STEVE MANHEIM / CHRONICLE Indians relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt celebrates.   CLEVELAND — Maybe this is the year. How else do you explain what happened Monday night at Jacobs Field? Trailing for the majority of the night and playing the part of losers to perfection against the Detroit Tigers, the Indians conjured up some [...]

CLEVELAND — When Jeremy Sowers was banished to the minors after extended struggles with the Indians during the first half of the season, there was no guarantee he would make it back to the big leagues this year. He did, getting recalled Monday to start one of the games of a doubleheader in Seattle on [...]

BEREA — The Browns aren’t used to this. Major coverage on ESPN. Glowing headlines. Smiles on Monday morning. The Browns don’t have much experience handling success — this was their 11th win since coach Romeo Crennel took over in 2005 and they haven’t won two in a row since October 2003 — but they seemed [...]

BEREA — The Browns entered the season with only four safeties on the roster, including Gary Baxter. It almost cost them Sunday. Starter Brodney Pool was knocked out of the game with a concussion after he led with his helmet on a hit. Mike Adams, who suffered a wrist injury earlier in the game, took [...]

EATON TWP. — It was Jamie Herbert’s first goal of the season and the one Elyria Catholic needed. It came early in the second half as Midview’s girls seemed on the verge of digging out of a one-goal deficit, and swung the momentum in the Panthers’ favor. The result was EC’s 3-0 victory in a [...]

There’s likely nothing more frustrating for a volleyball team than to win the first two games and wind up losing the match. It happened to Wellington on Sept. 6. The Dukes were up 2-0 on Brookside but crashed. That hasn’t happened to them since. “We hit a wall,” Wellington coach Marsha Coultrip said. “Not to [...]

AVON LAKE — Avon Lake’s hopes for a fifth straight outright Southwestern Conference girls tennis championship took a severe blow when Brecksville bested the Shoregals 3-2 in the teams’ only dual meeting of the season on Monday. The two teams tied for the SWC’s tournament championship on Saturday and knew that Monday’s winner would be [...]

Four victories in his last five starts is proof enough that Tiger Woods is more dominant than ever, especially considering he won those four tournaments by a combined 20 shots and shattered tournament scoring records in consecutive weeks. More evidence came from his caddie as he waited for Woods to arrive for the final round [...]