Browns Send Myles Garrett to Los Angeles, Lake Erie Ink Marks Milestone: CLE Daily

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This Canton native worked briefly at WGAR in Cleveland before becoming The Tonight Show host in the 1950s?

The Browns traded Myles Garrett in a blockbuster deal with the Rams.

Sports | By Jaden Stambolia

The Browns sent Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for Pro Bowl pass rusher Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 third-round pick. 

The Beginning: After going 1-15 in the 2016 NFL season, the Cleveland Browns invested the first overall pick in the following draft in Myles Garrett, not just to be an infusion of talent for the team but to be the face of the city's biggest sports team.

The Highlights: Garrett quickly established himself as one of the best defensive players the league has ever seen, being named to his first Pro Bowl team in his second season.

• In 2020: Garrett, along with Baker Mayfield and other top talent, led Cleveland to its first playoff win since 1993.

• In 2023: The Browns would return to the NFL Playoffs, and Garrett would win his first Defensive Player of the Year award.

• In 2025: Garrett recorded his 23rd sack of the season to break the NFL single-season sack record, leading to his second Defensive Player of the Year award.

In the End: But the face of the franchise and one of the most talented defensive players to ever take the field leaves behind a record of 55-81-1 during his nine seasons in Cleveland with only one playoff win.

The Future: Verse, a 2024 draft pick, is still under his rookie contract until 2027. The Browns would have the opportunity to pick up his 2028 option to keep him if the franchise doesn't extend his contract, per Spotrac.

• According to ESPN, the Browns will likely save $30 million by trading Garrett.

Talk of the Town

Cuyahoga County celebrated breaking ground Monday on the redevelopment of the Warener & Swasey project at 5701 Carnegie Ave. The redevelopment will turn the old manufacturing site into 122 new affordable housing units.

Councilman and the Chair of City Council’s Safety Committee Mike Polensek is calling on Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's administration to request that Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine deploy the state's Highway Patrol to support Cleveland Police. The request comes after three people were killed this weekend, with another three injured in shootings. 

The Ohio Supreme Court reserved a lower court's ruling in the 2022 murder of Cleveland Firefighter Johnny Tetrick. With the unanimous decision, Leander Bissell's murder conviction is upheld. Tetrick was on duty clearing debris on Interstate 90 when Leander struck him with his car and then fled the scene. 

On June 6, the Capitol Theatre will debut Kingsbury Run, an independent film revisiting the Cleveland torso murders from 1934-1938 that remain unsolved today. 

Former Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze has been sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $10,000. The Marshal Project Cleveland investigated and broke the story of Celebrezze's steering work to a friend that led to this historic sentencing, as the Celebrezze family has held many public roles in Cleveland and Ohio over the decades. 

Lake Erie Ink celebrates the 10th anthology of the teen book project.

Arts & Culture | By Chloe Banno

Lake Erie Ink is a nonprofit organization that cultivates an environment in which teens in the Greater Cleveland area can have their voices heard.

With a vision of a community that allows young people to explore their creative side through the written word, Lake Erie Ink created the Teen Book Project. Gathering submissions from writers all over Cleveland, the Teen Book Project delivered its 10th Teen Anthology this May. 

The Numbers: 

• More than 70 writers

• Grades 6-12

• 8 teen editors

• 10th annual anthology

From beginning to end, writing to editing to compilation, the anthology was created solely by the teens. The team of producers sent out submission prompts and worked on design ideas during their weekly meetings over the course of the school year. The theme they decided on, and the title of their anthology: “Lights, Camera, Action!” 

Amy Rosenbluth, Executive Director at Lake Erie Ink: “It’s about the lights in their lives, stepping in front of or behind the camera and taking action in life.”

The Impact: Exploring themes of mental health, self-image, internal and external struggles, as well as personal experiences and creative pieces, these students proved that teens have valuable things to say. When they are given the chance, they can do powerful work. Lake Erie Ink gives them that chance.

Read more about the launch of “Lights, Camera, Action!” here.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer

Shaggy-haired high school dropout Don Gray is better known as who, the godfather of Cleveland’s T-shirt-industrial complex? Daffy Dan

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From The Editor

Yesterday,  Cleveland Magazine's Managing Editor Ron Ledgard messaged our group chat saying it looked like Myles Garrett was going to be traded.

My first reaction to that message was that it could not be true. You don't trade a player that talented away. It's not just franchise changing but city changing. With the team set to move to Brook Park in the coming years and coming off another losing season, you look for those bright spots and hold on to them because the city vibe for the year follows the NFL season.

Baker Mayfield's first game is one of the most electric nights that I saw in Cleveland. That 2020 Playoff team felt like Cleveland was on top of the world and that they were going to dethrone the Kansas City Chiefs until it wasn't. 

This past season, while the wins were not there, Cleveland was tuning in to watch Garrett chase the single-season sack record. 

Before the Browns leave Cleveland and now with Garrett gone, those bright spots are very few. - Jaden Stambolia, Editorial Assistant