CLEVELAND — Pitching to Ryan Garko these days can be a risky prospect. The Chicago White Sox learned as much emphatically on Tuesday night. Though Garko did not start the game, he wound up filling the hero role for the Indians once again in their latest comeback victory, a 6-5 decision over the Sox in [...]

CLEVELAND — Fernando Cabrera’s struggles have reached the monumental level, but Indians manager Eric Wedge still isn’t giving up on the reliever. “If you don’t feel like a guy can get the job done, there’s no reason for him to be here,” Wedge said. “He has as much upside as anybody (in the bullpen). When [...]

Rookie pitcher Jensen Lewis’ baseball dreams came to life in front of his family and friends Monday night. The one-time Medina resident made his Major League Baseball debut with the Indians, tossing 11/3 innings of scoreless relief in Cleveland’s 11-10 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Despite the Tribe coming up one run short in [...]

Northwood assistant principal named Elyria High’s newest athletic director ELYRIA — Elyria school officials on Tuesday appointed Elyria native and Elyria Schools employee Gerald Chizmar as the district’s new athletic director. “I’m just going to be myself and do what I can to improve athletics in Elyria,” Chizmar said. “It’s a great opportunity — I’m [...]

Hank Kurz Jr. The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — NFL star Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation so grisly the losers either died in the pit or sometimes were electrocuted, drowned, hanged or shot. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three others were charged with [...]

An old friend, Mike Gallagher, invited me to tour his estate in Lorain County because for one week each summer he turns it into a camp for high school cross country runners and this is the week. I had not seen Mike in years, at least since he quit drinking in the early 1990s. In [...]