Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for December 16th, 2007
Michigan hires WVU’s Rodriguez as new football coach
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan hired Rich Rodriguez away from his alma mater after failing to bring back one of its own. A man with ties to both the Wolverines and West Virginia might’ve helped. College football’s winningest program ended its coaching search Sunday, nearly a month after it started, by [...]
Ohio State men’s soccer team loses to Wake Forest in NCAA final
CARY, N.C. — Zack Schilawski always dreamed of scoring big goals in his hometown. He delivered the biggest one of his career there Sunday, scoring the eventual game-winner to lift Wake Forest to a 2-1 victory over Ohio State in the NCAA College Cup championship. “It’s unbelievable,” said Schilawski, who graduated [...]
Dolphins finally get first victory of the season
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins finally won one, thanks to a break and a big play in overtime. After Baltimore’s Matt Stover missed a 44-yard field goal in the extra period, Miami’s Greg Camarillo turned a short completion into a 64-yard touchdown, and the Dolphins beat [...]
Tiger Woods closes year with Target victory
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Ten weeks later, nothing has changed with Tiger Woods and the rest of golf. Woods won the final golf tournament of the year Sunday, closing with a 4-under 68 to match the tournament record at the Target World Challenge and set a record for the largest margin of victory, [...]
Weather contributes to wrecks; more snow expected today
ELYRIA — It only took about 2 inches of snow to turn roads into skating rinks Saturday as the first part of a major winter storm hit.
State troopers in Elyria reported that about 25 cars slid off the highways between 2 and 9 p.m. The trouble spots were along state Routes 2, 82 and 252, [...]
Shovels a hot item before the storm hit
ELYRIA — There was a mad rush to the cash register Saturday as worried residents got ready to face the worst Old Man Winter could throw this way.
By the time the first flakes started bombarding the county about 1 p.m., some store owners were knee-deep in green but low on the essentials — shovels, rock [...]
Police arrest two suspects in break-ins
Two Cleveland men have been kicking down doors and taking jewelry, electronics and guns so they can buy heroin, say Erie County detectives — and local sheriff’s deputies think the same men are behind 10 Lorain County burglaries as well.
McKenzie
Simmons
The suspects could be responsible for two break-ins along Gifford and Gore-Orphanage roads in late October [...]
Pressure time: Browns know what’s at stake though few have been there before
CLEVELAND — Derek Anderson is new to this. So are Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow. The starting secondary, too. The Browns stand on the brink of the playoffs, needing a win today over Buffalo and a Tennessee loss at Kansas City to reach the postseason for the first time since [...]
Browns vs. Bills: Keys, matchups and game facts
KEYS TO THE GAME
Deep thwart
The Bills’ best chance to beat the Browns is with a few well-timed big plays. They have the perfect guy for the job in receiver Lee Evans, a Bedford native. In his four years in the league, Evans has five touchdowns of at least 70 yards, the most in [...]
Second victim of Elyria crash dies at hospital
ELYRIA — The crash that killed a Brunswick Drive woman earlier in the week has claimed another life.
Spencer
Nicholas Spencer, 27, died Friday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland from injuries he received Wednesday night. That’s when police say he drifted into oncoming traffic and struck another car head-on, killing Toni Fourdyce, [...]