Browns plan to part with Josh Gordon: ‘We’re going to move on,’ coach Hue...
BEREA: When the Browns part with Josh Gordon, it’ll just be a formality, and coach Hue Jackson spoke Friday as if the organization is ready to move on.“I think what we need to do is just close that...
View ArticleLeBron James turns up heat on Cavaliers to sign free agent J.R. Smith
INDEPENDENCE: LeBron James has been through this before. Just last year, fellow Klutch Sports client Tristan Thompson was embroiled in a contract dispute with the Cavaliers and James did his best to...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Timing of little consequence when Zips facing...
Sticking out on the schedule like a thumb hit by a hammer, the grudge match between the University of Akron and Kent State football teams won’t get end-of-the-season treatment this year.Instead of...
View ArticleHigh school football / Ellet 48, Green 34: Marquise Bridges scores five...
GREEN: Football may be a team sport, but it’s always nice to have a game-changing player at running back and defensive back.Ellet senior Marquise Bridges is that type of player for coach Joe Yost, and...
View ArticleRare LeBron rookie card now up for auction could fetch $200,000 plus
Owning a piece of a hometown King will cost you a princely sum.What is being billed as the “world’s rarest and most valuable” LeBron James basketball trading card is up for auction. With the clock...
View ArticleReporter with a gun: Lessons from the firing range
From the porch behind my uncle’s house, I watched my dad shoot a silver handgun at a makeshift target. The series of bullets scattered wood debris as they struck the base of an old oak at the forest’s...
View ArticleTrump shames ex-beauty pageant winner for her sexual past
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.: Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her “disgusting” sexual past and then — in one of presidential history’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron 31, Kent State 27: Backup quarterback Tra’Von Chapman...
KENT: The calendar normally reads late November when rivals Kent State and the University of Akron face off in the chill, but an early October day provided cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s —...
View ArticleBob Dyer: Vivid visions of Akron
I rarely write about books, mostly because I hate to read.Just kidding.We already have someone doing book reviews (Barbara McIntyre on Sundays), so we’ve got that covered. But in rare cases, I can’t...
View ArticleAkron-Canton racks up more weather records in September
The Akron-Canton area posted high temperatures and precipitation that went into the top 10 list for September.Unofficial data from the National Weather Service in Cleveland show that the average...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio native Matt Lanter stars in NBC’s new series ‘Timeless’
He’s already a pretty popular guy in the world of sci-fi having been the voice of Anakin Skywalker in the Clone Wars TV series.But if all goes well Monday night with the premiere of Timeless on NBC,...
View ArticleSacred blessings bestowed on pets at St. Luke’s in Cuyahoga Falls
CUYAHOGA FALLS: Gary Smerglia took his two best friends to church on Saturday for a special blessing.“God is love and it’s important to share that love and compassion with all of God’s creation,...
View ArticleBrowns vs. Redskins: Storylines
1. Wide receiver Terrelle Pryor is emerging as the Browns’ top offensive player and quite possibly the face of a franchise dealing with losing on a consistent basis. Pryor was a bright spot in last...
View ArticleUnscripted Trump overshadows his own economic message
NOVI, Mich.: Thousands of Michigan voters roared with approval as Donald Trump lashed out at an economic system he said was rigged against everyday Americans. They cheered louder when he declared that...
View ArticleLocal Muslims wary of Hungary’s anti-migrant referendum
BUDAPEST, Hungary: Muslims in Hungary say they are wary of the government’s anti-migrant referendum this weekend, which polls suggest has boosted xenophobic feelings.The government, contending that...
View ArticlePoll: Half of Trump backers don’t trust vote count
NEW YORK: Donald Trump is making the unprecedented assertion that the general election “is going to be rigged,” and many people who are drawn to his presidential campaign have major doubts about the...
View ArticleRecovering drug addict, 28 years sober: “There is hope. I’m proof.”
Marshon Whitley got down on her knees in October 1988 and asked God to take the taste of drugs out of her mouth.Nearly 28 years later, she is still sober and giving back as a licensed chemical...
View ArticleAfter keeping quiet for months, Cavs coach Tyronn Lue opens up about mother’s...
INDEPENDENCE: Coach Tyronn Lue knows why he broke down, why the tears flowed so freely after the Cavaliers won the NBA championship.It wasn’t just that he’d taken over in January, that he saw his team...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBALLScoreboardSaturday’s Results(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)Non-leagueColumbus Crusaders 20, Western Reserve Academy 6City SeriesBuchtel 72, Kenmore 12Greater Cleveland ConferenceShaker Heights...
View ArticleIndians 6, Royals 3: Francisco Lindor’s two-run double lifts Indians over...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.: Trevor Bauer was already in a foul mood when he learned he would start the Indians’ first game of the American League Division Series on Thursday against the Boston Red Sox.After...
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