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Labor worries dim otherwise bright future for NFL
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.
The smiles might soon disappear.
Pro football is headed into the great unknown. Barring a quick — and totally unexpected — agreement with the players’ union on a new contract, 2010 will have [...]
Hockey notes: Panthers plan to give Preppers good game
Four area teams landed berths in the three Baron Cup tournaments this week. Here’s a look at each:
BARON CUP I
Mike Haszto, Elyria Catholic’s assistant coach, promises Thursday night’s game between his No. 7 seed Panthers and second-seeded University School will be competitive.
“We aren’t afraid of the Red North,” Haszto said after EC tied North Olmsted [...]
Browns cut Donte Stallworth
BEREA — The Browns wasted no time in cutting ties with receiver Donte Stallworth.
The NFL reinstated Stallworth on Monday following the Super Bowl, and the Browns terminated his contract Monday afternoon. The team issued a one-sentence press release and didn’t provide a statement.
The Browns are thin at receiver, especially ones with experience, but decided bringing [...]
Boys basketball: Lutheran West nails 13 3-pointers, blasts Oberlin
OBERLIN — Rarely are there days when a basketball team is so on, virtually everything that can go right does.
Monday was one of those days for Lutheran West, which demolished Oberlin 72-27 in a Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division game.
The Longhorns (7-9, 6-4 PAC) connected on 13 of 23 3-pointers, shot 8-for-10 from the floor [...]
West back tonight? Team’s not saying, but Mo says count on it
INDEPENDENCE — According to Dr. Maurice Williams, Cavaliers guard Delonte West will be back in action when Cleveland hosts New Jersey tonight at Quicken Loans Arena.
West, who has missed the last eight games with a fractured ring finger on his left hand, went through a full-contact practice Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts.
Coach Mike Brown wouldn’t [...]
NASCAR analysis: Hype aside, Danica has real potential
By Jenna Fryer, The Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Here’s something to consider: Maybe Danica Patrick is a pretty good race car driver.
She certainly has her detractors, the ones who have dismissed her as nothing more than a well-marketed, attractive female who has tallied all of one victory in five seasons of IndyCar racing. So [...]
Mo says West will play vs. Nets
INDEPENDENCE — Cavaliers coach Mike Brown wouldn’t confirm it, but injured point guard Mo Williams said Monday that fellow injured guard Delonte West would play Tuesday night against New Jersey.
West, who has missed the last eight games with a fractured ring finger on his left hand, went through a full practice at Cleveland Clinic Courts.
Williams [...]
Saints 31, Colts 17: New Oleans wins it all
MIAMI, Fla. — The ultimate underdogs, they ain’t. Not anymore. The Saints are Super Bowl champions now.
Who Dat? Try Drew Brees, Sean Payton and a team that has reversed its embarrassing past, carrying an entire city to the top with it.
Put away those paper bags forever.
Brees and the Saints rallied to upset Peyton Manning and [...]
Bowling: Keystone girls, Ridgeville boys win tourney titles
NORTH RIDGEVILLE — Domination was the order of the day at the 10th annual North Shore Bowling Conference Tournament at Brunswick Zone.
The Keystone girls won for the third straight time and the North Ridgeville boys for the second time in three years as both teams dominated the three regular games, forcing all challengers into playing [...]
Super Bowl analysis: Brees, Saints a perfect fit
By Jim Litke, The Associated Press
MIAMI — Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own.
After 43 years of futility and one of the finest quarterbacking performances ever delivered in a Super Bowl, he made sure [...]