(econd) T(hird) O(utfield)

Ok, so you think I've gone crazy. And you're wondering what cryptic code is behind the title?


Stop thinking so hard. I have gone crazy. No real hidden meaning, just a cute play on letters and words reminding me that many of the STO people are back in the houuuse!


SPORTSTIME OHIO operates out of the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center at East 13th and Lakeside Avenue. They launched on March 12, 2006 and went to 24/7 broadcasting on April 1, 2008.


The Dolan family owns STO, and operates it as a business venture separate from the Cleveland Indians Team. Initially they aired Cleveland Indians games and were the cable television home of the Cleveland Browns. Now they offer continuous programming selections ranging from the Indians and Browns to high school sports, golf, outdoors, boxing, wrestling, CSU, and so many other varying topics.


Because they operate 24/7 year-round, there are always STO folks in house. However, when baseball season (the best season of the year) is in full swing, the activity picks up and so does the population of Channel 3. Good luck finding a parking spot!


It's great seeing Rick Manning, Al Pawlowski, or Bruce Drennan roaming around the building in between their on-air hits.


What a rush and proud moment to walk down the corridor and see both control rooms filled with employees putting on two live shows at the very same time. A great feat!


The great programming and milestones accomplished in the short time it has been in existence is a true testament to the team work and camaraderie between STO and WKYC. A great business venture which hopefully will last for many years to come!