By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
INDEPENDENCE — LeBron James struck gold before the completion of the Beijing Olympics: The Cavaliers finally have a legitimate point guard who can shoot, pass and run an offense.
Cleveland, Milwaukee and Oklahoma City agreed Wednesday to a deal that will bring the Bucks’ explosive Mo Williams to the Cavaliers.
In exchange, Cleveland [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — No team has seen people come and go this year like the Indians.
They’ve lost players to injuries (Jake Westbrook, Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez), seen teammates dismissed thanks to performance issues (Joe Borowski) and watched friends depart via trades (CC Sabathia, Casey Blake, Paul Byrd).
It’s enough to test a young [...]

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By CHRIS ASSENHEIMER
Staff Writer
CLEVELAND — Former Cleveland players such as Cincinnati’s Brandon Phillips and Texas’ Milton Bradley have taken a toll on their old club this season.
Wednesday night at Progressive Field, another ghost from the Indians’ past came back to haunt them in the form of Baltimore pitcher Jeremy Guthrie.
Guthrie, the Indians’ first-round draft choice [...]

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By CATERINA GUINTA
Staff Intern
LAFAYETTE TWP. — For approximately 30 years, Chippewa Lake Amusement Park has been closed — desolate and silent. Now, silent breezes are replaced with the words “quiet on the set” and abandoned structures are reinforced and set to spook.
Filmmakers are bringing life to the park for the movie “Closed for the Season.”
Jay [...]

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By BRIAN DULIK
Staff Writer
BEREA — Kellen Winslow Jr. treats every Browns practice as if it were a regular-season contest.
The Pro Bowl tight end wears his full uniform and pads — even when the rest of the team is running around in shorts — and visualizes game situations on every play.
Winslow’s attention to detail served him [...]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
BRUNSWICK — Cuyahoga Community College is making college more accessible to Brunswick area students by offering courses at Brunswick High School.
This is the third year Tri-C is offering the classes, and is part of the city’s push to build a higher-education facility in Brunswick, said Patricia Rowell, president of Tri-C’s Western Campus [...]

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James Miller Land, 82, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, as a result of a fall.
He was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to the U.S. with his wife in 1952, settling in Cleveland. Mr. Land owned and operated a steel fabricating shop for 40-plus years prior to retiring in 1992.
Mr. Land is [...]

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Kathleen A. (nee Weber) Relic, of Twinsburg, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008.
She was born Dec. 17, 1927. She worked as a vital statistics registrar.
Mrs. Relic was the loving mother of Judith (Raymond) Relic-Cizmar and Grant (Candace); treasured grandmother of Daniel and Grant (Nicole); and cherished great-grandmother of Brooks.
She was preceded in death by [...]

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Anita Elizabeth Shaneyfelt, 67, of Bethel Park, Pa., formerly of Brunswick, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in Bethel Park.
She was born Dec. 21, 1940, in Cleveland. She was a courier for Emery.
She is survived by her husband of 38 years, Jack W. Shaneyfelt of Bethel Park; daughters, Dee (Dan) Clement of Brunswick, Tess Z. [...]

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By RICK NOLAND
Assistant Sports Editor
CLEVELAND — A number of area triathletes have been going the extra mile.
At the Greater Cleveland Triathlon, Medina’s J.B. Burns, 44, finished ninth overall and second in his age group with a time of 1 hour, 3 minutes, 52 seconds in the sprint division.
Medina’s Connie Gardner, 45, was 20th overall and [...]

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