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Blogs:
Akrocentric:
Raw Umber event; Charles Taormina discusses our culture's fledgling publishing renaissance
Akron Aeros:
More rest than needed
Akron Zips:
Zips offer five more scholarships
All Da King's Men:
Irrational On Oil
Balanced Ledger:
Spring football
Blog of Mass Destruction:
"Solidarity"
BokBluster:
Food and Oil Prices
Browns Bulletin:
Wright out, Perry in
Cleveland Browns:
Wright faces second marijuana charge
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Reality starting to bite
Kent State Sports:
Simpson joins Flashes
Ohio Politics:
A Growing Hostility in the Ranks
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Is the Lincoln Highway the same as the National Road?
Olympic Dreams - Running:
Oregon Twilight
Patrick McManamon:
Cavs must find way to replace Gibson's offense
Sound Check:
American Idol Vodcast
Tia's Trends:
ICSC Convention - Adventures in Retail!!!
The Heldenfiles:
Lovin' the Feel of the Wheel
The Sports Blitz:
Cleveland Browns - They Love Them! They Really, Really Love Them!
Varsity Letters:
North, Firestone win Auten track and field titles
Marla Ridenour
Winslow might be sending message
Absence underscores desire to redo contract
BEREA: Offseason training activities are supposedly voluntary, but Browns tight end Kellen Winslow appears to be sending a message with his absence.
National TV spots add pressure for Browns
Crennel says team will try to live up to expectations
BEREA: When voluntary offseason training activities began in 2007, the Browns barely could line up correctly in their new offense. The first practice open to the media was a disaster.
UNLV teammates get together again
Browns' Wright looks forward to big tackles by top draft pick Bell
BEREA: Browns cornerback Eric Wright has already envisioned what will happen when former UNLV teammate Beau Bell makes his first NFL tackle.
Loss inspires DeLamielleure to chase dream
After years fighting fires, hall of fame guard's son hopes to make Browns
BEREA: Todd DeLamielleure just turned 29 and hasn't played football in five years. The son of hall of fame guard Joe DeLamielleure said his life changed last summer, when his firehouse in Charleston, S.C., lost nine men in a furniture store inferno.
Savage grateful for fans' patience
With contract extension in hand, Browns GM faces high expectations
BEREA: Phil Savage almost didn't survive his first year as Browns general manager. In December 2005, he found himself caught in a power struggle with team President John Collins that owner Randy Lerner later compared to ''a marriage gone bad.'' Savage was saved by a groundswell of support from fans who remembered him slaving in a windowless room for then-Browns coach Bill Belichick and valued his skills as a talent evaluator.
Arthur, Reynolds end day pleased
Calls from Jets, Chiefs wash away any frustration for players with local ties
Jabari Arthur and Antonio Reynolds took different approaches to what could have been a frustrating NFL Draft weekend.
Browns upgrade, obtain backup
No veteran cornerback turns up in dealing, but other needs satisfied
BEREA: In trading up for two picks in the fourth round to draft Beau Bell of UNLV and Martin Rucker of Missouri on Sunday, the Browns took care of two major needs and a contingency plan.
Browns draft choices
Beau Bell
No. 104 Inside linebacker UNLV
Jets land Ohio State's Gholston
Buckeyes defensive end, pass-rusher will learn to be outside linebacker
BEREA: New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Eric Mangini have talked to Ohio State coach Jim Tressel several times over the years, especially since the Jets drafted Buckeyes center Nick Mangold and kicker Mike Nugent.
Flurry of trades follows ho-hum start
Two Longs are first two picks, followed by Ryan, McFadden and Dorsey
NEW YORK: Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL Draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections.
Browns simply bystanders
Savage says trading into third round is possibility
BEREA: Before 9 p.m. Saturday, the first two rounds of the NFL Draft were complete and the Browns had been just passive observers.
Will Browns' Savage explore trade to get into first round?
Doubtful; Browns' only tradeable commodities are off-limit quarterbacks
Cleveland Browns General Manager Phil Savage has only four picks -- starting in the fourth round -- in this weekend's NFL draft. So what's he to do? Will he renege on a promise Feb. 29 to keep his quarterbacks for at least one more season?
Buchtel graduate shaping into NFL prospect
Reynolds drops pounds, gets pointers in quest for pro dream
In the few months since he left the University of Tennessee, Antonio Reynolds insists that he has changed. The Buchtel High School graduate is not just talking about the cheeseburgers and fried food that he gave up to lose about 15 pounds before the NFL Draft this weekend, although he conceded that, ''I can't eat all that stuff no more.''
Local NFL draft prospects
Here are some other local and Ohio State players besides OSU linebacker Vernon Gholston and OSU tackle Kirk Barton to watch in the NFL Draft this weekend:
OSU's Barton battles poor image
Experts express doubts that Buckeyes' lineman can thrive in pro game
At Ohio State, right tackle Kirk Barton was known for his way with words and lack of convention. When it came to the latter, his lighting a cigar in the press room after a 2006 victory over Michigan might have been rivaled in the coach Jim Tressel era only by Ben Hartsock's notion to leave a snow angel on the White House lawn. And when the media needed an honest and witty answer, only Anthony Gonzalez was in Barton's league.
NFL Draft series: Grounded Gholston can display mean streak
Ohio State defender brings toughness, savvy to NFL
When coach Thomas Wilcher first saw Vernon Gholston in the hallway at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Gholston had a Bible in one hand and his books in the other.
NFL Draft Series: Draft turns into family affair
Having good bloodlines might not weigh heavily with NFL general managers, but it can't hurt. This year's draft is loaded with prospects with family ties to professional sports.
NFL Draft: 'Tweeners
Here's what Mike Mayock of the NFL Network had to say about some of this year's 'tweeners, whom he calls ''conversion guys.'' These are the players who can be defensive ends or outside linebackers.
Browns scouting 'tweeners for draft
Savage focused on finding pass-rushing linebacker to play opposite Wimbley
Since January, the Browns' scouting department has been on a mission to find the next Adalius Thomas or Shaun Phillips.
NFL Draft series
UA receiver Arthur keeps dad's memory in his heart
No one else could hear it, but his father was calling. Calling Jabari Arthur back to their couch, back to where they last talked five years ago. Back to Montreal where they dreamed of Arthur, playing at the highest level of professional football.
Browns brief
Browns Backers
to host legends
The 2007 Legends Class, quarterback Derek Anderson and kicker Phil Dawson will be honored at the 28th annual Akron Browns Backers Banquet May 19 at Tangier restaurant.
Browns hit big time, sort of
The Browns' 10-6, near-miss playoff campaign in 2007 was expected to bring national television exposure. So preseason Monday Night Football might be the tip of the iceberg.
Video: Ridenour discusses Day 1 of Bridgestone Invitational
Akron Beacon Journal reporter Marla Ridenour talks about Day 1 at the Bridgestone Invitational. Also read her stories about the tournament in the Akron Beacon Journal and on Ohio.com.
