Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue hoping to add recently retired Kevin Garnett to...
INDEPENDENCE: Even in retirement, Kevin Garnett is in demand. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue acknowledged Thursday he has discussed the possibility of Garnett joining the Cavs coaching staff in some...
View ArticleBrowns notebook: Kicker Cody Parkey confident he’ll rebound: ‘We’re going to...
BEREA: Cody Parkey could have been kicked to the curb, but the Browns stood by him after his disastrous debut with them.The kicker made just 3-of-6 field goals Sunday in a 30-24 overtime loss to the...
View ArticlePositivity goes a long way and gets runner to the finish line
When a Pittsburgh woman hit the 11.4-mile mark of the Akron Marathon on Saturday, she was almost ready to call it quits.But as Barbara Ford, 57, hobbled past one of 13 Hero Zones manned by Akron...
View ArticleHillary Clinton coming to Akron on Monday for voter registration event
Hillary Clinton will visit Akron on Monday for the first time since winning the Democratic nomination for president, her campaign announced Friday.She plans to attend an Ohio Democratic Party voter...
View ArticleClinton’s ‘nasty’ Trump ads are mostly his own words
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is making “nasty” ads about him. Most of Clinton’s commercials about Trump, though, merely include clips of him speaking. Her campaign seems to have...
View ArticleTalented Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins presents stiff challenge for...
Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins doesn’t remember much from his first regular season NFL start, which happened to come against the Browns.There isn’t much to remember other than the win, actually....
View ArticleHigh school football Friday night scoreboard
Friday’s GamesNon-leagueMassillon 38, Austintown Fitch 21Buckeye 35, Wellington 21Sandy Valley 41, East Canton 7Ellet 48, Green 34LaGrange Keystone 16, Black River 7Canton Central Catholic 31,...
View ArticleRavenna cemetery accused of failing to provide headstones, vaults, other...
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is suing two cemeteries – one in Ravenna – for selling but failing to provide gravestones and other memorial items to numerous customers.The lawsuit accuses Grandview...
View ArticleKSU’s president is compensated with hefty bonus in her annual review
KENT: Kent State University President Beverly Warren will receive a $93,636 bonus — a performance incentive for her second year in office.The bonus is 20 percent of her base salary. She is paid...
View ArticleSpirit Airlines landing at Akron-Canton Airport in November, but area is not...
Akron-Canton Airport’s newest airline arriving in November is new to the region, but the region and airport aren’t new to the head of Spirit Airlines.Spirit Airlines Chief Executive Officer Bob Fornaro...
View ArticleHigh school roundup: Crestwood tops previously unbeaten Mogadore 24-7
Portage TrailCrestwood 24, Mogadore 7Logan Thut rushed for 159 yards and a touchdown, and the host Red Devils (5-1, 1-0) scored 24 unanswered points to defeat the Wildcats (5-1, 0-1) in a County...
View ArticleHigh school football / Jackson 35, GlenOak 10: Undefeated Polar Bears make...
JACKSON TOWNSHIP: It was either going to be a definitive night in the Federal League or a night in which the league race took on the look of scrambled eggs.It turned out to be a definitive all right....
View ArticleHigh school football / East 28, Firestone 12: Jemarulin Suggs powers Dragons...
Jemarulin Suggs gave everyone a sneak peek Friday night of what the near future might hold for the University of Akron’s running game.The 5-foot-11 senior running back, who recently committed to play...
View ArticleHigh school scores, summaries and schedules — Sept. 30
FOOTBALLScoreboardFriday’s ResultsAlliance at West Branch, ppd.Archbishop Hoban 41, Mentor Lake Cath. 10Aurora 43, Highland 10Avon 42, Lakewood 6Avon Lake 35, Amherst Steele 14Barberton 41, West Holmes...
View ArticleBrowns plan to part with Josh Gordon: ‘We’re going to move on,’ coach Hue...
BEREA: When the Browns part with Josh Gordon, it’ll just be a formality, and coach Hue Jackson spoke Friday as if the organization is ready to move on.“I think what we need to do is just close that...
View ArticleLeBron James turns up heat on Cavaliers to sign free agent J.R. Smith
INDEPENDENCE: LeBron James has been through this before. Just last year, fellow Klutch Sports client Tristan Thompson was embroiled in a contract dispute with the Cavaliers and James did his best to...
View ArticleUniversity of Akron football: Timing of little consequence when Zips facing...
Sticking out on the schedule like a thumb hit by a hammer, the grudge match between the University of Akron and Kent State football teams won’t get end-of-the-season treatment this year.Instead of...
View ArticleHigh school football / Ellet 48, Green 34: Marquise Bridges scores five...
GREEN: Football may be a team sport, but it’s always nice to have a game-changing player at running back and defensive back.Ellet senior Marquise Bridges is that type of player for coach Joe Yost, and...
View ArticleRare LeBron rookie card now up for auction could fetch $200,000 plus
Owning a piece of a hometown King will cost you a princely sum.What is being billed as the “world’s rarest and most valuable” LeBron James basketball trading card is up for auction. With the clock...
View ArticleReporter with a gun: Lessons from the firing range
From the porch behind my uncle’s house, I watched my dad shoot a silver handgun at a makeshift target. The series of bullets scattered wood debris as they struck the base of an old oak at the forest’s...
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