Archive for May 17th, 2008
Cavaliers force Game 7, head back to Beantown
CLEVELAND — LeBron James likes to say a playoff series doesn’t start until the visiting team wins a game. The Cavaliers gave themselves one last chance to do so by defeating the Boston Celtics 74-69 in Game 6 Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena, setting up a seventh and deciding game Sunday at 3:30 […]
Governor talks of rebuilding
ELYRIA — A Democrat in the White House, a majority in the Ohio House, economic relief and no political blowback at election time from the Mark Dann scandal.
Those were the assurances Gov. Ted Strickland made to more than 300 local Democrats when he spoke Friday night at Lorain County Community College.
“There […]
Cavaliers commentary: Cleveland wasn’t going out on this night
The Cavaliers’ reign as the Eastern Conference champions isn’t over just yet. It may happen this weekend — history says it almost certainly will — but it was not going to occur Friday night. Not on their home floor and not in front of a rabid sellout crowd that wasn’t ready for the party to […]
New chief wants focus back on fighting fire
ELYRIA — Interim Fire Chief Joe Pronesti said he can sum up his first day as leader of the Fire Department with one word: Trepidation.
Early Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Mayor Bill Grace promoted him, Pronesti walked into the fire chief’s office and surveyed the scene. Paperwork, folders and books — […]
Cavaliers: West’s buzzer-beater helps turn tide
CLEVELAND — It was a turn for the best as far as the Cavaliers were concerned Friday night in their huge 74-69 series-tying and season-saving win over the Celtics at The Q. When the Cavs forced Boston’s Paul Pierce into a turnover at midcourt as the final seconds of the first half ticked away, […]
H.S. Baseball: Amherst’s Bartizal hits 2 homers in win over Elyria
AMHERST — The long ball proved the key for Amherst and the undoing for Elyria on Friday night in a Division I sectional championship game. Amherst’s Ryan Bartizal hit two homers — a solo shot and a two-run blast — that gave Amherst a 4-3 win. The Comets (17-7) move into the district semifinal […]