BEREA — The Browns did their best to regain a sense of normalcy Wednesday, a day after trading starting quarterback Charlie Frye in an unprecedented move. Injured players got treatment. Healthy players practiced in full pads. Coach Romeo Crennel gave a mini-scouting report on the Cincinnati Bengals. But the drama that has surrounded the quarterback [...]

BEREA — John “Big Dawg” Thompson may get some company in the Dawg Pound on Sunday. “I hope I get in there,” Bengals receiver Chad Johnson said Wednesday in a conference call. “They can give me some popcorn, throw some beers at me, whatever they want to do. “I’m going to jump in the Dawg [...]

CHICAGO — Jim Thome is just one away now, and he’s having a whole lot of fun with his pursuit of a memorable milestone. Thome hit his 499th homer and drove in three runs to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Indians 7-4 Wednesday. “It’s been pretty awesome,” Thome said. “I guess it’s [...]

Junior Dan Bullard of North Olmsted has really turned things up a notch this season. For the second straight weekend, Bullard clocked a personal-record time. The 5-foot-4, 114-pound Bullard ran 16 minutes, 23 seconds and finished 15th at Saturday’s 39th annual Tiffin Distance Carnival. He eclipsed his previous best time of 16:43 that he ran [...]

ELYRIA — Keystone started slowly, but it didn’t take long for the undefeated Wildcats to find their game Wednesday night as they swept host Elyria Catholic at the Coliseum to improve to 7-0 on the season. The Panthers got out to a 4-0 start in the opening game before Wildcat star Kari Kincannon slammed home [...]

BAY VILLAGE — It was one of those routs in which the loser didn’t play as badly as the score might have conveyed. That doesn’t make North Ridgeville’s 6-1 waxing on Bay’s sparkling new artificial surface any easier to swallow. But the way the Rangers played through most of their West Shore Conference soccer match [...]

It wasn’t the losing and it wasn’t the time away from his family. North Ridgeville boys basketball coach Mark Rechin resigned his position last week, citing personal health concerns. Rechin leaves a Rangers program with a 71-91 record over the past seven seasons. “The only thing I wish to share, as far as having to [...]

SEATTLE — To commemorate the 1960 Washington Huskies, who beat No. 1 Minnesota in the Rose Bowl, the university wanted to market throwback jerseys with the No. 60 on them this season. Northwest retailers, however, balked at 60. The retailers’ message: “Put No. 10 on it, and we’ll buy them.” They did and they’re selling [...]