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Rodney Ellis

Rodney Ellis

Sports Reporter · Cleveland, OH

Rodney has spent over eight years reporting on Cleveland’s professional and amateur sports scenes, with a background in sports broadcasting from Bowling Green State University. He has contributed to ESPN Radio and other local stations, where his vibrant coverage has garnered a loyal following.

35 stories from Rodney Ellis in Rocky River

Vote now: Who had the best Week 11 NE Ohio high school football performance? — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Vote now: Who had the best Week 11 NE Ohio high school football performance?

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Game balls go out to the following players for their performances from Week 11 of the high school football season.

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Where is Ohio State football on Stephen Means’ 2026 AP Top 25 ballot after Week 9 — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Where is Ohio State football on Stephen Means’ 2026 AP Top 25 ballot after Week 9

LOS ANGELES -- Ohio State joined the list of two-loss teams in college football thanks to a 30-18 loss to USC.

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How Kenyatta Jackson, Jaylen McClain and the rest of Ohio State’s defense graded vs USC — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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How Kenyatta Jackson, Jaylen McClain and the rest of Ohio State’s defense graded vs USC

LOS ANGELES -- Ohio State’s defense just put together its worst game in two seasons in what led to a 30-18 loss to USC.

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Ohio State is a 10.5-point favorite over Oregon — can the Buckeyes bounce back? — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Ohio State is a 10.5-point favorite over Oregon — can the Buckeyes bounce back?

LOS ANGELES — Ohio State football suffered its second defeat of the season Saturday, losing 30-18 at USC. Oddsmakers expect the Buckeyes to bounce back this week.

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Nobody knows the impact of being overwhelmed by the large-market teams better than Clevelanders — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Nobody knows the impact of being overwhelmed by the large-market teams better than Clevelanders

Now that Election Day is almost here, and most of us (I hope) have said all we have to say about the candidates, their campaigns, the angry and repetitive political ads, and your votes – it would be nice if we could turn our attention to something more fun: Baseball, for example.

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Ohio State losses to USC, jeopardizing College Football Playoff bid: Instant Reaction -- Buckeye Talk podcast — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Ohio State losses to USC, jeopardizing College Football Playoff bid: Instant Reaction -- Buckeye Talk podcast

LOS ANGELES -- Welcome to the Buckeye Talk Live Postgame Show

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Cavs rout Bucks 136-111 with 48-point second quarter — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Cavs rout Bucks 136-111 with 48-point second quarter

MILWAUKEE — Evan Mobley scored 27 points and Jarrett Allen had 25 as the Cleveland Cavaliers cruised past the Milwaukee Bucks 136-111 on Saturday night.

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Cavs finally discover big-man offensive blueprint in blowout vs. Bucks — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Cavs finally discover big-man offensive blueprint in blowout vs. Bucks

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson has been pleading with his team for much of the last week, begging them to get Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley more involved.

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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ announces Week 10 destination — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ announces Week 10 destination

ESPN’s “College GameDay” announced it is headed to South Bend, Indiana, ahead of No. 5 Notre Dame’s game with No. 1 Miami on Nov. 7.

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Where to watch WNBA Finals Game 7 for free: Dream vs. Valkyries — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Where to watch WNBA Finals Game 7 for free: Dream vs. Valkyries

SAN FRANCISCO -- The road ends here. History will be made as the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries conclude the season with the first-ever Game 7 in WNBA history today at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California.

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How to watch Ohio State football vs. USC for free tonight — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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How to watch Ohio State football vs. USC for free tonight

LOS ANGELES - All eyes will be on true freshman quarterback Luke Fahey as the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes visit the upset-minded USC Trojans today - Saturday, Oct. 31 - at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.

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Banner flying calls for coach’s firing, but there's problem — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Banner flying calls for coach’s firing, but there's problem

The message was delivered, even if there was a word missing.

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How to watch Miami Hurricanes football game for free tonight — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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How to watch Miami Hurricanes football game for free tonight

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The undefeated and top-ranked Miami Hurricanes visit Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels today - Saturday, Oct. 31 - at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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Jared Verse’s teammates vow to back him up on tough Steelers talk; whose idea was it to start Browns practice with the Steelers’ anthem ‘Renegade’ all week? Takeaways — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Jared Verse’s teammates vow to back him up on tough Steelers talk; whose idea was it to start Browns practice with the Steelers’ anthem ‘Renegade’ all week? Takeaways

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jared Verse’s teammates vowed on Friday to back him up on his tough talk about the Steelers as the Browns head into the Acrisure Stadium for a battle for first place in the AFC North between the two 5-2 teams, with the Browns ahead by virtue of their 1-0 record over the Steelers.

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Experts Update Titans vs. Bengals NFL Week 8 Prediction & Odds as Dimers Shifts Its Projected Score — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Experts Update Titans vs. Bengals NFL Week 8 Prediction & Odds as Dimers Shifts Its Projected Score

The Cincinnati Bengals host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, November 1, 2026, with kickoff set for 1:00 PM EDT at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. Dimers’ updated model now projects a 28-16 Bengals win, compared with its earlier 29-18 projection, and still gives Cincinnati an 84.0% chance to win...

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How loud can a data center be? Trenton and Oregon use different noise rules — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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How loud can a data center be? Trenton and Oregon use different noise rules

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio communities considering data centers do not all regulate noise the same way.

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McAfee’s title sleeper shocks after past week, mentions ‘SEC ESPN — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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McAfee’s title sleeper shocks after past week, mentions ‘SEC ESPN

The first College Football Playoff poll debuts Tuesday, so the ESPN “College GameDay” crew revealed their championship contenders and sleepers Saturday.

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St. Ignatius relishes first playoff win since 2023 — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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St. Ignatius relishes first playoff win since 2023

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When St. Ignatius first-year football coach Tom Kaufman took over a program that had won a single game each of the past two seasons, he knew there was only one way out of that hole.

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Donovan Mitchell may need to redefine what it means to be the hero — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Donovan Mitchell may need to redefine what it means to be the hero

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Donovan Mitchell wants the ball in late-game situations. The Cavs believe in him for it. And through much of his time in Cleveland, he has delivered.

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Why the Cavs’ free-flowing offense has disappeared — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Why the Cavs’ free-flowing offense has disappeared

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs came into this season hoping to get back to the identity that fit their offense best: share the ball, move without it, and make defenses work for every possession.

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2 college football players have died after in-game emergencies in 2026 — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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2 college football players have died after in-game emergencies in 2026

Injuries are a part of football, but nobody expects a player to lose their life during a game.

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Should the Guardians have started Gavin Williams in Game 6 of ALCS? Hey, Hoynsie — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Should the Guardians have started Gavin Williams in Game 6 of ALCS? Hey, Hoynsie

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Do you have a question about the Guardians that you’d like to have answered in Hey, Hoynsie? You can subscribe to Subtext here, text Hoynsie at 216-208-4346 for a two-week free trial or email him at [email protected].

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Terry Pluto on how Todd Monken has earned the right to coach his coaches hard, as fans saw vs. the Titans — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Terry Pluto on how Todd Monken has earned the right to coach his coaches hard, as fans saw vs. the Titans

CLEVELAND, Ohio - When Todd Monken stormed down the Browns sideline to read his special teams staff the riot act for putting 12 men on the field, it looked like an angry moment.

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Ohio State football vs. USC: Game-Time Decisions for the Buckeyes against the Trojans — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Ohio State football vs. USC: Game-Time Decisions for the Buckeyes against the Trojans

LOS ANGELES -- Ohio State looks to get its fifth Big Ten win of the season as it faces USC this week.

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Browns' run game faces its toughest test yet — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Browns' run game faces its toughest test yet

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns can finally enter a game feeling comfortable about their run game.

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Akron East's Terrel Karim tore his ACL in Week 2, but his coach says the injured senior was still the team's MVP — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Akron East's Terrel Karim tore his ACL in Week 2, but his coach says the injured senior was still the team's MVP

ORRVILLE, Ohio – Moments after the handshake line following a 34-30 loss to Orrville in the first round of the OHSAA Division IV, Region 13 Playoffs, Akron East senior Terrel Karim, Jr. put his arms around fellow seniors Lawrence Cherry, Jr. and Emmanual Jefferson.

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Southwest Ohio playoff football scores: First round results — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Southwest Ohio playoff football scores: First round results

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Here are Friday night’s scores from first-round games in the OHSAA football playoffs featuring teams from Southwest Ohio.Division I

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NW Ohio playoff scores: Who advanced in the first round — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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NW Ohio playoff scores: Who advanced in the first round

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Here are Friday night’s scores from first-round games in the OHSAA football playoffs featuring teams from Northwest Ohio.Division I

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DeSales rolls past Watkins Memorial 56-14 in playoffs — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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DeSales rolls past Watkins Memorial 56-14 in playoffs

COLUMBUS, Ohio — St. Francis DeSales exploded for 56 points and eight touchdowns in a dominating playoff victory over Watkins Memorial on Friday, advancing to the OHSAA Division II, Region 7 quarterfinals with a 56-14 win in their final home game of the season.

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Red Riders survive scare, advance in Division IV playoffs — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Red Riders survive scare, advance in Division IV playoffs

ORRVILLE, Ohio – In a game of big plays, it was two plays just seconds apart that helped lead Orrville to a 34-30 win over Akron East in the OHSAA Division IV, Region 13 first roundon Friday night.

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St. Ignatius rolls over Berea-Midpark, sets up St. Edward rematch — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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St. Ignatius rolls over Berea-Midpark, sets up St. Edward rematch

CLEVELAND, Ohio — St. Ignatius used a dominant ground game to defeat Berea-Midpark 49-14 Friday night, advancing in the Division I, Region 1 state playoffs and setting up a rematch with archrival St. Edward next week.

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Rhodes stuns Lakewood for first playoff win ever — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Rhodes stuns Lakewood for first playoff win ever

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — Junior quarterback Ty’Ron Corpening scored on a 3-yard keeper with 22 seconds remaining, and Isaiah Dawson-Corpley converted his third 2-point conversion of the night to lift No. 11 seed Rhodes to a 24-22 victory over No. 6 Lakewood in a Division II, Region 6 first-round playoff...

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Lowellville stuns Independence with late TD — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Lowellville stuns Independence with late TD

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – Lowellville scored with 27 seconds left to stun host Independence, 24-20, in the first round of the OHSAA Division VII, Region 25 playoffs on Friday night.

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Experts release final Ohio State-USC predictions: Can Luke Fahey keep the Buckeyes rolling without Julian Sayin? — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Experts release final Ohio State-USC predictions: Can Luke Fahey keep the Buckeyes rolling without Julian Sayin?

Ohio State’s biggest test since its trip to Bloomington comes with a backup quarterback. Julian Sayin, who had 2,007 passing yards and 19 touchdowns at the time of his injury, hurt his throwing arm in the Buckeyes’ 19-15 win at then-No. 5 Indiana on Oct. 17 and has been ruled out. “We’re not gonna...

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Should the Cavs be asking more of James Harden and Donovan Mitchell? Wine and Gold Talk podcast — Cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer
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Should the Cavs be asking more of James Harden and Donovan Mitchell? Wine and Gold Talk podcast

CLEVELAND, Ohio — In this episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast, host Ethan Sands and beat reporter Chris Fedor break down the Cavs’ early-season struggles following a 114-111 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

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