By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE —Cavaliers coach Mike Brown hasn’t won over everybody in Northeast Ohio, but he’s got the full support of the man who matters most.
Not owner Dan Gilbert. And not general manager Danny Ferry, though both men are completely behind their head coach.
LeBron James.
“I’m happy he’s my coach,” the 6-foot-8, 250-pounder said [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — It was a lot more subtle than most of the pre-series trash-talking done by the Washington Wizards, but at least one Cavaliers player suggested Wednesday that the opponent’s rough-house tactics are backfiring.
The Wizards, a fairly soft, run-and-gun team in the regular season, attempted to get tough with Cleveland superstar [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
One of the plethora of publications critiquing prospects for the NFL Draft refers to Vernon Gholston as being built “like a Greek god.”
Meant as a compliment, the description doesn’t do Gholston justice. After all, when was the last time Zeus or Apollo bench pressed 225 pounds 37 times at the scouting combine?
Gholston, [...]

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By ALBERT GRINDLE
Staff Writer
Brunswick’s softball team is playing great heading into the brunt of Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division play, but don’t think Blue Devils coach Julie Salzman is looking ahead.
Brunswick has a pair of big games with former Pioneer Conference rival Strongsville next week that will either keep the Blue Devils on the same [...]

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COLUMBIA TWP. — The Buckeye girls softball team gave Patriot Athletic Conference power Columbia all it could handle before falling 2-1 Wednesday.
The Bucks (3-9, 1-5) struck first scoring a single run in the first.
Problem was Columbia (11-1, 5-1) put single runs on the scoreboard in the fifth and sixth innings to pull out the [...]

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COLUMBIA TWP. — Buckeye’s baseball team put the rubber to the road and never let off the gas on Wednesday, shellacking Columbia 12-5 in Patriot Athletic Conference play.
Scoring 12 runs by the fourth inning, the Bucks (3-6, 2-4) played rude visitors to the Raiders (5-6, 3-3) as Kurt Miller (1-3) picked up his first win [...]

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MEDINA — Three singles and a goose egg in doubles is all Medina’s boys tennis team needed to beat Mayfield 4-1 in Northeast Ohio Conference action.
Lucas Walters, Zach Peters and Chris Haslam all won straight-set matches Wednesday to lift the Bees over the Wildcats.
The second doubles tandem of Clint Lehotan and Jordan Johnston won 6-0, [...]

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From staff reports
BRUNSWICK — As far as track meets go, they don’t get more exciting than the battle waged between the girls of Medina and Brunswick on Wednesday in Northeast Ohio Conference action.
The Bees mustered just enough to stop the Blue Devils in a 69-68 thriller that people around Judy Kirsch Stadium are still buzzing [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — Judges at a national contest Tuesday declared the Rural Lorain County Water Authority has the second-tastiest tap water in the country.
The Great American Water Taste Test is sponsored by the National Rural Water Association, an organization of rural and small municipal water systems.
“It’s done the same way as a wine-tasting [...]

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Nancy J. Bek, 79, of Chicago, Ill., formerly of Medina, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2008, in Chicago.
She was born Jan. 29, 1929, in Webster Springs, W.Va. She formerly worked in administration at Medina General Hospital.
She is survived by her husband, Jong Bek of Chicago; son, Richard A. (Linda) Gregory of Winter Springs, Fla.; daughter, [...]

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