Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July 4th, 2008
Ralph O. Hickenbottom
Ralph O. Hickenbottom, 87 of Elyria, passed away Thursday July 3, 2008 in Elyria Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Blackburn-Duke Funeral Home, 1021 Main St., Grafton.
Indians: Roster overhaul expected soon
CLEVELAND — There won’t be any pennants or championship flags raised over Progressive Field this year. Only a white one. It’s time for the Cleveland Indians to surrender. A promising season sabotaged by injuries to star players and underachievement by most others has reached its point of no return. [...]
Track: Tianna Madison misses out on Olympics
EUGENE, Ore. — Tianna Madison’s Olympic dream won’t come true this summer. The Elyria High School graduate, and former world champion in the long jump, finished fifth Thursday night in the Olympic Trials finals. The top three earned trips to the Olympics, which begin Aug. 8 in Beijing. Madison’s best long [...]
Wimbledon: Venus, Serena to renew family feud in final
WIMBLEDON, England — A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. Scouting? Not really. More like rooting. And when Thursday’s second semifinal ended, Williams stood, smiling and applauding for the woman who won, the woman she will [...]
College football: Amherst’s Kish commits to Ball State
Things are looking up for Brandon Kish. The Amherst Steele tailback is coming off a successful track season and looking at potentially a great high school football season. And after that, he’ll head to Division I Ball State University to continue his football career on a full scholarship. “I knew it was just [...]
Indians: Cabrera fined for actions toward umpires
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Indians prospect Asdrubal Cabrera was fined an undisclosed amount but played for Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday, one night after throwing his helmet and raising his bat toward plate umpire Jason Klein while getting ejected. Cabrera went 1-for-6 in a 7-6, 13-inning loss to the Rochester Red Wings. It was [...]
Wimbledon: Federer, Nadal appear headed for titanic clash
WIMBLEDON, England — Roger Federer is back to his old self on the Wimbledon grass, and Rafael Nadal is moving ever closer to a new level of success at the All England Club. The top two players in men’s tennis are on course to meet in their third straight Wimbledon final, but both [...]
Swimming: Hansen fails to make Olympics in 200 breaststroke
Brendan Hansen clung to the lane rope, glaring at the scoreboard. No matter how long he stared, the shocking result just wouldn’t go away. He wasn’t first — or even second. He won’t be swimming one of his signature events in Beijing. In the first major stunner of the U.S. [...]
Former General Industries building burns
• Fire crews battle mammoth overnight blaze in Elyria
• Residents evacuated from the area; no one injured
Scenes from the General Industries blaze
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