Archive for March 23rd, 2008
Tribe notes: Dellucci back in lineup, feeling better
LAKELAND, Fla. — David Dellucci returned to the lineup Sunday after missing four games with soreness in his left wrist and forearm, an injury he said he sustained while diving for a fly ball against the Phillies in Clearwater last Monday. He went 1-for-3 with a single in his final at-bat in the seventh inning [...]
Golf: Tiger Woods’ streak likely to end today
DORAL, Fla. — Tiger Woods’ unbeaten streak lives another day. Barring a big comeback, it’ll live for only one more day. Geoff Ogilvy got to 17 under through nine holes and held a two-shot lead over Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh at the soggy CA Championship, which won’t finish until today because of a three-hour [...]
Women’s NCAA Tournament: Purdue gets past Utah
Kalika France and FahKara Malone scored 17 points each, and ninth-seeded Purdue beat No. 8 Utah 66-59 in West Lafayette, Ind., on Sunday. Danielle Campbell added 14 points for the Boilermakers (19-14). Leilani Mitchell had 14 points, nine assists and six rebounds for Utah, but also had seven turnovers. Morgan Warburton led the Utes (27-5) [...]
Baseball notes: Tigers, Cabrera agree to 8-year, $152.3 million deal
Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers have reached a preliminary agreement on a $152.3 million, eight-year contract, according a personal familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because the contract was not yet final. The third baseman must pass a physical before the agreement can be [...]
NBA: Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki hurt in loss to Spurs
Manu Ginobili scored eight points in a 19-0 third-quarter rally that sent the visiting San Antonio Spurs past Dallas 88-81 Sunday, but the Mavericks came away worried mostly about the status of reigning league MVP Dirk Nowitzki. Nowitzki hurt his lower left leg during a nasty spill late in San Antonio’s game-breaking stretch. Both the [...]
Clara F. Pleban
Clara F. Pleban (nee Cataldo), 75, of Elyria, (formerly of Lorain and Sandusky) died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at the Center Ridge Health Campus in North Ridgeville, following a long illness. She was born February 11, 1933 in Lorain, and had lived in the Elyria area for most of her life. Mrs. Pleban was a [...]
Men’s NCAA Tournament: Well-balanced Xavier too much for Purdue
WASHINGTON — If Purdue could have picked one or two players from Xavier to focus upon, then surely the Boilermakers would have had an easier time fulfilling their reputation as one of the best defensive teams in the Big Ten. Purdue, however, discovered what many Atlantic 10 teams already know: The X-men are simply too [...]
Inside the NCAA Tournament: West Virginia backup does in Duke
Joe Mazzulla was two assists from joining some elite company. The reserve point guard had 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in West Virginia’s 73-67 victory over Duke on Saturday. Two more assists and it would have been the 10th triple-double in NCAA Tournament history. What makes his stat line even more impressive is [...]
Bucks stop Cavaliers, still have their number
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cleveland coach Mike Brown has seen enough of Mo Williams and the Milwaukee Bucks for this season. Williams scored 29 points and had 13 of Milwaukee’s 26 assists, and the Bucks snapped a six-game losing streak with a 108-98 victory over the Cavaliers on Saturday night. Williams had four points and six [...]
Chris Assenheimer: Grady Sizemore is Tribe’s MVP of spring training
With less than a week left before the Indians break camp and leave Winter Haven, Fla., for the final time, let’s take a look at some of the best and worst performances of the spring: Best position player: Grady Sizemore The Gold Glove center fielder leads the Indians with a .423 batting average (11-for-26) and [...]
Indians notes: Lee states case with strong start
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Cliff Lee may have wrapped things up Saturday at Chain of Lakes Park. In a race with Aaron Laffey and Jeremy Sowers for the fifth spot in the Indians’ rotation, Lee helped himself significantly with a scoreless five-inning outing in a 5-2 victory over the Mets — a game that was [...]
Women’s NCAA Tournament: OSU bounced early yet again
DES MOINES, Iowa — Ohio State is going home early yet again — and this time, it wasn’t even close. Tanae Davis-Cain scored 27 points, one shy of her career high, and Mara Freshour added 14 points and 12 rebounds to help 11th-seeded Florida State upset sixth-seeded Ohio State 60-49 on Saturday night in the [...]
Food stamp use hits all-time high in Ohio
COLUMBUS — Amid a sluggish economy, a record 1.1 million Ohioans are getting food stamps, the state’s welfare agency said. That’s about 10 percent of the state’s population. Caseloads have almost doubled since 2001, when an estimated 628,000 people were in the program, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Low wages, [...]
Elyria Notebook: March 23, 2008
Attend fundraiser to help Jacob Freed family Family and friends of 5-year-old Jacob R. Freed, who died March 13 from a sudden illness, are hosting a fundraiser to cover his burial expenses. A spaghetti dinner will be 4 to 8 pm. Saturday at the Sheffield Township Fire Hall on Clinton Avenue. Proceeds will help the [...]
Donald Lee Edgel Sr.
Donald Lee Edgel Sr., 48, of Lorain, passed away Friday March 21, 2008 at Community Health Partners in Lorain, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 1, 1959 in Lorain and had been a lifelong resident. Donald graduated from Lorain Admiral King High School and was previously employed as an electrician by IBEW local [...]
Leonard Bryant
Leonard Bryant, 26, of Elyria, died Saturday, March 15, 2008. He was born November 15, 1981 in Lorain. He attended Southview High School. He will be sadly missed by his mother, Debbie Green; his father, Leroy Bryant; his children, Jas’Lyn Noble, Lataysha Martin, Lamar Martin, Leonard and Demoriya Bryant; and sisters, Tinal Phillips and Melissa [...]
Michael F. Richardson
Michael F. Richardson, 68, of Sheffield Village, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2008 in Cleveland. Michael was an active member of the Rosevelt Masonic Lodge #781. He retired as an electrician from Union Carbide in 1998 after 25 years. He was a member of the I.B.E.W. He enjoyed American Indian artifacts, archeology, reading and story [...]
Edgel Wayne Tallman
Edgel Wayne Tallman, 68, of Vermilion, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 following a short illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Wyers Funeral Chapel.
Officials uncover theft-for-hire ring
WARREN — Food stamps, a front door and frozen meat were among items requested and stolen in a massive Northeast Ohio burglary ring described in an indictment. Officials said the complicated ring took requests from residents and delivered the goods, sometimes to the General Motors plant in Lordstown. The 68-count indictment outlined a sophisticated system [...]
Alvin M. Davis
Alvin M. Davis, 66, of Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away Friday, March 7, 2008. He was born June 19, 1941 in Leesburg, Virginia, raised in Williamsburg, Kentucky. He lived in Grafton and the Cleveland area 45 years and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas five years ago, where his lifelong journey ended. He was a veteran [...]
Robert G. Smetana
Robert G. Smetana, founder and former owner of Orbit Industries, passed away at his Westlake home Monday, March 17, 2008. He was 75 years old. Robert was born in Detroit Michigan November 1, 1932. He moved to Olmsted Falls with his family in the late forties. He attended Olmsted Falls High School. Upon graduation in [...]
Honey bees expected to rebound
COLUMBUS — Honey bees are plentiful in Ohio this year — good news for farmers who rely on the bees to pollinate more than 70 crops, including apples, pumpkins and strawberries. About 85 percent of honey bees across the state survived the winter, experts say. Last year, a cold snap and a puzzling illness killed [...]