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Choo gives Indians offense some bite
CLEVELAND — Indians hitters have gone hungry for the majority of this homestand. Friday night at Progressive Field, they feasted like kings.
Scoring a combined 13 runs in their five previous games, the Indians went on the warpath in their series opener with Oakland, battering the A’s 15-3 behind a 15-hit attack, which included eight extra-base [...]
Tribe notes: Choo has delivered
CLEVELAND — One positive in this otherwise disappointing Indians season has been the emergence of outfielder Shin-Soo Choo.
In his first full season as a big league starter, the South Korean has excelled in nearly every area, entering Friday with a .292 batting average, 10 home runs, 46 RBIs, 12 stolen bases and eight outfield assists [...]
Keystone’s Dill named 2nd-team All-American
Keystone star Kara Dill, the only Lorain County softball player ever to earn first-team All-Ohio honors four times, has been named a second-team All-American.
Dill, who shared the Lorain County Miss Softball award this spring, was chosen by ESPN RISE Magazine and EA Sports. Among many other accomplishments, Dill is the Wildcats’ career hits leader. Her [...]
Cavaliers targeting guard Anthony Parker
CLEVELAND — Trevor Ariza and Ron Artest opted to trade places out West, so the Cavaliers’ free-agent quest has shifted to the Great White North.
Toronto Raptors shooting guard Anthony Parker, a skilled defender and perimeter player, is reportedly the new object of Cleveland’s affections. The two-time Euroleague MVP is believed to be seeking the NBA [...]
Crushers rally for win in 10th inning
AVON — Maybe there is something to that “Freight Magic.”
Down 2-0 heading into their last at-bats, the Crushers rallied for two runs in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, then got a two-out, two-run double by Andrew Davis in the 10th to send a near-capacity crowd of 4,969 fans — the second-largest [...]
Cavaliers: Shaq makes good first impression, wants to get LeBron a title
INDEPENDENCE — Shaquille O’Neal wasted no time making his 7-foot-1,
325-pound presence felt.
Clad in a black suit, pink dress shirt and bright pink tie, the 37-year-old center was both serious and funny in his first news conference since being acquired by the Cavaliers.
“My motto is very simple: Win a ring for ‘The King,’” O’Neal said Thursday [...]
H.S. Softball: Sito named All-American; Pioneers ranked 29th in nation
Tess Sito, who pitched and batted Elyria to the Division I softball state championship June 6, has been selected a first-team All-American by ESPN RISE Magazine and EA Sports, Inc.
In addition, the magazine and sports videogame maker ranked the Pioneers 29th in their final nationwide poll.
Of the 28 teams ranked ahead of Elyria, 27 are [...]
Indians: More options, but little success in outfield
CLEVELAND — There are few things Eric Wedge could have predicted about this disappointing season, but the Indians manager did see into the future during his club’s spring training debut in Goodyear, Ariz., when he had a handful of career infielders try their luck in the outfield.
Wedge played Ryan Garko, Jamey Carroll and Josh Barfield [...]
Wimbledon: Serena, Venus set for Sister Act IV
WIMBLEDON, England — Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage.
So once again, the patriarch of the greatest sister act in tennis history is heading home to the United States before the Wimbledon final. [...]
Browns: Judge refuses to release video of Stallworth accident
MIAMI — A judge refused Thursday to release surveillance video depicting the moment a car driven by Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth struck and killed a pedestrian in a drunk-driving crash.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy said the privacy interests of the family of victim Mario Reyes outweighed the public’s right to view the video. [...]