Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for March 1st, 2008
Browns keep their QB: GM Savage decides it’s too risky to let Anderson walk, signs him to multiyear deal
BEREA — The three-year, $24 million deal that the Browns and quarterback Derek Anderson agreed to Friday was all about security. General manager Phil Savage couldn’t stand the thought of letting one of his two young passers go, which would leave the team susceptible to one injury that could sabotage [...]
Browns notes: Trade nets Packers D-lineman Corey Williams; deal for Lions’ Rogers reportedly made as well
BEREA — When Phil Savage identifies a need, look out. The Browns general manager entered free agency with fixing the defensive line as his No. 1 priority. In less than 24 hours, Savage traded for Green Bay’s Corey Williams and [...]
Cavaliers let Timberwolves hang around before putting them away late
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers seemed to approach this one like they could win any time they really wanted to, and they turned out to be right. Trudging along for most of the night, Cleveland turned it on down the stretch to defeat the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves 92-84 Friday at sold-out Quicken Loans Arena. [...]
Boys district basketball: Vermilion makes OT pay, rallies past Bay for first district title
WESTLAKE — No doubt Kurt Habermehl doesn’t mind repeating himself under these circumstances. Habermehl, Vermilion’s head coach, said pretty much the same thing after the Sailors’ 56-54 overtime victory over Bay on Friday that he had uttered Tuesday following the team’s overtime win against Holy Name. “This game was about the team’s character,” Habermehl [...]
Dream of a state title still alive for three area wrestlers
COLUMBUS — When all the smoke cleared and all the bruised and battered combatants had left the mats, three area wrestlers remained with the opportunity to capture Division I state wrestling championships. To nobody’s surprise, St. Edward junior Collin Palmer will be up for his third state title in as many years during tonight’s [...]
Indians’ Byrd says he wants to talk about past HGH use, but can’t just yet
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — They’re both starting pitchers, but other than that, Paul Byrd and Roger Clemens have drawn few comparisons over the course of their careers. Now they’re linked for the wrong reason — HGH. In a somewhat ironic scene Friday at Osceola County Stadium, Byrd took the mound for his exhibition debut [...]
Doug Clarke: Time to knock tired steroid saga out of the park
Hark, do you hear it? No, not that. Not the snow and the wind. Listen closer. There. Surely you heard that. It went thuunkk. The sound of a fastball (not thrown at full speed yet, for a pitcher does not want to be shut down with a shredded rotator [...]
Boys district basketball: Oberlin falters in fourth, falls to Lutheran East
STRONGSVILLE — Third-seeded Oberlin seemed to have a good chance for a berth in a district championship game, but the Phoenix faltered in the last four minutes and lost to second-seeded Lutheran East 69-61 in a Division IV district semifinal Friday night. The game had been postponed from Tuesday because of snow. Oberlin [...]
Lorain police officer suspended again
LORAIN — Police Officer Corey Earl has been suspended again.
Earl was placed on paid leave Tuesday following an incident at Scorchers bar on Broadway in Lorain in which Earl walked in while on-duty sometime last week and made a threat — via a third party — that he would harm Thomas [...]
Derek Anderson re-signs; deal means another year on bench for Brady Quinn
BEREA — General manager Phil Savage leaned forward in his seat and got dangerously close to the microphone.
“We are not trading Derek Anderson in 2008,” Savage said, getting agitated. “Thank you very much.”
While Savage considers that a positive, many Browns fans reacted negatively to the news that [...]