Archive for August 26th, 2007
Browns, QBs look better in win over Broncos
DENVER — The Browns got more accomplished in their two-day trip to the Rockies than they did in two home games and a month of training camp. Charlie Frye got the start and maintained his slight edge in the quarterback competition with an 80-yard touchdown drive on the game’s first possession. It was the […]
McFarland Era at Oberlin has winning beginning
Hans Schneider The Chronicle-Telegram OBERLIN — It’s over. Finished. Caput. Put to rest. It wasn’t the prettiest game, in fact, at times it was downright ugly. But the Oberlin Phoenix ended their 37-game on-field losing streak Saturday afternoon with a 14-8 triple-overtime win over the Ashtabula Sts. John & Paul […]
High school football: Avon Lake wears down Avon
CLEVELAND — If you like your football with a lot of offense, you loved the Avon Lake-Avon battle in the annual charity game at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Saturday night. The two teams put on a first-half slugfest before the Shoremen pulled away for a 50-25 win in a renewal of a rivalry that […]
Browns notes: Zastudil proves you can go home again
DENVER — You’re not allowed to throw out the records in football. If you were, Dave Zastudil’s first year as a Cleveland Brown would’ve been perfect. Not only did the Bay High School graduate return home, he had his best punting year in five seasons as a professional. “It was great, besides being […]
Indians’ hitters wake up, bang out 17 hits in win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aaron Laffey kept the Kansas City Royals beating the ball into the ground and the Cleveland Indians came through for him with some run support.
Making his third big league start, Laffey got 14 groundball outs in six innings and Grady Sizemore and Victor Martinez […]
Chris Assenheimer: Reasons why the Indians, er, Tigers will win the Central
If you believe the players and pretty much everyone else who is following the Central Division race, it’s going to come down to the Indians and Tigers. The Twins are still in the hunt, but they have to make up ground on two teams, and barring a monumental collapse from Cleveland and Detroit over […]