Terrelle Pryor provides Browns with bright spot in loss but receives nasty...
CLEVELAND: Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor used a kill-them-with-kindness approach after taking more barbs from New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins.Pryor caught six passes for a game-high...
View ArticleNFL notebook: Patriots’ Gronkowski injures back
New England tight end Rob Gronkowski left the game late in the first quarter with a back injury. He had been uncertain to play after missing last week’s game with a chest injury. It was not immediately...
View ArticleNBA: Toronto Raptors bring up rookie first-round pick from D-League
Nuggets 120, Suns 114Wilson Chandler scored 25 points, Jameer Nelson added 21 and the Denver Nuggets held off the host Phoenix Suns for a victory Sunday.Eric Bledsoe led Phoenix with 33 points. Devin...
View ArticleCavaliers notebook: Early start on Sunday forced Cavs to leave Ohio...
PHILADELPHIA: Despite sideline passes to one of the biggest college football games of the year, Cavaliers players watched the end of Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan game like everyone else: on a...
View ArticleMarla Ridenour: As postgame confab runs late, Browns coach Hue Jackson had...
CLEVELAND: Going back to 1981, to my first season covering the Browns under Sam Rutigliano, a coach has never not been the first to address the media after a game.Even when Butch Davis had a panic...
View ArticleBrowns analysis: Nate Ulrich breaks down 27-13 loss to New York Giants
What went right: Inside linebacker Chris Kirksey was one of the few bright spots. He had 10 tackles, including one for loss. It was the fourth time this season he’s compiled double-digit tackles. Wide...
View ArticleGiants 27, Browns 13: Coach Hue Jackson says ‘0-12 is probably the hardest...
CLEVELAND: Browns coach Hue Jackson uttered the words “being 0-12 is probably the hardest thing ever.”Then he pursed his lips and tapped the side of the podium eight or nine times with his right hand...
View ArticleCavaliers 112, 76ers 108: Kyrie Irving’s big fourth quarter propels...
PHILADELPHIA: This time, Kyrie Irving arrived early and closed out the 76ers late. This time, there was no presidential motorcade, no traffic gridlock and no need for an Uber. This time, Irving shined...
View ArticleOhio auditor: Coventry would save $1 million by turning away hundreds of...
The financially distressed Coventry Local Schools could save $1 million if administrators turn away 666 students who go to school there but live outside the district.That’s the recommendation of a...
View ArticleMother of Cleveland man killed on I-90 says son was targeted
CLEVELAND: The mother of a 24-year-old Cleveland man who was fatally shot while driving along Interstate 90 last week believes her son may have been targeted in the attack.Michelle Norris, the mother...
View ArticleObama’s rough ride on health care offers lessons for Trump
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to undo...
View ArticleWrong-way driver killed in collision with other vehicles
COLUMBUS: Police say a woman has died after driving the wrong way on a central Ohio street and hitting another vehicle head-on.Columbus police say 60-year-old Bonita Allen, of Columbus, was killed...
View ArticleUA president names chief of staff
University of Akron President Matthew Wilson has named Barbara Weinzierl chief of staff for the office of the president.Weinzierl currently serves as assistant dean of admissions and strategic...
View ArticleCleveland man sentenced to nine years in prison in February shooting death at...
After a day of negotiations between attorneys, Antoine Bennett accepted an agreement late Monday afternoon and pleaded guilty to a February shooting death at an Akron party.Bennett, 32, of Cleveland...
View ArticleAkron officials, developers pitch $33 million redevelopment plan for vacant,...
By Doug LivingstonBeacon Journal staff writerPrivate developers and city officials are envisioning a downtown where restaurants and retailers give purpose to empty and historic buildings now...
View ArticleJury finds Akron woman guilty of murder in shooting death of her boyfriend
An Akron woman appeared stunned Monday afternoon when she heard that a Summit County jury had found her guilty of shooting and killing her boyfriend in January. Kerieda Beavers sat with her hands over...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Starting guard John Greco’s season ends early because of...
BEREA: Browns starting right guard John Greco made it a point to walk off the field under his own power Sunday as if he realized he might not return to it this year.Greco will miss the final four games...
View ArticleTrump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition
NEW YORK: The drama, disputes and falsehoods that permeated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are now roiling his transition to the White House, forcing aides to defend his baseless assertions of...
View ArticleHigh school football: Perry, Hoban, CCC prep for state title games
Three Akron-area teams are still practicing in preparation for games as the 2016 high school football season hits Week 15.Perry, Archbishop Hoban and Canton Central Catholic have earned the opportunity...
View ArticleCavaliers’ J.R. Smith searching for way to break out of career-worst shooting...
The worst shooting slump of J.R. Smith’s career has him pondering ways to break out of it. Another performance this dreary, and Smith may have to take matters into his own hands. Or feet, as it may be....
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