High school football/Stow 41, Brecksville 7: Bulldogs roll over previously...
STOW: Brecksville entered Friday’s game against Stow undefeated, but its inability to move the ball on offense or stop a high-octane Bulldogs offense cost the Bees a chance at a perfect regular...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Oct. 21
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 ArticleCavaliers projected opening night roster
Projected opening night roster:Name Ht/Wt Yr. PPG RPG APGChris Andersen 6-10/245 15th 3.9 3.6 0.3Comment: Former teammate to LeBron in Miami, “Birdman” will bring hustle and muscle off bench …...
View ArticleCiting aging inmates, Ohio says it will again move death row
TOLEDO: Ohio is moving its death row for the third time in little over a decade, this time because of the growing number of aging inmates serving death sentences, state prison officials said...
View ArticleBob Dyer: The CFLs from hell
Don’t you just love CFL bulbs?The ones that unleash toxic mercury if you break them?The ones that don’t get bright until they warm up?The ones that are an aesthetic nightmare, glaring out from your...
View ArticleUA students, staff fan out across Akron for Make a Difference Day
“Hello, President Wilson,” Devon Anderson hollered Saturday afternoon, standing waist deep in peonies, waving at the University of Akron’s new leader with hedge clippers in one hand and a fistful of...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules —
FOOTBALLScoreboardSaturday’s ResultsCle. Cent. Cath. 44, Garfield Hts. Trinity 12Cle. St. Ignatius 31, Cin. St. Xavier 14Cle. VASJ 14, Warren JFK 10East 26, Buchtel 21Garfield Hts. 42, Parma Normandy...
View ArticleLeBron vs. East in playoffs
How LeBron James has fared in playoff series against Eastern Conference teams:Chicago 4-0Atlanta 3-0Indiana 3-0Washington 3-0N.J./Brooklyn 2-0Philadelphia 1-0New York 1-0Milwaukee 1-0Charlotte...
View ArticleHow elections for the U.S. House in Ohio are rigged
Where are elections truly “rigged”? The label doesn’t apply to the presidential race, whatever the protestations of Donald Trump. It doesn’t fit for local elections or statewide races. The problem...
View ArticleSupreme Court ruling makes it harder to monitor U.S. elections
WASHINGTON: Next month’s presidential election will be the first in more than 50 years that the federal government won’t send special observers to monitor elections in states with histories of...
View ArticleAT&T buying HBO and CNN owner Time Warner for $85.4 billion
NEW YORK: AT&T is buying Time Warner, the owner of the Warner Bros. movie studio as well as HBO and CNN, for $85.4 billion in a deal that could shake up the media landscape.The acquisition would...
View ArticleIndians reliever Andrew Miller, ALCS MVP, is one of baseball’s best weapons
CLEVELAND: Michael Jackson’s Beat It has become an anthem of destruction in Cleveland. That’s the song that plays as Indians relief pitcher Andrew Miller jogs out of the bullpen and warms up. And it...
View ArticleCavaliers preview: Eastern Conference foes still scrambling for ways to take...
CLEVELAND: It won’t be long now until LeBron James slides another ring on his finger and looks to the sky as another banner he all but stitched together is hoisted into history. Meanwhile, the rest of...
View ArticleObituary: Barberton Historical Society President Steve Kelleher, 63
Steve Kelleher was only 21 years old when he decided to dedicate his future to Barberton’s past.It was 1974, and he’d never gotten over the feeling of watching bulldozers take down the mansion of town...
View ArticleTrump rails against ‘corrupt’ Clinton, ‘lying’ media in Cleveland
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerCLEVELAND: Donald Trump rampaged against Hillary Clinton and the media Saturday in Cleveland as the presidential campaign took another nasty turn 17 days...
View ArticleFormer RubberDucks and Aeros players make it big with Indians
It was a humid July afternoon in 2015 and the skinny lefty on the mound at Canal Park was sweating along with everyone else.Ryan Merritt had thrown 77 pitches for the RubberDucks and was on the verge...
View Article3 of 4 Ohioans say Trump is disrespectful to those unlike him
Crooked Hillary. Lock Her Up. Basket of Deplorables. The tone of the 2016 presidential race may be the most uncivilized and disrespectful in recent American history.But something else is different too:...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Center Cameron Erving leaves game with illness as offensive...
CINCINNATI: Browns center Cameron Erving didn’t play in the second half of Sunday’s 31-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals because of what the team called an illness.A Browns spokesman said it wasn’t...
View ArticleBrowns analysis: Nate Ulrich breaks down 31-17 loss to Cincinnati Bengals
What went right: Is this a trick question? Hey, at least the Browns figured out how to run the ball again after being totally ineffective in that category in the previous two games. They rushed 26...
View Article2 workers at separate Akron auto shops attacked
Akron police are seeking suspects they believe may be connected to two recent attacks on auto shop workers. Beacon Journal news partner Newsnet5.com reports that two men at separate shops were...
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