Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July 26th, 2008
Another Cliff Lee win, naturally: Lefty notches No. 14; Perez saves shaky bullpen
CLEVELAND — The Indians did what they normally do when Cliff Lee is on the mound — win. With Lee at the forefront once again Friday night, Cleveland won for the first time in three games, holding on to beat the Twins 5-4 in front of 33,512 fans at Progressive Field. The American [...]
Tribe notes: Fausto Carmona to return to mound today, make first start since May
CLEVELAND — There haven’t been many positives surrounding the Indians, but one is expected to arrive today with the return of Fausto Carmona. Carmona, a 19-game winner last year, will leave the disabled list to make his first start since sustaining a strained left hip May 23. It is expected to provide [...]
Big man, big talent: Browns new defensive lineman is an athlete who is being counted on to shut down run game
BEREA — Lawrence Vickers is a 6-foot, 250-pound fullback. On Friday, he looked like a little kid trying to tackle his dad in the backyard. That’s what happens when the guy carrying the ball is 6-4, 350-pound defensive lineman Shaun Rogers. Rogers made the [...]
Browns notes: Wendell Davis one guy who truly knows what Gary Baxter is facing in his comeback bid
BEREA — Gary Baxter got a visit from the one guy in the world who can truly empathize with him. Wendell Davis was at Browns headquarters Thursday and Friday as part of the team’s apprentice program. Davis had been the only NFL player to tear both patellar tendons before Baxter did so [...]
Bruell fights back for title: Despite bad cold, stages late rally to win Ohio Women’s Amateur
ELYRIA — Worn out and about ready to collapse from the dual effects of a bad cold and a marathon golf match, Frederique Bruell came up with a fantastic wedge shot to within 2 feet of the cup to cap an unbelievable comeback in the 85th Ohio Women’s Amateur at Elyria Country Club on Friday [...]
High school basketball: Elyria Catholic bounces girls coach Higley, who says he doesn’t understand why
Ken Gottlieb The Chronicle-Telegram Elyria Catholic girls basketball coach Pat Higley is out of a job, and he’s not sure why. Higley says he unexpectedly got a phone call Monday from EC athletic director Barb Salata telling him his services were no longer needed. [...]
Softball notes: OGSO state finals in Wellington today; Elyria Little League tourneys also begin
There’s no lack of championship fastpitch softball this weekend right in our own backyards. Little League state tournaments in two age groups kick off this afternoon at Elyria’s Vic Janowicz Memorial Park and the Ohio Girls Softball Organization state finals are this afternoon at Wellington Community Park. Elyria [...]
Steve Byrne on horse racing: Was someone horsing around with Gold Cup winner’s birthplace?
There’s a Danny Almonte-style scandal swirling around Ohio thoroughbred racing at the moment. Unlike Almonte, the tarnished Little League sensation of 2001, this mess involves place of birth, not date of birth. Marble Cliff, the winner of the $100,000 Cleveland Gold Cup for Ohio-breds on July 3 at Thistledown, might not have [...]
Gas USA seeks new liquor permit
ELYRIA — Less than three weeks after a 27-year-old Lorain woman was gunned down in a botched robbery at Gas USA, the owners of the south side gas station filed an application for a new liquor permit.
El Ham Harb, managing partner of Liberty Gas USA, applied July 2 for a Class C1, C2 and D6 [...]
Victimized shop owner finally ‘gets’ his man
Man suspected of robbing Lorain store five times arrested by police