Archive for August 13th, 2008
Cavaliers pick up point guard Mo Williams in three-team trade
CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers are getting some help for LeBron James.
Cleveland has acquired Milwaukee Bucks point guard Mo Williams in a six-player, three-team trade to be completed Wednesday, the Akron Beacon Journal reported on its Web site citing an unnamed NBA executive.
The Cavaliers declined comment on the report.
The […]
Haul of fame: Phelps adds two more golds to become winningest Olympian ever with 11 career gold medals
BEIJING — A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals — and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. […]
Little League softball: Elyria East bounces back from opening loss in World Series, pounds Netherlands, 13-0
What a difference a day makes. Elyria East Little League rebounded from a heartbreaking 3-2 loss in Monday’s first game of the 2008 Junior Softball World Series with a 13-0 trouncing of Windmill Den Bosch, a team from the Netherlands, on Tuesday in Kirkland, Wash. Cynthia Woodard hit a […]
Indians win fifth straight: Offense comes through again, stages late rally to down Orioles
CLEVELAND — Here’s something that hasn’t been said often if at all this season: The Indians are on a roll. On the same day they waved goodbye to another one of their veteran players — pitcher Paul Byrd — the Indians again showed their post-trade resiliency by hanging a 7-5 loss on the Orioles […]
Bye, bye Byrdie: Indians trade veteran pitcher to Boston
CLEVELAND — Paul Byrd, one of the more classy players in the Indians clubhouse, is taking his act to Boston. In a move to send the veteran right-hander to greener pastures while saving money in the process, the Indians traded Byrd to the Red Sox on Tuesday for a player to be […]
Toxic spill sparks panic at gas station
AVON — Potentially lethal fumes sent a trucker to the hospital and closed down a gas station Tuesday after 35 gallons of a toxic, syrupy liquid leaked out of a New Jersey-bound semi.
Emergency crews evacuated everyone in a 165-foot radius from the back parking lot of the Pilot station on state Route 611 […]