Preventing heart disease start may start deep inside your gut
Cleveland Clinic researchers in recent years discovered the key to heart disease may be churning in our guts, or at least in a chemical process unfolding there.Now those same researchers say they may...
View Article‘The Force’ awakens Akron-area ‘Star Wars’ fans
The Force was alive and thriving Thursday night at the Highland Theatre for its premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Costumed Stormtroopers and other Star Wars fanatics filed into the Akron theater...
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REPORTING SCORESSchools are encouraged to report scores by email at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com, by fax at 330-996-3629 or by phone at 330-996-3800. Please report scores from home and away games and...
View ArticleOhio State football: Injury to DT Tommy Schutt further weakens Buckeyes’...
COLUMBUS: Suddenly, No. 7 Ohio State might have a depth problem on the inside of its defensive line. Senior All-American defensive tackle Adolphus Washington was suspended for Ohio State’s Fiesta Bowl...
View ArticleCavs notebook: With help from headphones, Iman Shumpert delivers baby...
CLEVELAND: Iman Shumpert may have a future in medical school when his NBA gig is over.Shumpert helped deliver his daughter early Wednesday morning in the bathroom, his fiancée Teyana Taylor wrote on...
View ArticleCavaliers 104, Thunder 100: LeBron James rallies short-handed Cavs past Thunder
CLEVELAND: LeBron James scored 33 points, passed for 11 assists and grabbed nine rebounds and the short-handed Cavaliers twice rallied from double-digit deficits to beat the Oklahoma City 104-100...
View ArticleCuyahoga Valley sharpshooters to shoot 350 white-tailed deer for the first...
The Cuyahoga Valley National Park will start shooting white-tailed deer for the first time, beginning in early January.The park will rely on federal sharpshooters to shoot 350 deer in its effort to...
View ArticleWife of golfer Jason Day released from hospital after LeBron James plows into...
CLEVELAND: For years, NBA fans have been willing to pay thousands to sit courtside and watch some of the world’s most powerful athletes run and jump.Up close, there is nothing quite like the...
View ArticleLongtime Akron train store faces end of line if buyer not found
Six years after he bought and reopened the locally famous Glen’s Train Store, Aaron Hoey plans to close it. But before he derails the Akron shop, now called Aaron’s City Trains, Hoey is selling off...
View ArticleNorthside Marriott in downtown Akron won’t open until next year
The Northside Courtyard by Marriott, downtown Akron’s first new hotel in decades, has delayed its opening until early next year.“Optimistically, we’re looking at mid-February,” said local developer...
View ArticleAkron firefighters rescue man from burning house
Akron firefighters rescued a man from a burning house on Marvin Avenue early Friday morning.The victim, who has not yet been identified, suffered first- and second-degree burns. He was taken to a local...
View ArticleFan injured during Cavaliers game suffering from concussion symptoms
CLEVELAND: The wife of PGA champion Jason Day is suffering from concussion symptoms after NBA star LeBron James crashed into her during a Cavaliers game.Day’s agent, Bud Martin, issued a statement...
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BASKETBALLBOYSScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAlliance 65, Louisville 62 Archbishop Hoban 78, Walsh Jesuit 68 (OT)Austintown Fitch 62, Struthers 50 Barberton 80, Cle. Lincoln West 42Bay Village Bay 73, Parma...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron and Akron General reach health-care agreement
The University of Akron and Akron General Health System have buried the scalpel.The school announced a last-minute agreement Friday morning that will keep the health care system as an in-network...
View ArticleDanny the dog finds his Christmas miracle: A home
It looked like Danny, the Shar Pei-Labrador mix with the block head and pink splotch on his snout, was about to spend another Christmas alone at One of a Kind Pet Rescue.Brittany Balek couldn’t take...
View ArticleLeBron James charity rewards North High School track team’s good run
As the LeBron James Family Foundation makes its monthly gift-giving visits to honor deserving student-athletes, few recipients have traveled farther than the North High School track team to earn...
View ArticleChemistry between Tristan Thompson, Matthew Dellavedova indicative of a...
CLEVELAND: Tristan Thompson has a hard time explaining why it works so well. He and Matthew Dellavedova never work on lobs in practice, yet they always seem to find each other in games.Thompson served...
View ArticleBrowns matchup: Can a spy stop Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s...
BEREA: When Browns defensive end Desmond Bryant worked out at the same facility with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in 2014, he couldn’t believe the way Wilson pushed himself in...
View ArticleBoys basketball / Ellet 91, Firestone 83 (OT): A.J. Gareri’s school-record 45...
Entertaining and wild are two words that could describe Friday night’s boys basketball game between host Ellet and Firestone.Ellet junior A.J. Gareri added another word to describe the game:...
View ArticleStagg Bowl / Mount Union 49, St. Thomas 35: Top-ranked Purple Raiders roll...
SALEM, Va.: Taurice Scott threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score and Mount Union won its NCAA-best 12th football title, beating St. Thomas of Minnesota 49-35 on Friday night in the...
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