indians 7, Tigers 4 Homers, Michaels catch help Byrd topple Tigers DETROIT — Round one of the battle of Central Division heavyweights Cleveland and Detroit went to the Indians, who landed a number of early power punches Friday night and then withstood a late Tiger flurry to get the decision. Clouting a trio of home [...]

At .227, Dellucci feeling pressure DETROIT — Other than sticking up for teammate Josh Barfield during a skirmish with the Toronto Blue Jays on May 3, David Dellucci has done little to get his new teammates and fans excited. Dellucci, acquired in the offseason to platoon with Jason Michaels in left field, entered Friday batting [...]

baseball MASSILLON — It had all the makings of a classic sequel. Just 24 hours after pulling off an 11th-hour comeback in the regional semifinals, the Keystone Wildcats were back at it, knocking on the door of another thriller. But Keystone’s second installment of postseason fate took a decidedly bitter turn. The Ursuline Fighting Irish [...]

TRACK AMHERST — She hasn’t lived that long, but Katie Nageotte got the thrill of her life Friday at the Division I regional track championship. Nageotte, a sophomore from Olmsted Falls, won the Amherst regional pole vault championship with a vault of 11 feet, 4 inches. Now she gets to compete at Jesse Owens Memorial [...]

Start of 2nd half proves costly CLEVELAND — Cancel the guy who juggles bowling pins, dishes and even chairs. Ix-nay the scantily clad woman who can twist herself into a pretzel. Forget about the lady who layers her clothes so she can jump behind a curtain and change about 40 times in a 10-minute span. [...]

Cavalier apologists, homers, thumb-suckers who decorate the master bedroom in Cavs paraphernalia (the wife especially appreciates the LeBron jersey with the words “We Are All Witness” on the wall above the four-poster) and eyesight-impaired columnists disguised as impartial observers need go no further. The whining stops here. What these eyes got a gander at Thursday [...]