Cavs owner Dan Gilbert ranks 23rd on Forbes billionaires list; see Ohio’s wealthiest
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Cavaliers owner Daniel Gilbert is worth an estimated $51.9 billion, ranking him 23rd among the most wealthy people in the world, according to a list from Forbes.
That would easily make Gilbert, who made most of his fortune as the co-founder of Quicken Loans but also has several other business interests, the wealthiest person in Ohio. Gilbert, 59, is a Michigan resident, however, making him tops in that state up north.
Gilbert purchased in the Cavs in 2005 for $375 million. The team’s estimated value is now $1.56 billion.
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Ray Prisby of Youngstown holds up the jersey he had Cleveland Browns great Jim Brown sign when Brown came to his house to tell Prisby he is one of six nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame s Ford Hall of Fans.
HOW YOU CAN VOTE: The winner of the Ford Hall of Fans is selected through an online vote. People can vote for Ray Prisby of Youngstown once a day through Feb. 1 at www.fordhalloffans.com/football
YOUNGSTOWN Ray Prisby said his kids call him “an organized hoarder.”
His hoarding of Cleveland Browns’ memorabilia could get him into a prestigious organization the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
It s been 25 years since the Browns broke Cleveland s heart and left for Baltimore
CLEVELAND Chris McNeil s earliest memory of being at a Cleveland Browns game goes back to 1987. McNeil was 7 years old. The Browns trailed the Jets by 10 with just four minutes remaining in the AFC divisional playoffs. But I m standing up on my chair, McNeil recalls, yelling, We re going to win!
Sure enough, Bernie Kosar engineered a pair of dramatic late scoring drives, and Cleveland prevailed in double overtime in the third-longest game in NFL history the Marathon by the Lake for its first playoff victory since 1969. McNeil, there with his parents and uncle, watching from around a beam blocking his view, was hooked.