Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for April 15th, 2008
Cavs: Pavlovic to miss first round of playoffs
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers swingman Sasha Pavlovic will miss at least the first round of the playoffs with a sprained ankle. Pavlovic injured his left ankle in the third quarter of Monday night’s 91-90 win at Philadelphia. He’s expected to miss two to three weeks. It’s been a lost year [...]
Pope Benedict XVI lands in U.S.
ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. — Pope Benedict XVI arrived Tuesday in the United States to a presidential handshake and enthusiastic cheering, a warm welcome that followed the pontiff’s candid admission hours earlier that he is “deeply ashamed” of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked the American church. On [...]
Man awaiting trial for killing family hangs self
LEBANON — A man awaiting trial on charges he killed his wife and their four young children hanged himself early Tuesday with a bed sheet in his jail cell, officials said. Michel Veillette, 34, had pleaded not guilty to 13 counts of aggravated murder and two counts of aggravated arson in [...]
Another arrest in toddler marijuana case
NEWARK— A second person is charged with giving a toddler marijuana. According to federal court records, a videotape shows 18-year-old Melvin Blevins of Pataskala in central Ohio holding a marijuana pipe to the mouth of the child, who turns 2 this month. Authorities learned of the [...]
Day after blowing save, Borowski on DL
CLEVELAND — Joe Borowski couldn’t escape a trip to the disabled list. The Cleveland Indians’ much-maligned closer was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, a day after blowing a save and giving up a two-run homer in the ninth inning to Boston’s Manny Ramirez in a 6-4 loss to the [...]
BULLETIN — Browns in 5 prime-time games
Browns fans should start preparing for some late nights in the 2008 season.
The NFL released the complete schedule Tuesday afternoon, and the Browns have a team-record five prime-time games. The previous best was three in 1988 and 1989.
The league considers the Browns a “hot” team after going a surprising 10-6 last season and just missing [...]
Another Borowski bummer: Indians lose to Red Sox as Ramirez reaches Tribe closer for two-run homer in ninth
CLEVELAND — Everything was going just swimmingly for the Indians in their ALCS rematch with the Boston Red Sox on Monday night until Joe Borowski came in and drowned them. Leading by a run in the ninth inning, Cleveland’s hit-or-miss closer crumbled with the game on the line once again, [...]
Scott Petrak: Again with the relaxing? Well, it really is pretty early for Tribe fans to start panicking
CLEVELAND — The last time I wrote from an Indians loss to the Red Sox at Progressive Field, I told the fans to relax because the Tribe would win one more ALCS game at Fenway Park and head to the World Series. As you know, I was as wrong as wrong can be. Boston [...]
Tribe notes: Sunday’s chill has players chattering
CLEVELAND — How cold was it for the series finale with Oakland on Sunday? Almost too cold to play. “It was close,” said Indians manager Eric Wedge of the 38-degree temperature and 28-degree wind chill at game time. “We talked about the cold, but not actually canceling it because of it. I remember [...]
Splash Zone death suit settled
Metro Parks settles for $110,000; ‘We did nothing wrong’
ELYRIA — The insurance company for Lorain County Metro Parks has settled a lawsuit with the family of a Lorain woman who died after going down a waterslide at Splash Zone water park in Oberlin.
The insurance company, Kempes Insurance Co. of Chicago, will pay $110,000 [...]