Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for April 4th, 2008
Hey, at least it’s a title: Ohio State uses NCAA snub as motivation, downs UMass to win NIT championship
NEW YORK — In a locker room outburst equal parts joy and angst, Jamar Butler finally dropped the charade Ohio State had been playing for nearly three weeks and revealed its main motivating factor for a roughshod run through the NIT. “This is what happens when you put an NCAA Tournament team in [...]
A gory finish: Bulls stick it to Cavaliers, who blow 17-point lead and game
CLEVELAND — History will show the Chicago Bulls beat the Cavaliers 101-98 Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena. Anyone who watched the game on TNT or was among the 20,562 fans in attendance, however, will be quick to vouch for the fact the Cavaliers beat themselves. Up 17 in the third period, Cleveland [...]
Cavs notes: Staying home for the first round of the playoffs seems assured
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers went into Thursday night with a four-game lead over Washington, Toronto and Philadelphia, so LeBron James and Co. are almost a lock to earn the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. That means the Cavaliers will have home-court advantage in the first round of the postseason, where they [...]
Westbrook good, but Danks better: Indians held to just two hits against White Sox, suffer first loss
CLEVELAND — After scoring 17 runs in winning their first two games of the season, Indians hitters were in siesta mode during a rare Thursday afternoon affair. Their starting pitcher, Jake Westbrook, was wide awake and unappreciated. Westbrook produced a sparkling season debut, but his impressive effort was trumped [...]
Tribe notes: Martinez pinch hits, could be back in lineup this weekend
CLEVELAND — There was a Victor Martinez sighting Thursday, with the Indians’ all-star catcher returning to the field but not the lineup in the series finale against Chicago. Martinez, who has not started the last two games after suffering a mild hamstring strain in the season opener Monday, made a pinch-hit appearance in Cleveland’s [...]
Browns: Defensive back Kenny Wright arrested in Texas after allegedly running from police
PEARLAND, Texas — Cleveland Browns defensive back Kenny Wright was arrested Thursday after police said he led them on a quarter-mile foot chase that began in the parking lot of the police station. The 30-year-old Wright faces a misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor charge of evading arrest and a misdemeanor charge [...]
High school softball: Sito’s long home run highlight of Elyria’s opening win over Magnificat
ROCKY RIVER — Human beings hadn’t yet set foot in the uncharted vastness where Tess Sito launched a softball on Thursday afternoon. Without regard for their personal safety, young women stationed in the Magnificat outfield ventured into this dark and forbidding region to recover the ball and prevent, if possible, Elyria High’s Sito from [...]
High school baseball: Amherst comes back, gives St. Ignatius a scare before falling, 7-6
AMHERST — One more hit. That’s all Amherst needed to complete an improbable comeback Thursday against St. Ignatius. The game was originally scheduled to be played at the Pipe Yard but was moved to Amherst due to wet, unplayable conditions at the Lorain venue. Amherst spotted the Wildcats a 7-1 lead before a [...]
Death penalty no joke to judge
ELYRIA — Darth Vader won’t be making an appearance next week when county Common Pleas Judge James Burge holds hearings on the constitutionality of the state’s lethal injection process.
Burge angrily rebuffed defense attorney Jeff Gamso’s suggestion that the three members of the state’s execution team who administer the lethal drugs to condemned inmates [...]
Firelands search for a leader down to 2
HENRIETTA — And now it’s down to two.
The Firelands Local School District’s search for a new superintendent, which began in January, is almost over.
The pool of finalists has been narrowed from six to two, and the school board is expected to select the successor to Maxwell Shoff at its April 14 [...]