Archive for December 11th, 2007
Playboy triplet sentenced for assault
Vicki Satterfield, who was featured in an August pictorial in Playboy, has been sentenced to probation for taking a swing at a police officer who responded to a dispute at Club 57, a men’s club.
Satterfield, 23, who appeared in the magazine along with her sisters in “Small-Town Triplets,” pleaded no contest to […]
It’s fast, it’s furious, it’s futsal: Miniature version of soccer catching on
It seems peculiar, the sprawling game of soccer condensed to the confines of a basketball court, its players reduced to bumpers in a giant pinball machine. The game’s odd appearance is matched only by its unusual name: futsal.
Short for futbol sala — loosely translated as indoor soccer — futsal is played in soccer-crazed countries all […]
Browns facing another big game: Playoff implications abound vs. Bills
BEREA — When the schedule came out in the spring, it looked like a December dog only the Ian Eagle-Solomon Wilcots broadcasting team could love.
Seven months later, Browns-Bills is the biggest matchup either team’s seen in years and Cleveland’s most important game since 2002. The interest stretches far beyond the Lake Erie Snow Belt as […]
Browns notes: Record-tying performance just part of Edwards’ progress
BEREA — Coach Romeo Crennel isn’t one to pile on the praise, so he must be impressed that receiver Braylon Edwards tied Gary Collins’ 44-year-old franchise record with 13 touchdown catches in a season.
Edwards caught a 4-yarder Sunday in a 24-18 win over the Jets.
“It’s a good statement for the Browns, that now we have […]
College basketball: Slow learners, but Ohio State wins anyway
COLUMBUS — Coppin State slowed the game to a series of 35-second possessions and it took Ohio State almost the whole game to figure it out.
In the end, Evan Turner scored 13 points and made several big plays down the stretch in his first collegiate start to lead the Buckeyes past the Eagles 47-39 on […]
Possible return of LeBron James, Anderson Varejao lifts Cavaliers’ spirits
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James spoke of the “good vibes” surrounding the team, while coach Mike Brown felt a sense of “euphoria.”
And to think the defending Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers are in the midst of a six-game losing streak, their longest since a similar skid in 2004-05.
“It’s starting to feel good around here,” James said Monday […]