Cavaliers sign free-agent guard J.R. Smith to four-year deal
CLEVELAND: The final piece to the Cavaliers’ championship defense is in place.The Cavs and J.R. Smith agreed to a four-year deal Friday that could be worth $57 million, according to a league source,...
View ArticleALCS/Indians 2, Blue Jays 0: Francisco Lindor, Corey Kluber lead Indians over...
CLEVELAND: Francisco Lindor delivered the one big hit that was needed and Corey Kluber put together another outing befitting an ace, and the Indians topped the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 in Game 1 of the...
View ArticleAccidental shootings kill a child every other day
Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Iron Man, the Hulk and all the Avengers. Now, as Bryson Mees- Hernandez approached death in a Houston hospital room, his brain swelling through the...
View ArticlePresident Obama delivers blow to Trump and elected officials who support him
In what was likely his final appearance in Cleveland as president, Barack Obama condemned elected Republicans who support presidential nominee Donald Trump while urging attendees to vote for Democratic...
View ArticleHigh school football/Buchtel 21, Ellet 20: Pyrce Taylor guides Griffins to...
The Buchtel-Ellet high school football game Friday night at the University of Akron’s InfoCision Stadium featured a little bit of everything.Eight turnovers and two safeties? Check.Two teams competing...
View ArticleAce Corey Kluber delivers as Indians beat Blue Jays 2-0 for 1-0 lead in ALCS
CLEVELAND: For nearly seven innings, he dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged. Corey Kluber did Friday what aces do.On a night he didn’t have his best stuff, on a night he struggled to put hitters...
View ArticleLeBron James endorsement: For my kids, for Hillary
Two years ago, I told you I was coming home to Northeast Ohio — where I was born and raised. When I came back, I had two missions.In June, thanks to my teammates and all your support, I accomplished my...
View ArticleMother, grandmother didn’t intend for 16-year-old to use heroin that killed...
The grandmother and mother of 16-year-old Andrew Frye never intended for him to take the heroin that killed him, the women’s attorneys said Wednesday.Brenda Frye gave the drugs to her daughter,...
View ArticleRobin Swoboda: The smells of home aren’t always so sweet
As I write these words, I am sitting on the deck of a dear friend’s home in Colorado. My view is nothing short of spectacular, and a much-needed respite from what has become a roller-coaster kind of...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Akron ‘war hero’ really wasn’t
He was billed as a war hero, and he took full advantage of it.Nobody realized he was only a war hero in his own mind.Arnon “Sonny” Cool was a longtime president of the Summit County Veterans Service...
View ArticleFor Clinton, a daily dose of faith along with politics
At about 5 a.m. each day — maybe a little later on weekends — an email from the Rev. Bill Shillady arrives in Hillary Clinton’s inbox.The contents? A reading from Scripture. A devotional commentary....
View ArticleNFL notebook: Former Browns linebacker Quentin Groves dies at age 32
Former Auburn football star Quentin Groves, who played defensive end for the Tigers from 2004-07 and shares the program record for sacks, has died. He was 32.Groves played five games as a linebacker...
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VOLLEYBALLScoring SummariesBARBERTON 25-25-25, ELLET 15-17-15Kills: Dario (E) 8; Hrabusa (B) 7. Digs: Zupancic (E) 10; Hrabusa (B) 6. Blocks: Humphrey (B) 4. Assists: Mondy (E) 13; Shifferly (B) 8....
View ArticleTrump campaign denounces Ohio GOP chair, deepens party rift
KANSAS CITY, MO.: With Election Day weeks away, Donald Trump’s campaign has denounced the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, deepening a rift in a state critical to Trump’s White House hopes.GOP...
View ArticleUnhittable reliever Andrew Miller making Indians manager Terry Francona’s...
CLEVELAND: Here he comes again, marching onto the field when the bullpen door swings open, this high-priced assassin brought here to torture the best hitters in the world. Here comes Andrew Miller, the...
View ArticleJ.R. Smith contract pushes salary of Cavaliers’ starting five to new heights
CLEVELAND: From the time Dan Gilbert purchased the Cavaliers more than a decade ago, he made it clear he would spare no expense to bring a championship to Cleveland. Even as strands of confetti lay...
View ArticleMedicare shopping: The plan that worked for you in 2016 might not in 2017
Now is the time seniors and others with Medicare can potentially save — or lose — thousands of dollars in health care costs next year by choosing a Medicare plan.Open enrollment began Saturday and runs...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Corey Kluber not ruled out of possible Game 4 start; club...
CLEVELAND: The Indians have planned to throw Mike Clevinger in an abbreviated start for Tuesday’s Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, but they haven’t ruled out the possibility that...
View ArticleNot even Indians teammates sure how to deal with precocious star Francisco...
CLEVELAND: In one breath, Jason Kipnis is defending his double-play partner, insisting it’s best not to put bumpers on Francisco Lindor, but instead to let the kid be himself. Yet, in the very next...
View ArticleStill searching for first win under coach Hue Jackson, Browns hope to avoid...
From the moment coach Hue Jackson arrived in Cleveland this past January, he’s been telling the Browns they must “expect to win.”The slogan is emblazoned on a wall of the team’s renovated training...
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