The Akron Road and Hartman Road intersection in Wadsworth will be closed for approximately 60 days beginning Monday, June 25, due to realignment of the intersection. Akron Road (state Route 261) will be closed between Briarthorn Crescent and Williams Reserve Boulevard. Hartman Road will be closed at Farr Avenue south of Akron Road and at [...]

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BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School lost one of its beloved coaches this past weekend. Blue Devils varsity girls soccer coach Dave Zahs died from an apparent massive heart attack at his Olmsted Falls home Sunday. Zahs, 50, had just returned home from a bike ride with his family — wife Lee Ann and 14-year-old son Jay.“I [...]

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CLEVELAND — Charlie Manuel is well known for his humorous baseball anecdotes and side-splitting stories. Now he can tell the one about how he won games at Jacobs Field as a manager in both dugouts.
Manuel’s Phillies evened their interleague series with the Indians at a game apiece Tuesday night, outslugging Cleveland 9-6 in Manuel’s first [...]

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It’s now been almost a week since the Cavaliers lost to the San Antonio Spurs in four games in the NBA Finals, so I think it’s safe to air a few closing comments without making any emotional “sweeping” statements.
The Cavaliers deserved to be in the NBA Finals: Granted, Cleveland had a fairly easy path to [...]

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CLEVELAND — Jake Westbrook will return to the Indians’ rotation on Sunday, pitching in the series finale at Washington. Jason Stanford, the pitcher Westbrook will replace, who knows?
“We haven’t come to any resolution,” said Cleveland manager Eric Wedge. “It’s going to take more conversations that’s ultimately going to lead to a difficult decision.”
The decision hinges [...]

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Random thoughts from the stands at Quicken Loans Arena, where the Cavaliers’ brain trust is preparing for the NBA Draft on June 28:
The last thing Cleveland needs right now is to add any inexperienced players via the draft, which is why it should resist the urge to acquire a pick and sit the night out.
The [...]

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BEREA — Don’t count out Derek Anderson. 
While national pundits are focused on incumbent Charlie Frye and first-round draft pick Brady Quinn in the battle to be the Browns’ starting quarterback for the opener Sept. 9 vs. Pittsburgh, Anderson looked the best during the organized team activities and minicamp practices open to the media. With training [...]

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CLEVELAND — There is an immensity to everything that is Ryan Howard. Despite being in only his second full big-league season, he is a hulking figure at the plate: 6-foot-4, 250-plus pounds.  
He has biceps that would take two large hands to fully encircle, thick powerful forearms and — more noticeable in the locker room [...]

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MEDINA — Former Medina High football player Jamaul Pearson will continue his gridiron career at Heidelberg College.
Pearson, a 5-foot-10, 186-pound running back, was a three-year letterwinner for the Bees, who qualified for the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I state playoffs for the first time in school history this past season.
Pearson finished his career [...]

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Life has been a blur lately for aspiring singer-songwriter-guitarist Anthony James Vorndran, a 2001 Medina High School graduate.
“I was in the band for the last three years, and we broke up about six or seven months ago,” said Vorndran. “Basically right now I am in the midst of trying to get a record deal. I [...]

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