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Toward the End: Readings, Writings, Football
Act or Your Cremains Could End Up in a Car Trunk
Bonney Castle, Hiram College's English home, is perfect for Kirsten Parkinson's cremains Hiram College website screen shot It can be difficult to write an essay that has universal appeal. Trying to do so can cause a cerebral hemorrhaging. Or, at least a bad headache....
Mayfield Memorandum 7: Wild Thing Indeed
Nick Chubb and the Browns' run game found a rhythm that eluded Baker Mayfield David Dermer/Cleveland Browns If the Cleveland Browns wish to turn back their offense a century—and it looks as if they do—the quarterback they need is deader than Baker Mayfield’s arm...
UA Football No Stranger to Ambition, Realignment
Though the situations differ drastically, it can be instructive—if terrifying—to recall the first college football program to attempt to climb the rungs from one NCAA division to another, from one conference to another with a sojourn as an independent. It happened in...
Mayfield Memorandum 6: How It’s Supposed to Be
Myles Garrett makes his quarterback's life easier by sacking his opposite number Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns The opposing quarterback was so wet behind the ears that his lobes must have been dripping—if not with sweat, then from a Cleveland Browns’ blood-letting....
Hudson No Laughing Matter to Muffy and Buffy
When Stuart Warner first found his true voice as an Akron Beacon Journal columnist in “Warner’s Corner,” he did so on the well-heeled backs of Muffy and Buffy, fictitious denizens of very real and quaint Hudson. Probably the richest Summit County zip code, Hudson...
Mayfield Memorandum 5: Learning from Mayfield
Quarterback Baker Mayfield could teach Spencer Rattler something he needs to learn Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns When Baker Mayfield earned his spurs at the University of Oklahoma and became arguably the best quarterback in OU’s distinguished history—option or...
Mayfield Memorandum 4: Browns Pass on OBJ
Behind his shiny helmet face shield, Odell Beckham Jr.'s return is a mystery Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns When the 0-1 Cleveland Browns play host on Sunday to the surprisingly 1-0 Houston Texans, Odell Beckham Jr. will continue his self-assigned role as the team’s...
A City’s Downtown is Its Heart, Image, and Lifeblood
akronohio.gov photo Even in a small town—or, maybe, especially in a small town—downtown becomes a focal point of life. I grew up on the town limits of such a place and, even so, downtown was only a short, safe bike ride away. It had everything a boy needed: a couple...
Mayfield Memorandum 3: The Good, the Bad, the Punter
Browns punter Jamie Gillan usually catches snap then does this (punts ball). But not in Kansas City Matt Starkey/Cleveland Browns During the past season plus one game, the Cleveland Browns have cleared many of the hurdles that for years tripped them up and prevented...
Can’t Auction Off Pinball Memories Along with Machines
The Museum of Pinball will soon be no more and its machines will have new homes Lucas Esposito/USA TODAY NETWORK Men of a certain age—middle to dotage—have been known to attempt to turn back their clocks with fast cars, faster women, and even pinball machines with...