Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for October 13th, 2008
Giants, national spotlight offer Browns chance at redemption: Win over Super Bowl champs could turn season around
CLEVELAND — For those unfamiliar with “Monday Night Football” — it has been five looooong years since the Browns played on the unique stage — Hank Williams Jr. opens every telecast by screaming: Are you ready for some football? When it comes to the Browns’ matchup [...]
Browns vs. Giants: Breaking down the game
MARQUEE MATCHUP
Giants QB Eli Manning vs. Browns pass defense
Eli Manning is the toast of New York after being named Super Bowl MVP in the Giants’ first championship in 17 years and opening this season with four straight wins. Just 11 months ago, he was a month-old onion bagel headed to the dumpster. “It [...]
Brown says defense is still Cavaliers’ top priority
INDEPENDENCE — There’s a part of Cavaliers coach Mike Brown that is never going to change. While much has been made of Cleveland’s increased offensive tempo after the addition of lightning-quick point guard Mo Williams, Brown does not want his players to forget where their bread is buttered. That’s why the Cavaliers, who [...]
Motorsports: Elyria’s Connolly overcomes blown engine, grabs win, moves from sixth to third in NHRA postseason standings
DINWIDDIE, Va. — It wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t easy, but it was just what the doctor ordered for Dave Connolly. Needing a victory Sunday to stay alive in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship points race, the Elyrian overcame a blown engine to win the Virginia Nationals Pro Stock championship for [...]
Golf: Five-time major champion Ballesteros battling brain tumor
MADRID, Spain — After a career full of miraculous shots — including one from a parking lot during his first British Open win — Seve Ballesteros was preparing for the “hardest challenge” of his life Sunday after announcing he has a brain tumor. The 51-year-old Ballesteros was set to undergo a biopsy Tuesday [...]
NLCS: Dodgers fight back, pound Moyer, Phillies
LOS ANGELES — Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers were tired of getting brushed back in the NL Championship Series, so they came out ready to fight back against Philadelphia. Blake DeWitt’s bases-loaded triple off Jamie Moyer capped a five-run [...]
ALCS: Lester emerging as ace of Red Sox staff
BOSTON — This is Jon Lester unleashed: unhittable in May, a stopper in October, the emerging ace of the Boston Red Sox. The 24-year-old lefty will start Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against Tampa Bay tonight, facing Matt Garza at Fenway Park under the championship banner Lester helped raise with a [...]
Smith’s late goal lifts Monsters to 2-0 start
CLEVELAND — Nathan Smith scored the game-winning goal off a cross-crease feed from Chris Durno with just 57 seconds to play Sunday as the Lake Erie Monsters downed Toronto 4-3 at The Q. The Monsters improved to 2-0 on the season, winning both games by the identical score. Saturday, however, Tyler [...]
As her killer nears execution, Dawn McCreery`s loved ones remember her zest for life
A few months ago, Rob McCreery dreamed his sister, Dawn McCreery, was sitting on the couch with his 5-year-old daughter.
As vivid as the dream was, he knew something was wrong. His sister and daughter could not possibly play and laugh together.
Dawn McCreery has been dead for 22 [...]
Report: Man tried to force people to do drugs
LORAIN — An apparent case of mistaken identity led to a Lorain man being arrested Sunday after he tried to force two people in a Hamilton Avenue apartment to do drugs with him.
The two people in the apartment told police that Jose Veliz Jr., 31, had come to the apartment looking for [...]