Corbin Bernsen
Who knew that when Corbin Bernsen played a Cleveland
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Bernsen is in Akron this week, producing the soap box derby film "25 Hill" -- the proceeds of which will go to the All-American Soap Box Derby -- in which kids ride in boxes on wheels down a steep hill -- an Akron tradition since 1935. And one that Bernsen remembers fondly enough that he wants to save it.
He's not the only one.
The Derby, which will be run on Saturday, has all the makings of being yet another devastating sporting situation for Ohioans. Still reeling from the loss of LeBron James, northeastern Ohio has suffered more than its share of sports disappointments, including the Browns move to Baltimore in 1996 and the team's overtime loss to Denver in the 1986 AFC Championship -- the closest the team had come to getting to the Super Bowl since the 1960s.
But because the Derby is a community event, losing it might do
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