Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for September 1st, 2008
Seattle sweeps Indians, taints recent win streak
CLEVELAND — A visit from the Seattle Mariners, the American League’s worst team, was supposed to be a blessing for the Indians, who were playing their best baseball of the season and on the verge of climbing back to the .500 mark for the first time since mid-May. Instead, it wound up being a [...]
Tribe notes: Choo making strong recovery
CLEVELAND — Shin-Soo Choo is beginning to state his case. One of a number of young Indians trying to play their way into starting spots next year, Choo has picked up steam at the plate, where he’s hitting .351 with five home runs and 17 RBIs over his last 21 games. His recent [...]
Browns ready for start of regular season
Guys named Derrick Morse, Chase Ortiz and Efrem Hill are gone from the Browns locker room. Guys named Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and Marion Barber are headed to town. After more than a month of two-a-day practices, lackluster preseason performances, a myriad of injuries and numerous roster cuts, the regular season is finally here. [...]
Ohio State awaiting news on Beanie Wells injury
COLUMBUS — The Beanie watch is on for the Buckeyes. A day after Ohio State star Chris “Beanie” Wells fell back in a heap with an injured right foot, the second-ranked Buckeyes could do nothing but wait and hope that their Heisman Trophy contender would be quick to recover. Wells went [...]
High school girls tennis: Avon Lake’s Chiricosta looking for big ‘08 season
While many believe the area girls tennis scene may have evened itself in regards to talent this season, the Avon Lake Shoregals still boast one of the most dominating players in the state. Junior Nikki Chiricosta won the Division I state doubles championship with her sister Christine during her freshman season, then [...]
Gustav arrives today
NEW ORLEANS — With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this city’s empty streets Sunday night — and even presidential politics took a back seat as the nation waited to see if Hurricane Gustav would [...]
Elyria wants to rework IT, city Web presence
ELYRIA — A poorly designed, user-hostile Web site and employees who are stretched thin caring for hundreds of personal computers, laptops and printers to do anything about it.
That pretty much sums up what Elyria has to offer residents in the way of Internet presence.
Ever try to go online and find out what’s happening at the [...]
Coughlin: Davalillo was on the juice … and eggs
Back in the 1960s, I did a story on the dietary regimen of the Indians’ miniature-sized centerfielder Vic Davalillo, who began each day by cracking a couple of raw eggs into a huge glass of orange juice. He got his daily requirement of Vitamin C and protein in one gulp. It seemed to [...]
Biden has the ladies swooning in Toledo
TOLEDO — Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden thought he was fit. Then he stood next to running mate Barack Obama.
“Hanging out with this lean, good-looking guy is making me feel pretty old, you know what I mean?” the 65-year-old Biden said to laughter at a forum on the economy on the roof of [...]
Obama campaigns in northwest Ohio
LIMA — Barack Obama continued his campaign tour of battleground Ohio with a stop on Sunday in Lima, where he attended services at a Lutheran church.
Obama took communion and shook hands with other worshippers during the 10 a.m. service. His name wasn’t mentioned by Lars Olson, the church’s pastor, although Olson did refer [...]