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Following the happenings of The News-Herald Community Media Lab, as well as the library and archive, where we're digging to find historic people, places, events and things to see how much the times have changed or how much they have stayed the same.

Friday, August 31, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 31

2005: Callie Flonsburg serves for 15 points and Kim Mueller records 13 kills in Mentor’s 25-18, 18-25, 25-18, 25-27, 16-14 marathon win over nonconference foe Chagrin Falls.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 30

1994: Travis Kruse scores a pair of goals, including a match-tying  header in the second half as Chagrin Falls and Solon battle to a 3-3 stalemate in boys soccer.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 29

1983: Indians majority owner Steve O’Neill passes away at 83 after battling emphysema, casting doubt on the future of the team with rumors O’Neill had donated the team to Catholic Charities in his will.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 28

1972: Muhammad Ali visits Cleveland for a 12-round charity exhibition against a lineup of radio DJs and fighters that raises $81,250 for the Forest City Hospital fund.

Monday, August 27, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 27

1961: Painesville resident Jim Townsend won the midseason championship at Burton Speedway by winning a 35-lap feature event, and Geneva’s Cora Arkkelin won the Powder Puff event.

Friday, August 24, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 24

1928: The finalists for the national polo championship being held at Circle W farm in Gates Mills are determined, as Rhode Island’s Point Judith will take on Kansas ‘ Fort Riley.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 23

2004: Kristin Carver’s goal in the 16th minute propels Mayfield past West Geauga, 1-0, in girls soccer, and Geneva’s Tiffany Cubacub wins the girls race at the Herald XC Sprint Invitational.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 22

1993: Kenny Lofton scores the eventual winning run on a groundout by Reggie Jefferson as the Indians defeat the Red Sox, 3-2, in 11 innings for their first sweep in Boston in 33 years.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 21

1982: JoAnne Carner holds a five-stroke lead after being one of only two players to break par during the third round of the World Championship of Women’s Golf at Shaker Heights Country Club.

Monday, August 20, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 20

1971: The Browns get a 56-yard fumble return for a touchdown by defensive end Bob Briggs but come out on the losing end in a nationally televised preseason game at Dallas, 16-15.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 19

1960: Painesville Telegraph columnist Ed McAuley speculates Indians GM Frank Lane may quit his post based on attendance and fan reaction, and high school football practice commences across the area.

Saturday, August 18, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 18

1949: The fourth annual AAU Junior Olympics commences at Baldwin-Wallace, with Cleveland looking to challenge defending champion Cincinnati  among a field of 1,100 from 22 cities.

Friday, August 17, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 17

1938: The annual Painesville Field Day is held at Recreation Park before a crowd of 1,000 spectators, with champions of each of the city’s five playgrounds competing in a variety of events.

Monday, August 13, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 13

1981: The Cavaliers sign guard James Silas, who averaged 17 points per game over a nine-year career with the Spurs, to a two-year contract.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 12

1970: Don Cockroft, who has four punts of more than 50 yards against the Rams, jokes with his wife Dianne eight months pregnant with their first child, “If you’re kicking as hard as the baby, you’re doing fine.”

Saturday, August 11, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 11

1959: Jim Brown scores a pair of touchdowns and Lou Groza is true on two field goals, but the Browns fall in an exhibition to the Steelers, who get two late TDs for a 34-20 victory.

Friday, August 10, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 10

1948: The Indians fall to the Tigers, 7-3, but remain percentage points ahead of the A’s in the American League pennant chase, and Lou Boudreau is second in the league in hitting behind Ted Williams.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

This date in area sports history: Aug. 9

1937: D.S. Connelly of Cleveland Yacht Club, captaining “Nimrod”, wins the universal class division of the 44th annual Inter-Lake Yachting Association regatta held off Put In Bay.