Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for July 5th, 2008
NASCAR: Kyle Busch beats Edwards in photo finish
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Busch raced side-by-side with Carl Edwards in the closing laps at Daytona International Speedway, each driver running wide open toward the win. When a multicar accident brought out the caution behind them, the field was frozen and no one had any idea who won Saturday night’s race. After [...]
Little League Softball: Avon rallies for win behind Luca
AVON — Like any other American in Iraq, Army Capt. Erik Luca would most likely have preferred to spend his Saturday night at home. He would have been doubly delighted had he been in the dugout with his Avon Little League Major All-Stars. For one thing, that’s where he would have been a [...]
Indians commentary: Fans off the mark in All-Star voting
With the American and National leagues ready to release their starting position players today for the July 15 All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, we’re going to provide you with a little cheat sheet. Not surprisingly, there are no Indians listed below. Cleveland won’t get its All-Star recognition until pitchers are announced, with Cliff Lee [...]
Commentary: Bethel made real sacrifice for USA
Last week’s death of an old friend, Dell Bethel, reminds us that independence carries a high price tag. It cost Bob Feller 100 victories while he was serving on a destroyer in World War II. It cost Ted Williams 100 homers while he was flying fighters off carriers in World War II and again [...]
Track: Gay falls in 200 meters, carted off track
Tyson Gay tumbled to the ground at the start of his 200-meter quarterfinal heat at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday and had to be carted off the track in Eugene, Ore. Running in Lane 7, Gay was speeding to the lead in the first turn, but on his 14th [...]
Twins 12, Indians 3: Byrd bombed in Tribe’s sixth straight loss
MINNEAPOLIS — Delmon Young and Nick Punto are starting to get comfortable in their roles.
Young hit a three-run home run and had a season-high four RBIs, Punto homered and also had four RBIs, and the surging Minnesota Twins beat the free-falling Cleveland Indians 12-3 on Friday night.
Young got off to a slow start after [...]
Indians: Borowski designated for assignment
CLEVELAND — Like many of their fans, the Indians have seen enough of Joe Borowski. The beleaguered closer was designated for assignment Friday, most likely ending his tenure in Cleveland, which began last season when the right-hander led the American League with 45 saves, but owned a 5.07 ERA. Borowski, 37, was never [...]
Elyria’s Madison focuses on 2012 after failed long jump bid
Long jumper Tianna Madison blew kisses and waved to the crowd in a classy gesture as she exited her competition at the Olympic Trials on Thursday. It wasn’t an easy thing to do with a broken heart and broken dreams. Madison missed an Olympic berth to Beijing by only 5½ inches at Oregon’s [...]
Wimbledon: Federer vs. Nadal in finals again
WIMBLEDON, England — Add up all of Roger Federer’s greatness on grass courts, and the numbers are striking: 40 wins in a row at Wimbledon, 65 overall on the surface. Now he seeks an additional victory, a victory that would make him the first man since the 1880s to win six consecutive Wimbledon [...]
WAR STORIES: From the homefront to the front lines
March 20, 2003. That’s the day the United States launched cruise missiles into Iraq — beginning a war that to date has seen 4,113 U.S. soldiers killed. As many as 93,000 Iraqi civilians also have died.
Here in Lorain County, we’ve seen our friends, our sisters, our brothers, and even our mothers and fathers travel halfway [...]