Physicality and talk intensifying as Cavaliers-Pistons series shifts to...
CLEVELAND: The talk is intensifying in this series and so, too, is the physicality.If the Cavaliers need any reminders of where that could lead, all they have to do is look at the scar on Kevin Love’s...
View ArticleMariners 10, Indians 7 (10): Indians fight back three times but fall to Mariners
CLEVELAND: The Indians fought back three times on Thursday to force extra innings. That was when the Seattle Mariners finally delivered the knockout blow. With two outs and two runners on in the 10th...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — April 21
SOFTBALLScoring SummariesHIGHLAND 6, NORTON 0Norton 000 000 0 — 0 3 1Highland 021 030 X — 6 9 1Batteries—Stults and N/A; Fleischer, Pasco (6) and N/A. W—Fleischer, 5-2. L—Stults. Save—None....
View ArticleCavaliers vs. Pistons schedule
CAVALIERS VS. PISTONS(Cavs lead series 2-0)(Best-of-seven series)Game 1Cavs 106, Pistons 101Game 2Cavs 107, Pistons 90Game 3 (ESPN/FSO)Cavs at Pistons, 7 p.m. FridayGame 4 (TNT/FSO)Cavs at Pistons,...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Robert Griffin III hopes Josh Gordon ‘understands the...
BEREA: Browns quarterback Robert Griffin III hopes wide receiver Josh Gordon realizes his NFL career is on the line.Griffin would like to reunite with his friend and former Baylor University teammate...
View ArticleTraffic controllers, other pilots recount harrowing exchange with doomed pilots
In the minutes before a fatal plane crash on a dreary November afternoon in Akron, air traffic controllers — one moving in and out of the room during the accident — shuffled seats to relieve one...
View ArticleBrowns quarterback Robert Griffin III accepts team’s challenge to win...
BEREA: The Browns made it clear Thursday they haven’t declared Robert Griffin III their main man despite passing on one of the two top-rated quarterbacks in next week’s draft.Head of football...
View ArticleIndians: Matchups for upcoming games
FRIDAY: Indians at TigersTime: 7:08 p.m.TV: STOPitchers: Josh Tomlin (1-0, 1.80) vs. Justin Verlander (1-1, 7.16)SATURDAY: Indians at TigersTime: 1:08 p.m.TV: STOPitchers: Corey Kluber (0-3, 6.16) vs....
View ArticleSummit County jurors spare Eric Hendon from death, deliver verdict of life...
Eric Hendon likely will be joining his brother, Michael, in spending the rest of his life in prison for a triple murder.But, like Michael, his life will be spared.After seven hours of deliberations, a...
View ArticleIndians notebook: Danny Salazar off to a hot start as No. 3 starting pitcher
CLEVELAND: Although Indians starting pitcher Danny Salazar took the loss in Wednesday’s game, an unwanted end result, the performance was much of the same.That is, ace-level pitching from the No. 3...
View ArticleBarberton Speedway reopens; two brothers keep 68-year-old tradition alive
On Saturday nights, a familiar sound rides the wind, blanketing the east side of Barberton as it has for nearly 70 years.Follow the soft buzz across the city’s northwest border into neighboring Norton,...
View ArticleMalcolm X Abram: Prince was a singular artist whose death breaks our hearts
I can’t.Honestly, I just can’t.Even though Prince Rogers Nelson has been one of the reasons I aspired to do and still do this job, I can’t sit at my desk and wax philosophical on an artist whose music...
View ArticleReward offered in fatal Akron shooting
A reward is being offered for information leading to the identification or arrest of the person or persons responsible for the shooting death of Damon J. Harris, 24, of Hillwood Drive in Akron. On...
View ArticleWater main break closes Barberton and Norton schools, puts 29,000 customers...
Nearly 6,000 Barberton and Norton students got the day off school Wednesday because of an unfortunately situated water main break between Barber and Clark Mill roads in Norton. In addition to closing...
View Article2016 NFL Draft: Browns own 12 picks, including six of top 100, after trading...
The Browns withdrew from the running for one of the two top-rated quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft by trading down Wednesday from the second overall pick to the eighth as part of a blockbuster...
View ArticleCavaliers fans remain confident their favorite team can win an NBA championship
CLEVELAND: There was a sea of Cavaliers fans dressed in wine, gold and blue Wednesday night all around downtown Cleveland.Zach Cain, his wife, Holly Cain, and their 10-month-old daughter, Ariana, were...
View ArticleKayakers to spotlight the whitewater of the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga Falls
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Back when the idea of removing dams along the Cuyahoga River was still years from actually happening, kayak lovers used to fantasize about hometown races on the new whitewater. Now...
View ArticleTeacher charged with dragging, holding down students, taping mouths shut
A former teacher was charged Friday with abusing three children during nap time at a private school in Coventry Township.Kiara Davis, 22, of Akron, is charged with three counts of child endangering....
View ArticleMan gets 6 years for robbing elderly women in Stow parking lot
A Mogadore man was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to robbing elderly women in three separate incidents in a medical facility parking lot.Keith Karlo, 49, was convicted...
View ArticleTwo Canton residents charged with selling meth to undercover officers at...
Summit County drug agents arrested two Canton residents Thursday after they tried to sell a large amount of methamphetamine to undercover officers, authorities said. Patricia Powers, 43, and Eric...
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