By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — The Washington Wizards are smarting a bit after losing Game 1 of their best-of-seven playoff series 93-86, but the Cavaliers know they have to play more intelligently when it comes to defending unique power forward Antawn Jamison.
Jamison, who lives on the perimeter, put up 23 points and 19 rebounds [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK

There is a time for talk, and there is a time for action. The Cavaliers chose the latter option on Saturday afternoon against the Washington Wizards.
After listening to Gilbert Arenas and DeShawn Stevenson flap their gums and make ridiculous statements for the past several weeks, Cleveland got down and dirty in its 2008 [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — DeShawn Stevenson tried to get in his head with some trash-talking. Andray Blatche hit him in the side of the face on a drive. Brendan Haywood stood over him after knocking him down on an illegal screen.
Each and every time, LeBron James got up and came back for more, [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — With LeBron James less than 100 percent, the consensus was that — even as good as he is — “King James” would not be able to go it alone against the Washington Wizards in the opening round of the playoffs.
In Game 1 at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday, James had [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — LeBron James now knows for sure that his teammates have his back.
That was readily apparent to everyone at Quicken Loans Arena on Saturday for the Cavaliers’ 93-86 victory over the Washington Wizards in Game 1 of a best-of-seven playoff series.
With 1.3 seconds left in the first half, James was [...]

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WOOSTER — Wadsworth’s baseball team swept Wooster in a non-league doubleheader Saturday, 14-6 and 9-6 in 10 innings.
In a baseball rarity, Will Earle picked up both victories for the Grizzlies. He tossed 3 1/3 innings of three-hit ball to notch the “W” in game one and three more frames in game two, allowing just three [...]

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AKRON — Brunswick’s softball team made a statement Saturday at the Firestone Spring Showcase.
Not only did the Blue Devils drill Suburban League contender Revere 9-0, they crushed always-tough Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 10-0 in a mercy-rule shortened contest.
Senior and reigning Gazette MVP Emlyn Knerem (6-1) was on top of her game with back-to-back one hit [...]

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CUYAHOGA FALLS — Wadsworth’s boys track team is starting to hit its stride.
Not only did the Grizzlies win the Warrior Relays Saturday at Walsh Jesuit High, but in doing so, they nearly set a number of records.
Senior Sean Kemmerer was one-tenth of a second shy of breaking his own school mark in winning the [...]

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ASHTABULA - Wadsworth’s boys tennis team got a nice win from Michael Farver and Alex Bach at first doubles Saturday, but dropped a 4-1 decision to Ashtabula Lakeside in an opening-round match in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Tournament.
Farver and Bach scored a 6-4, 7-5 triumph over Lakeside’s Jeramy Fobes and Chase Brown for the [...]

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Keri Gibson (above), 3, of Hinckley Township, watches intently as the Illusion Factory of Akron acts out the tale of Christopher Robin and his friends Winnie-the-Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet and Rabbit, Sunday afternoon at the Brunswick Community Recreation and Fitness Center. Keri’s uncle, Jim Volkert Jr. (below), played Pooh. (Shirley Ware | Photo Editor)

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