Ever since the Continental Congress requested a day of prayer for the colonies as they began to create a nation back in 1775, prayer for the country continues to be part of U.S. history. Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of “humiliation, fasting and prayer” in 1863, and President Harry S. Truman signed a congressional resolution [...]

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By JUDY A. TOTTS
Religion Editor
MEDINA — “If you take away a single flower from a bouquet, is it still a bouquet? If you take away a single child from a family, is it still a family? The answers are yes, but the bouquet and the family will never be the same again.”
That’s how Ty [...]

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By JOHN BENSON
Special to The Gazette
It’s a time of action for contemporary Christian artist Sara Groves, who used her latest effort, “Tell Me What You Know,” as a wake-up call to her own faith.
“In the last few years, I’ve kind of crawled out from under the rock I was living under concerning social justice,” said [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — LeBron James passed the basketball, but his teammates, coach and playoff opponent passed the credit right back to him.
James penetrated and kicked the ball to a wide-open Delonte West for a 3-pointer from the left corner with 5.4 seconds to go, propelling the Cavaliers to a 100-97 win [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Phil Savage could only sit still for so long.
After watching the NFL Draft as a bystander for three rounds, the Browns general manager thrust himself back into the action Sunday with a pair of trades near the top of the fourth round. Savage used the picks on UNLV linebacker Beau [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMERStaff Writer
CLEVELAND — C.C. Sabathia appears to have figured out what ailed him through his first four starts of the season. But the ace’s reversal of fortunes didn’t do the Indians any good Sunday against the Yankees and Chien-Ming Wang.
Though Sabathia eased plenty of fears around the organization with his second consecutive ace-like [...]

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Beau Bell
Linebacker
Selection: Fourth round, 104th pick (Acquired from Dallas for 2008 fourth- and fifth-round picks). College: Nevada-Las Vegas. Height: 6-foot-1¾. Weight: 250. Age: 21. High school: Tustin (California).
Career highlights: Fifth-leading tackler in Mountain West Conference history with 320. … MWC Defensive Player of the Year in 2007. … Started all 12 games at weak-side linebacker [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The whole Jay-Z vs. Soulja Boy angle just won’t go away when it comes to the first-round playoff series between the Cavaliers and Washington Wizards.
A story Sunday in the Washington Post said Cavaliers small forward LeBron James hosted a party Friday night at a nightclub called Love, which [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
The NFL Record and Fact Book will forever list James “Beau” Beaumont Bell as the Browns’ top draft pick in 2008. That he was chosen in the fourth round with the 104th overall choice is irrelevant. He is now a part of the franchise’s rich history.
“I never really thought about it that [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Good things came in 3-pointers for the Cavaliers in their 100-97 win over the Washington Wizards in Game 4 Sunday afternoon at the Verizon Center.
After going just 2-of-16 from behind the arc in losing Game 3 by 36 points, Cleveland came back to make 13-of-28 from long range [...]

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