Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 26th, 2008
Holiday travelers thankful for lower gas prices
CINCINNATI — Here’s something to be thankful for — less pain at the pumps. Motorists on their way to Thanksgiving Day feasts Wednesday savored sharply lower gas prices.
However, the economic crisis still kept some people at home. Highway traffic was light in many places across Ohio, and airports reported less-hectic conditions than [...]
Grafton Township family has a more hopeful Thanksgiving
GRAFTON TWP. — All 8-year-old Madison Hamilton wants this year is a bedroom to call her own, and in that bedroom, just a bed and dresser will do.
For more than three years, the Hamilton family of Grafton has been living out of cardboard boxes. The [...]
Browns: Quinn’s hard-luck ride continues with season-ending injury
BEREA — A training camp holdout and eight passes thrown as a rookie. Three starts, a benching, a broken finger and possible surgery in Year 2. Life as a Brown hasn’t been easy for quarterback Brady Quinn, who grew up dreaming of wearing the brown and orange. “It’s frustrating. I can’t begin to [...]
Browns notes: Revenge won’t be a factor against Colts
BEREA — The Indianapolis Colts prevented the Browns from making the playoffs by losing the final NFL game of 2007, but both teams downplayed the revenge factor for their game on Sunday afternoon. “In this league, you can’t depend on another team to help you out, so we don’t blame them for what happened [...]
High school football: Playoff teams well represented on All-Lorain County list
There’s a simple rule when it comes to the All-Lorain County football teams: Practice makes perfect, but the postseason clears room for your players. The four county football programs that earned playoff appearances this season were well-represented on the 2008 All-Lorain County lists, and the four coaches of those teams earned Coach of the [...]
Cavaliers: LeBron not focusing on future yet
Wednesday’s Cavaliers-Thunder game was not completed in time to make the early holiday deadline. A complete story with box score will appear in Friday’s sports section. NEW YORK — July 1, 2010, could be quite a showdown between the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks. For now, there’s no contest. [...]
Jim Litke: QB, coach at odds in Philadelphia
Things are never the same after a breakup. Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid may have patched things up in time for the Thanksgiving Day game, and they’ll be together for another month or so in Philadelphia after that. But then it’s off to Splitsville — and even money which one of them gets [...]
Baseball: Avon expansion team expected to be called Lake Erie Crushers
The new Avon professional baseball team has a name, and it appears the team will be known as the Lake Erie Crushers. Team spokeswoman Nicolle Meyer said Avon Professional Baseball had a winner in the “Name Your Team” contest that has ran for the last six weeks on their Web site, but she said [...]
Local sports briefs
Lake Erie lacrosse locates league Lake Erie College’s lacrosse teams have been accepted by the East Coast Conference for the Storm’s first year of varsity competition during the 2009-10 academic year. The East Coast Conference is an NCAA Division II conference which sponsors 14 sports. Membership is comprised of 10 schools with [...]
NFL Week 12 capsules
TENNESSEE (10-1) at DETROIT (0-11) 12:30 p.m., CBS OPENING LINE: Titans by 11. RECORD VS. SPREAD: Tennessee 9-1-1; Detroit 4-7. SERIES RECORD: Titans lead 6-3. LAST MEETING: Titans 24, Lions 19, Jan. 2, [...]