John Romoser swiveled his chair around to stare out the full-length windows behind him. It’s a beautiful view from his seventh floor office inside City Hall. Romoser’s new office overlooks the entire Lorain harbor, the red-topped lighthouse and a great lake that seems to stretch forever. The lake is especially calm on this rainy day [...]
Ohio State downs Minnesota as many top college football teams fall
MINNEAPOLIS — Ohio State turned in another well-rounded victory, staying unbeaten while several other top-ranked teams couldn’t. Chris Wells rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns, and the Ohio State defense didn’t budge in a 30-7 win at Minnesota on Saturday night. The eighth-ranked Buckeyes (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) have allowed only 34 points in [...]
Indians loss gives Boston top record in AL; Tribe will start playoffs vs. Yankees on Thursday
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On the next-to-last day of the regular season, the Cleveland Indians absorbed a postseason setback. Joey Gathright’s RBI single in the eighth inning lifted Kansas City past Cleveland 4-3 Saturday night and ended the Indians’ chance to get home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs. Cleveland’s loss gave AL East champion Boston [...]
Cleveland’s Jamal Lewis to meet Baltimore’s Ray Lewis for the first time today
CLEVELAND — Ray Lewis and Jamal Lewis appreciate the same things in a football game. Teeth-rattling tackles, bone-crunching blocks, pad-popping runs. For the first time, the Lewises will be standing on opposite sidelines, which should lead to some memorable collisions between one of the top running backs of the decade and one of the best [...]
Youngstown’s Kelly Pavlik knocks out Jermain Taylor to win the world middleweight title
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Kelly Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the seventh round Saturday night to win the world middleweight title. Far behind on points after absorbing a brutal beating in the second round, the Youngstown native cornered Taylor and stunned him with a hard right to the jaw, then sent him down with [...]
Shaw derails Admiral King for Lake Erie League football win
LORAIN — Admiral King was headed for its fifth straight football victory on Saturday. The Admirals held a lead on Shaw for nearly half of their Lake Erie League football game and there was light at the end of the tunnel late in the fourth quarter. Then the Cardinals struck with three big plays and [...]
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