By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — The Cavaliers are going to win a championship and LeBron James is going to be around to help them do it.
That was the message from team owner Dan Gilbert, who held a conference call with local media members Tuesday afternoon.
“We have no reason to doubt LeBron James or any [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
YOUNGSTOWN — Usually there’s a game within a game going on when it comes to high school softball. Pitchers try to set up hitters. Sacrifice bunts try to move base runners and safety squeezes eke runs across in a chess match that would make Bobby Fisher proud.
When Emlyn Knerem takes to the [...]

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Are the Cavaliers a better team today than they were at the end of the 2006-07 season? The question is simple, but the answer far from it.
“It would be interest-ing (to find out),” center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said after a long pause. “I don’t think we’re any worse. Last year, we just had an easier schedule [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
AKRON — Derek Anderson stepped to the podium Monday night and soaked in the cheers. He’d come a long way in a year.
Anderson went from competing for a roster spot to flying to Honolulu to play in the Pro Bowl. He won 10 games, threw 29 touchdowns and signed a three-year, $24 [...]

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By MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
Self-proclaimed idea man Rob Hixenbaugh of Montville Township said he spread out a pile of plain T-shirts in an array of colors to gain inspiration for his next big idea.
The idea that resulted — T-shirts that allow their wearers to express their feelings through the shirts’ vibrant hues — would become a [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
GRANGER TWP. — With new building projects planned and a levy scheduled for the November ballot, Daryl Kubilus’ first months as the new superintendent of Cloverleaf Local Schools will be busy.
“Despite the financial situation, I’ve heard nothing but good things,” he said last week during an interview in his office at Highland [...]

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William Arthur “Andy” Anderson Jr. of Oak Ridge, Tenn., passed away Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Oak Ridge.
He was born June 3, 1914, in Dayton to William Arthur Anderson Sr. and Estella Payne Anderson. One of six children, he grew up in Ohio working on family farms in Hocking, Ross and Pickaway counties. Mr. [...]

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James L. Frase, 86, of Medina, a lifetime resident of the county, passed away Monday, May 19, 2008, in Medina.
He was born Jan. 26, 1922, in Wadsworth. He was a graduate of Copley High School. Mr. Frase was employed by the Bearfoot Sole Co. for more than 35 years before retiring. He was a longtime [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
Don’t hold me to this, but I’m pretty sure I just finished flying on three airlines out of seven airports. I’m fairly certain I stayed in seven hotels, visited three cities, rode a train and a bus, and endured too many airport shuttles, subways and cab rides to count.
I do not, [...]

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Bill B. Horne Jr., 53, of Goodells, Mich., passed away Monday, May 19, 2008, at the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor.
He was born Dec. 30, 1954, in Cleveland, and formerly lived in Brunswick and Kent before moving to Michigan. He was a technician for the St. Clair County Courthouse.
He is survived by his father, [...]

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