Gale A. Gooding, 83, of Grafton, died Saturday, October 27, 2007, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph in Lorain following a long illness. He was born September 1, 1924, in Geneva, and was a resident of Middlefield for most of his life. Mr. Gooding was an Army Air Corps veteran. He worked in [...]
Browns: Big Three looming large for 4-3 team
BEREA — Braylon Edwards leaping and diving to make catches along the sidelines. Kellen Winslow beating linebackers and safeties down the seam for touchdowns. Joe Jurevicius finding the holes in the defense to convert vital third downs. This is what general manager Phil Savage envisioned last year when Winslow and Edwards returned from injury and [...]
Cavaliers: Success still starts with LeBron
INDEPENDENCE — There are a number of reasons why the Cavaliers might not win a lot of games early this season, including the holdouts of Anderson Varejao and Sasha Pavlovic and a six-game West Coast road trip. But there’s a 6-foot-8, 250-pound reason why they still might be successful when the regular season opens Wednesday [...]
Connie “Chuck” Oliver
Connie "Chuck" Oliver, 61, of Lorain, died unexpectedly Saturday, October 27, 2007, at Community Regional Medical Center in Lorain. Mr. Oliver was born October 10, 1946 in Georgetown, Ga., and had lived in Lorain since 1994. He formerly worked at the Elyria Foundry, Elyria Paper Recycling Company, and Woodford Machinery in Elyria, and was retired. [...]
Ohio State: Badger RB Hill expected to play Saturday
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is hopeful running back P.J. Hill will be available when the Badgers play No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday. Hill hobbled off the field in the first quarter last Saturday after scoring on fourth-and-1 against Indiana. X-rays on Hill’s left foot and leg after the game showed no [...]
Girls soccer: Avon readying for first regional tournament
It’s true that Bay’s perennially tough girls soccer team moved up to Division I this year. It’s also true that Bay won the West Shore Conference championship yet again. But ask yourself: Would you rather be a conference champion on the sidelines, such as Bay, or a district champion still playing soccer and making school [...]
Browns notes: Crennel cautious about team’s start
BEREA — Want a sign the Browns are a different team this year? For the fourth time this year, coach Romeo Crennel warned his players not to get big heads. “We won back-to-back games and we feel good about it,” Crennel said. “But that doesn’t get us anywhere. We’re not saying, by any stretch of [...]
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