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Archive for April 24th, 2008
Ouch! Wizards wallop Cavs
WASHINGTON — DeShawn Stevenson scored 19 points, Caron Butler added 17, highlighted by an incredible layup move in the first half, and the Washington Wizards shot 52 percent and took themselves off the ropes by beating Cleveland 108-72 on Thursday night. The Wizards cut the Cavaliers’ lead to 2-1 in the first-round [...]
BREAKING NEWS — Barrett resigns over nude photo
State Rep. Matt Barrett has resigned his post because he was not truthful about a photo of a topless woman that Barrett accidentally showed to a Norwalk High School class last fall, Ohio House Democratic Leader Joyce Beatty announced today.
Beatty, D-Columbus, asked for the resignation Wednesday night after learning about the deception by Barrett, D-Amherst, [...]
NFL Draft 2008 … Focus on defense: Ohio State’s Gholston has the size, speed and strength teams crave
One of the plethora of publications critiquing prospects for the NFL Draft refers to Vernon Gholston as being built “like a Greek god.” Meant as a compliment, the description doesn’t do Gholston justice. After all, when was the last time Zeus or Apollo bench pressed 225 pounds 37 times at the scouting combine? [...]
Cavaliers coach, superstar in sync: LeBron James happy to be playing for Mike Brown
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers coach Mike Brown hasn’t won over everybody in Northeast Ohio, but he’s got the full support of the man who matters most. Not owner Dan Gilbert. And not general manager Danny Ferry, though both men are completely behind their head coach. No, we’re talking about LeBron [...]
Cavs notes: Joe Smith says Wizards’ physical style might actually be helping Cleveland
INDEPENDENCE — It was a lot more subtle than most of the pre-series trash-talking done by the Washington Wizards, but at least one Cavaliers player suggested Wednesday that the opponent’s rough-house tactics are backfiring. The Wizards, a fairly soft, run-and-gun team in the regular season, attempted to get tough with Cleveland superstar LeBron James [...]
Indians to play two today after rainout; Sowers gets nod to start Saturday against Yankees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals got a reprieve. Just not much of one. Rain spared Kansas City from having to face Fausto Carmona, one of the Indians’ hottest pitchers, on Wednesday, but only for a day. Now, the Royals will have to face Carmona and Cliff Lee, the Tribe’s hottest pitcher, [...]
High school baseball: North Ridgeville pounds out 16 hits, blasts Vermilion
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — In a reverse of Murphy’s Law, where everything that can go wrong does go wrong, on Wednesday everything that could go right for Matt Murphy and his North Ridgeville teammates did go right. Murphy’s Rangers outhit, outpitched and played better defense than Vermilion in rolling to a 10-1 win in [...]
High school baseball: Westlake win, Amherst loss creates tie atop SWC standings
AVON LAKE — Matt Kelley scored twice and drove in two runs as Westlake moved into a tie for first place in the Southwestern Conference with a 6-2 victory over Avon Lake on Wednesday. Jamal Abed had three hits for Westlake (8-3, 5-2 SWC). Avon Lake fell to 4-7 and 2-5 SWC.
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High school softball: Amherst’s Krueger just misses perfect game against Westlake
AMHERST — It took a perfect bunt to ruin Megan Krueger’s perfect game. Westlake’s Erin Thomas put it down on the first pitch of the seventh inning, but aside from depriving Krueger of a perfecto, it did no harm. Amherst, behind Krueger’s 13 strikeouts and a 16-hit offensive barrage, routed the Demons [...]
High school softball roundup: Avon Lake’s Nicholson strikes out 18; Brookside’s Ondercin throws no-hitter
AVON LAKE — Andrea Nicholson set a personal record for strikeouts in a seven-inning game with 18 as Avon Lake beat Berea 5-1 in a Southwestern Conference game Wednesday. Katie Mullen drove in two runs for Avon Lake (6-4, 5-1 SWC).
Berea 100 000 0 — 1 1 0 [...]