By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — What would a Browns training camp be without a surgery?
Outside linebacker Antwan Peek was the first to go under the knife, having arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday to remove a piece of cartilage. He is expected to miss the preseason, but coach Romeo Crennel hopes he’ll be back for the regular-season [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — A little less than 12 hours after completing a 13-inning game that lasted 5 hours and 33 minutes, the Indians and Tigers took the field for the finale of a four-game series Thursday at Progressive Field.
Red Bull, anyone?
Looking understandably lethargic in front of a surprisingly large crowd (34,186), the pair [...]

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By ADAM FERRISE
Special to The Gazette
MEDINA — Lacerations on Travis Brown’s back suggested he was no stranger to this situation.
This race was no different from the countless races he had competed in since he was 4.
Brown, a class-A quad rider, a sort of minor league on the professional quad racing circuit, was in [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Not only did Kelly Shoppach equal a major league record with five extra-base hits Wednesday night, he also succeeded in ticking off Tigers reliever Todd Jones.
Shoppach’s display after hitting a two-run home run off Jones in the sixth inning of Detroit’s 14-12 win in 13 innings — a bat flip [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
AKRON — The everyday guy on the PGA Tour is still talking about his second-place finish at the U.S. Open.
And unlike many on the tour who have fallen to Tiger Woods, Rocco Mediate is actually reveling in the fact that he lost to the No. 1 player in the world in [...]

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By BRAD BOURNIVAL
Staff Writer
AKRON — When the best golfers come to a course that is more finicky than a teenager buying back-to-school clothes, sometimes experience and past success can help.
With just one 2008 win on the Tour among the leaders at the Bridgestone Invitational, Zach Johnson turned in an impressive round Thursday and sits [...]

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By SCOTT PETRAK
Staff Writer
BEREA — After nine straight days, including four two-a-days, the tedious training camp routine will be broken this weekend.
The Browns will be at Cleveland Browns Stadium tonight for Family Night, then have Saturday off. They return to practice Sunday as they prepare for the preseason opener Thursday versus the New York Jets.
Cornerback [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — From rabbit bites to heat exhaustion, members of the Medina Life Support Team treat every type of ailment and injury during the week of the Medina County Fair.
“I see little kids with bites on the tips of their fingers from the rabbits,” said LST chief Gene Sulzener. “Mom and dad [...]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Four-year-old Sophia Kortan of Brunswick Hills Township received her first “driver’s license” Wednesday afternoon.
Sophia successfully pedaled a green plastic farm tractor around a course at the Medina County Fair to earn her license.
“She was determined to finish that course,” said grandmother Diane Kortan of Wooster, who brought her four granddaughters [...]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — The last formal public hearing on Medina General Hospital’s request to rezone two of its parcels will be at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at city hall.
The request is to change the zoning from residential to public facility as part of plans to create parking for a $35 million emergency room [...]

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