COLUMBUS – Three weeks after their unbeaten season, No. 1 ranking and dreams of redemption in the BCS title game seemed to turn to ashes, Ohio State is headed back to the ultimate game in college football. Thank you, Pittsburgh Panthers. The Buckeyes, No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series rankings going into Saturday`s final regular-season [...]

ATLANTA – Les Miles insists he will remain LSU`s football coach despite all the speculation he would bolt for Michigan. “I am the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU,” Miles, an Elyria High graduate and Elyria Sports Hall of Fame member, said Saturday. “I have no interest in talking [...]

GLENDALE, Ariz. – From the quarterback to the offensive line to the receivers to the outside linebackers to the safeties, the Browns look down on the competition. Literally. Quarterback Derek Anderson is 6-foot-6. Receivers Joe Jurevicius and Braylon Edwards are 6-5 and 6-3, and tight end Kellen Winslow is 6-4. With the exception of 6-2 [...]

Let`s enjoy this Browns` run of good fortune for as long as it lasts. Do not worry about solving an eventual quarterback dilemma. Please, turn off the worry meter. Those things usually solve themselves. Nevertheless, some fans fear that Derek Anderson is something short of the real deal. He`s too good to be true. He`s [...]

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Jim Rattay won two football state championships at Elyria Catholic and continued his success in Arizona. He didn`t need a title this season to add a “highlight of my coaching career.” Tim Rattay came to Phoenix Christian High School to work as an assistant for his dad and take repetitions with the [...]

AMHERST – Westlake nipped Amherst in a Southwestern Conference overtime thriller on Saturday that lived up to expectations. With a 59-52 victory, the Demons (4-1, 2-0 SWC) won at Amherst for the first time in coach Chip Weiss` six seasons as head coach. They also established themselves as legitimate SWC contenders, and did it without [...]

Hans Schneider The Chronicle-Telegram AVON – Amherst coach Phil Schmook doesn`t like leftovers – at least in regards to basketball. One night after watching his team blow a 15-point lead in a loss to Berea, the Comets carried the collapse over into the first quarter of Saturday night`s game against Avon. However, the Comets were [...]

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers` Association of America chose its annual season-ending award winners, naming Indians ace C.C. Sabathia “Man of the Year,” and general manager Mark Shapiro “The Good Guy.” Sabathia, the American League`s Cy Young Award winner, won Man of the Year – an honor bestowed on the Indians` [...]