Baseball Notes: Mets get Matthews from Angels

01/22/10 Unable to find regular playing time for Gary Matthews Jr., the Los Angeles Angels traded the outfielder to the New York Mets on Friday and agreed to pay $21.5 million as part of the deal. Los Angeles received right-handed...

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6th Annual Dr. MLK Cleanup Event

01/22/10 Britton YMCA's Youth One Montgomery and Student YMCAs will join with youth groups from Goode Street Community Center and churches in the Weed & Seed area to sponsor a cleanup

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Cool Cats plot their revenge

01/22/10 Perth Wildcats hold no fears ahead of their second clash in three days against a red-hot Melbourne Tigers side at Challenge Stadium tonight.

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Mariners unveil ace Cliff Lee

01/22/10 Seattle introduced the centerpiece of its offseason overhaul a month after it acquired him from Philadelphia as part of a complicated, four-team deal. The Phillies traded for Lee last season and he helped them reach the World Series.

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Reserves Lead Way as the 76ers Upend the Mavericks

01/22/10 Thaddeus Young and Lou Williams combined for 33 points to lead Philadelphia 76ers to a surprising 92-81 victory against Dallas.

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Football: Buckeyes still hope to hook top recruits

01/17/10 Think of college football recruiting as the Bassmaster Classic. With that in mind, Ohio State has hauled in a decent catch as it heads into the last two weeks of the tournament, but it also has what could be its larger lunkers still on the line.

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Can the Buckeyes still get top football recruit Jordan Hicks? Hey, Doug!

01/17/10 Plain Dealer Buckeyes beat writer Doug Lesmerises answers your Ohio State questions on the football team's recruiting class and on his logic for ranking Cincinnati higher than Penn State on his final poll.

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Leaders had pivotal roles in civil rights

01/17/10 Today, the patch of green in the middle of Ashley Avenue at Fishburne Street is hardly noticed by drivers and pedestrians. Few are familiar with the story of the "Hanging Tree," the place where Denmark Vesey likely was executed in 1822 for his role in an interrupted slave revolt.

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SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Music is still a Southern strong suit

01/17/10 By Ben Windham Back in college, when we would-be authors were feverishly submitting our creations left and right, there was one periodical that we took pains to avoid: Playboy.

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Where is AD during scandals at USC?

01/10/10 Remember the old Jerry Tarkanian line, back in the years when he was still winning games and picking fights with the governing body of college athletics? "The NCAA was so mad at Kentucky," he rasped, "that it gave Cleveland State an extra two years' probation."

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TV and radio listings for sporting events: Jan. 10

01/09/10 TELEVISIONGOLF9:30 a.m. - European PGA Tour, Africa Open. TGC.6 - PGA Tour, SBS Championship. TGC.MISCELLANY11 a.m. - The Sports Source with John Pennington. WATE.10 - The Locker Room with Mark Packer. MyVLT2.MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALLNoon - Xavier at George Washington. CSS.3:30 - Washington State at Arizona State. SportSouth.4:30 - Kansas at Tennessee. WVLT. 5:30 - Florida State at Maryland. FSS ...

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March Boredom

01/09/10 Louisville: The field hockey team scored a program-record 12 goals in a win against Louisville during the 1996 season. Morehead State: Susan D. Creasap, associate director of bands at Morehead State University, earned her Doctor of Arts in Wind Band Conducting from Ball State.

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NFL: Teams looking ahead, coaches looking for work

01/04/10 Around the NFL, it is known as Black Monday, the day after the season ends, when coaches get fired. Yet there are 12 teams thinking only about Super Sunday and how to get to the Super Bowl.

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NBA players say owning guns is OK, if done legally

01/04/10 Not only have David Stern's pleas to leave the guns at home been ignored, one player even brought his to work. -- read more

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Teams Looking Ahead, Coaches Looking For Work

01/04/10 Around the NFL, it is known as Black Monday, the day after the season ends, when coaches get fired.

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With Zorn gone, Redskins woo Shanahan

01/04/10 Jim Zorn was fired as Washington Redskins coach Monday and might be replaced by two-time Super Bowl winner Mike Shanahan.

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Saturday's Major College Basketball Scores

12/13/09 Army 59, Dartmouth 46 Boston U. 88, Marist 72 Bowling Green 58, Canisius 54 Buffalo 93, Buffalo St. 65 Cent. Connecticut St. 70, Albany, N.Y. 68, OT Columbia 69, Bryant 57 Duquesne 59, Robert Morris 54 George Washington 73, Towson 69 Hofstra 75, New Hampshire 58 Iona 82, Providence 73 Lafayette 77, Long Island U. 63 Monmouth, N.J. 80, Penn 75 Ohio 86, Delaware 70 Pittsburgh 71, Kent St. 59 Rider ...

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Saturday's College Basketball Scores

12/13/09 Albright 71, Kings, Pa. 70 Arcadia 65, Penn St.-Hazleton 39 Army 59, Dartmouth 46 Baruch 69, Yeshiva 63 Berkeley 71, Penn St.-Brandywine 65 Boston U. 88, Marist 72 Bowling Green 58, Canisius 54 Bridgeport 84, Molloy 77 Brooklyn 88, Old Westbury 80 Buffalo 93, Buffalo St. 65 California, Pa. 93, Holy Family 56 Cent. Connecticut St. 70, Albany, N.Y. 68, OT Cincinnati Christian 92, Union, Ky. 88 ...

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Saturday's Women's Basketball Scores

12/13/09 Albany, N.Y. 63, Wagner 56 Bridgeport 78, St. Rose 69, 2OT Chestnut Hill 60, Goldey Beacom 54 Daniel Webster 72, Maine-Augusta 36 Dickinson 81, Haverford 70 Drew 70, Baptist Bible, Pa. 61 E. Connecticut 58, Plymouth St. 52 Fairleigh Dickinson 63, St. Peter's 46 Gettysburg 59, Ursinus 38 Hofstra 73, Manhattan 65 Holy Family 71, Georgian Court 55 Kings, Pa. 70, Keystone 42 Lake Erie 85, Slippery ...

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Saturday's Women's Major Basketball Scores

12/13/09 Albany, N.Y. 63, Wagner 56 Fairleigh Dickinson 63, St. Peter's 46 Hofstra 73, Manhattan 65 Marist 81, Boston U. 73 Penn St. 77, Pittsburgh 73 Princeton 80, Lafayette 47 Quinnipiac 68, Maine 59 Rider 66, Penn 53 Seton Hall 74, Delaware St. 50 St. Bonaventure 70, Bowling Green 54 St. Francis, NY 59, Colgate 54 UNC-Greensboro 69, Fordham 63 West Virginia 74, Longwood 43 SOUTH Charlotte 72, Southern ...

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