📰 Did the Cavs Run Out of Gas?

Good morning, Cleveland! This is The 216 Scoop: Some Spirit routes are getting picked up by rivals. Great news, unless your favorite part of flying was not needing a second mortgage ✈️🏦😭

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John Petkovic & Jude Perez

More than tombstones and monuments, it’s a natural and supernatural wonder that tells the story and embodies the spirit of Cleveland.

Both will gather when Lake View Cemetery celebrates Memorial Day at 10:30 a.m. today.

The remembrance starts at James A. Garfield Memorial to honor 9,000 service members laid to rest at Lake View.

The 20^th president has become a pop star, thanks for Netflix’s ‘Death by Lightning.’

He also spoke at the first celebration in 1868 – when it was called Decoration Day and he was a general.

Make a day of it: Lake View is one of the area’s most striking spots.

A blocked merger and soaring fuel prices sent Spirit Airlines crashing into bankruptcy.

Now, carriers are feasting on the yellow bird’s carcass – which leaves Clevelanders with more flights but at a higher price.

United is expanding its Cleveland service with nonstop routes to two popular destinations, Las Vegas and Miami.

The former will operate year-round, starting  Sept. 24. The latter is seasonal, running Dec.-April.

Now the bad news: United’s fares will run 50–150% higher than Spirit’s.

The new routes are fueling rumors that the carrier could re-open a hub here, like it once did until 2014.

They’re part of broader maneuvers at CLE to pick up the scraps of Spirit:

After Saturday’s loss, Donovan Mitchell lamented blowing a 22-point lead against the Knicks in Game 1 six days ago.   

Winning teams come back from adversity. But he was right.

The Cavs wasted precious resources throughout the playoffs and find themselves exhausted and defeated.

It seems like a mere formality that they’ll be eliminated — maybe even tonight at Rocket Arena when they play Game 4. 8 p.m. Info.

The team mucked around for 14 games before facing the Knicks – the reason they haven’t had consecutive off days in 26 days.

Four of the top-5 players in playoff minutes logged are Cavs – with 36-year-old James Harden leading the NBA with 639 minutes.

That’s 164 more than Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, who is seven years younger.

Let that sink in. Not an excuse. It’s an indication of an unserious team and coach.

Transition points off turnovers off lazy passes killed the Cavs again on Saturday.

They got lazier as they got more tired. But they’ve been lazy from the beginning.

MONDAY

Guardians vs. Nationals: Cavs’ season hangs by a thread. Browns fans still argue about Deshaun Watson. And the Guardians are in first place in the Central, with three of the top rookies in baseball. At 6:10 p.m., they open a three-game series and six-game homestand against the Nationals at Progressive Field. Info.

Decibel Magazine Tour: The metal mayhem extravaganza has been blowing eardrums for 13 years. This year’s installment is headlined by Cryptopsy, which celebrates the 30^th anniversary of their death-metal opus, “None So Vile.” 7 p.m. Info.

TUESDAY

Haunted History Tour: We’re halfway to Halloween and Great Lake’s is summoning spirits & pints, gangsters & ghosts. The tour explores the tales of a young girl from 1918, a woman who died there in the 1800s, and Eliot Ness’ bullet holes. 8 p.m. Info.

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Far from the AI revolution, a different kind of movement is taking shape…

The Analog Life -- where people prioritizes tangible,  offline experiences over algorithms.

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Look no further than vinyl.                                                                             

Sales crossed the $1 billion mark this year – a 148% increases since 2020.

Just in time for Cleveland Record Riot, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today in Great Northern Mall.

The bash rolls out more than 40 vendors slinging stacks of wax, along with CDs and cassettes of all genres – rock, jazz, soul, hip-hop, punk, blues, funk indie. Info.

Workers paint a sign over the entrance of Cleveland Municipal Light Plant,1979. The plant became cause célèbre under Mayor Dennis Kucinich, who fought to prevent it from being sold to CEI. He took the issue straight to voters and they supported keeping it public, in a landslide vote.

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72 °F 🌡️ 58 °F | ⛅ (Partly Cloudy) | 20% | 💨 ↑ ≈ 8 mph N (≈ 7 knots)

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Home vs. Knicks, 8 PM May 25 (Monday) — East Conf. Finals

Away vs. Knicks, 8 PM May 27 (Wednesday) — East Conf. Finals

Home vs. Knicks, 8 PM May 29 (Friday) — East Conf. Finals

Away vs. Knicks, 8 PM May 31 (Sunday) — East Conf. Finals

Home vs. Nationals, 6:10 PM May 25 (Monday)

Home vs. Nationals, 6:10 PM May 26 (Tuesday)

Home vs. Nationals, 1:10 PM May 27 (Wednesday)

Home vs. Red Sox, 7:10 PM May 29 (Friday)

Home vs. Red Sox, 4:10 PM May 30 (Saturday)

Home vs. Red Sox, 1:40 PM May 31 (Sunday)

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