Associated Press

The Cavaliers began the NBA postseason with a win over the Miami Heat at Rocket Arena.

The NBA will also give out a coach of the year award in the coming weeks. The NBCA has done its own separate award since 2017 named for Michael H. Goldberg, the organization’s first executive director.

“I’m done,” Stipe Miocic, who is from Independence, said after the fight. “I’m hanging ‘em up. I’m retiring. Thank God.”

The Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-12 are forming an alliance to work together on the future of college athletics and scheduling.

Donald Trump-backed newcomer Mike Carey has won the crowded Republican primary and State Rep. Allison Russo has won the Democratic primary for an open Ohio 15th Congressional District seat. The pair will square off against each other in November to serve the final year of Steve Stivers term.

President Joe Biden is visiting Ohio State on Tuesday to showcase health insurance cost cuts at what may be the best time for Democrats to talk up the Affordable Care Act since it became law.

A shareholder lawsuit has been filed against an electric truck startup company in Ohio claiming it has defrauded investors.

Former Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken is officially joining the race for U.S. Senate.

Republican Josh Mandel, a Marine veteran and former state treasurer, will make a third run for the U.S. Senate in Ohio. He's the first candidate to officially announce for the seat being vacated by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he'll shorten the state's coronavirus curfew as a result of falling hospitalization numbers beginning Thursday.