Container Top
Search

Events Calendar

EVENT SEARCH:

In This Section


Most Read Stories


Blogs:


First Bell - On Education:
A few words from Uncle Walt

Pets:
Pet telethon re-airs

The Heldenfiles:
Chipmunks "Squeakquel" on DVD/BD March 30

Akron Zips:
Late surge gives Zips ugly road win

Tribe Matters:
Blogmail response on Hafner

Cleveland Browns:
Stallworth's contract terminated

Balanced Ledger:
QB in Browns future: another mock draft

Kent State Sports:
Singletary helps KSU dominate MAC West

Cleveland Cavaliers:
NBA Power Rankings from Around the Internet

Buckeye Blogging:
Buckeyes grab 18 players on signing day

Varsity Letters:
Garfield at Buchtel basketball

All Da King's Men:
Palin At The Tea Party Convention

Blog of Mass Destruction:
What "We Now Know"

Akron Law Café:
Citizens United v. F.E.C. (Part 4): Kennedy's and O'Connor's Basic Approaches to Constitutional Decisionmaking – Top Down and Bottom Up

Car Chase:
Collector Car Hobby Loses One of the Best—Jim Roll

Let's Talk Real Estate:
Decisions Decisions: Credit Cards or Your Mortgage?

Ohio Travels with Betty:
Loucile is looking for a Lake Erie getaway in June for three kids, ages 1, 3, and 5.

Sound Check:
Talk of the Town – Top entertainment picks for the weekend

HRLite House:
Track HR Research

Akron Gamer:
'Tecmo Bowl' recreation of Super Bowl XLIV

See Jane Style:
Do IT this week: Layering

Browns notebook
Swimming with the champion

Workout with Phelps ups interest in Olympics for Browns' Edwards

By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal sports writer

BEREA: Ever wondered what it would be like to practice with an Olympian?

As Braylon Edwards would testify, fuggetaboutit.

In the offseason, the Browns' star receiver swam with Michael Phelps when Phelps was training at Edwards' alma mater, the University of Michigan. Phelps won eight gold medals in Bejiing.

''Once. It wasn't fun,'' Edwards said Wednesday. ''First of all, he works out at 6:30 in the morning and you have to be in the pool by 6. It's too much swimming. I stopped working out after about 30 minutes and just started playing on the diving board.''

But his friendship with Phelps gave Edwards something to do after he was hurt Aug. 9, suffering a gash in his right foot that needed stitches.

''Because of the injury, I had to watch all of it,'' Edwards said of the Olympics. ''I did watch Phelps. Good to see him do that for Michigan and for the USA.''

Captains elected

In a team vote, the Browns selected six captains — quarterback Derek Anderson and center Hank Fraley on offense, linebackers Willie McGinest and Andra Davis on defense and returner Joshua Cribbs and kicker Phil Dawson on special teams. All but Anderson and Cribbs were among the five who served last year.

''It's a great honor,'' Anderson said. ''I try to make sure I'm a positive leader, a positive presence for all these guys. It's special.''

Brownies . . .

Receiver Donte' Stallworth was wearing a T-shirt sent to him by Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens.

It read ''icompete'' on the front and ''T.O. win'' on the back and also had Owens' number and signature on the sleeve. ''He's my boy, so I'm just messing around with the young secondary guys,'' Stallworth said. . . . Dallas coach Wade Phillips was cagey when asked if recently reinstated cornerback Adam Jones might play on offense. ''Well, we're not telling. He's working in defensively and we'll see him on returns and there's always a possibility that we could put him on offense,'' Phillips said. Dallas had three receivers on the injury report, and two did not practice — Miles Austin (knee) and Sam Hurd (ankle). Also sitting out were left guard Kyle Kosier (foot) and linebacker Anthony Spencer (knee). Fully participating were cornerback Terence Newman (groin) and receiver Isaiah Stanback (shoulder). . . . Anderson said he hung out with Dallas quarterback Tony Romo at the pool during the Pro Bowl, but they haven't taken their friendship to the golf course yet. ''He's better than I am, trying to make the U.S. Open. I'm not ready for that,'' Anderson said.

 


Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/.

 

BEREA: Ever wondered what it would be like to practice with an Olympian?

Get the full article here.


Story tools

Email  Email   Print  Print   Save  Save   Reprint  Reprint   Popular  Most Popular   Reprint  Subscribe

Share this story

AddThis Social Bookmark Button














Most Commented Stories