Pete Franklin, Cleveland's most successful and controversial sports talk host, has died of cancer in central California. He was 77. He died Nov. 23. Franklin was the first man to make a street fight out of Cleveland radio, using a mix of egomania, ho kum and cruel ty. "Pete was the star, and he let everybody know it," said Dave Dombrowski, Frank lin's producer from 1980 to 1987. Before he arrived in 1967, radio personali ties spoke quietly and courteously, in civilized tones. Franklin changed all that. He screamed and berated listeners, often calling them "creeps, jerks and morons." He...