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Archive for October 18th, 2008
West seeking answers: Cavaliers guard fighting ‘mood disorder,’ but says he’s ready to play ball
INDEPENDENCE — Delonte West bared his soul to the media following practice Friday at Cleveland Clinic Courts. The Cavaliers guard, who missed 12 days of training camp before returning Wednesday, said he is dealing with “a little bit of a mood disorder” that involves depression, but is “back and in good spirits.” [...]
Winslow glad to be back at work: Tight end finally returns to field, but still questionable for Sunday’s game
BEREA — Kellen Winslow was back where he belongs Friday morning. He dressed in the locker room with his teammates — full pads, as usual — lined up at tight end with the first-team offense and caught a pass down the seam from Derek Anderson. After missing his first game after 36 straight and [...]
Browns notes: Nagging injuries just won’t go away
BEREA — Safety Mike Adams (hamstring) and right tackle Ryan Tucker (knee) didn’t practice Friday and were listed as questionable on the official injury report for Sunday’s game with Washington. Tucker has been bothered by a sore knee following Monday night’s game, his season debut. He didn’t practice Wednesday, was limited Thursday and wasn’t [...]
Youngstown’s Pavlik has simple plan: Rock the aged Hopkins
Kelly Pavlik is looking for more than a knockout against Bernard Hopkins. He is looking to end Hopkins’ career. The 26-year-old Pavlik will put his undefeated record on the line tonight when he faces the 43-year-old Hopkins in a 12-round fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. [...]
Big game, big differences: Ohio State used to the pressure, but it’s a new feeling for this Michigan State team
EAST LANSING, Mich. — At least a piece of first place in the Big Ten is at stake when Ohio State and Michigan State square off today. For the 12th-ranked Buckeyes, it’s the usual routine: big game, high stakes. For the rebuilding and 20th-ranked Spartans, games such as this [...]
Tampa Bay staying upbeat: Rays not expecting a hangover from big Boston comeback in Game 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The young Tampa Bay Rays shrugged off question after question about team psyche. They find it laughable that anybody believes they may not have the resolve to close out Boston in the AL Championship Series. “It really is funny,” pitcher James Shields said Friday, some 15 hours after the [...]
High school tennis and golf players of the week
TENNIS
Nikki Chiricosta, Avon Lake
YEAR: Junior POSITION: First singles RECORD: 29-3 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCE: Chiricosta earned her third straight trip to the Division I state tournament with a third-place finish at the districts in Oberlin last weekend. Chiricosta rebounded from a semifinal loss to Kyle McPhillips — the top-ranked Division I singles player [...]
With one e-mail, a scandal is uncovered
Whistleblower from local business led to exposure of ODOT corruption
Investigations into Lorain abatements continues
LORAIN — Police and prosecutors are investigating how a controversial tax abatement program was changed in 2006.
Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will said he asked Lorain police Detective Mark Carpentiere to investigate allegations that cropped up earlier this year as a fight over the legality of the abatement deals was heating up.
Although he wouldn’t [...]
U.S. Supreme Court backs Brunner in dispute
An Ohio voter filed a legal challenge Friday in a dispute over verifying new voter registrations just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a similar challenge made by the Republican party.
David Myhal, a registered Republican in the Columbus suburb of New Albany, asked the Ohio Supreme Court to order Secretary of State Jennifer [...]