By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND —Apparently, Larry Hughes is having more fun losing with the Chicago Bulls than he did reaching the NBA Finals with the Cavaliers.
“Winning a championship is not everything I base things on,” said Hughes, whose Bulls lost to the Cavaliers 95-86 Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. “I wouldn’t take being unhappy, [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — It seemed just like old times: LeBron James dominated the fourth quarter as Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden disappeared.
The difference Sunday was Hughes and Gooden were playing for the Chicago Bulls, who stood by helplessly as James rallied the Cavaliers to a 95-86 victory in front of a sellout [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
After spending the past three-and-a-half years watching LeBron James win games for his team, Drew Gooden got a different view of “The King” on Sunday afternoon.
James put the Cavaliers on his back in the fourth quarter and carried them to a 95-86 win over Gooden’s new ballclub, the Chicago Bulls, in a nationally [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — Steve Timoteo and Ben Buzzelli are apparently big fans of winter.
Both individuals lost early at the state wrestling tournament in Columbus, but both saw the snowball effect of what a couple wins can do at Value City Arena.
As a result Timoteo, who finished fourth in Division II at 152 and [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — Not up but not exactly down either, Tyler Houska and Brad Squire felt the emptiness of just missing the ultimate prize.
That’s not to say the duo from Highland and Wadsworth didn’t walk away with a strong feeling of accomplishment after finishing second in the state wrestling tournament on Saturday.
“It’s not [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Jake Westbrook finally made his exhibition debut Sunday, and it was a positive one.
Westbrook, who was scratched from his first start of the spring with a sore right arm — the first time he hasn’t opened the exhibition season for the Indians since 2003 — retired the side [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — The Browns offense stunned the NFL by ranking eighth in the league, but that didn’t mean there wasn’t room for improvement. 
So general manager Phil Savage signed former Patriots receiver Donte Stallworth on Saturday night to a seven-year, $35 million deal with $10 million guaranteed. Stallworth will move into the starting [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — After two years of strife, Richie Spicel got his just dessert on Saturday, winning the Division I, 140-pound weight class at the 71st annual state wrestling tournament in Value City Arena.
A Brunswick senior, Spicel took home a championship as a freshman but failed to claim another one until this year. [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — You don’t have to be on CBS to be a “Survivor” participant.
Medina High School Student Council brought the show to the school — a version of it anyway.
The event, called Senior Survivor Week, kicked off Sunday night, runs through Thursday and includes 10 seniors competing each night to avoid getting [...]

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Matilda D. Bodnar, 91, of Brunswick, passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008, at her residence.
She was born March 16, 1916, in Medina. She was a window designer for a department store. Mrs. Bodnar loved her children and enjoyed her pets, gardening when she could and cooking.
She is survived by her sons, James and [...]

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