Mayfield's Dom Anselmo, 2007

Feb. 6, 1994: Perry’s T.J. Huxel, top, is well on his way to a pin over Chris Miller of Grand River during their 103-pound semifinal bout at the East Suburban Conference tournament at Newbury. Huxel won in 3:05.

10/5/1988
St. Joseph High School senior Tom Cvelbar takes time before football practice to appreciate the dramatic lakefront scene behind the school. Cvelbar plays offensive guard for the Vikings.


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Last week was the two-year anniversary of Colt McCoy's career start with the Browns. Today is the two-year anniversary of Colt McCoy's first career win — 30-17 over the New Orleans Saints:

NEW ORLEANS — For once, and maybe for the only time since pro football returned to Cleveland in 1999, when a road game ended Sunday, the Browns' faithful in attendance were making more noise than the remaining stunned fans of the hosts.
The game did not start out that way. The noise inside the Superdome created by impassioned Saints fans was so loud Browns rookie quarterback Colt McCoy had to resort to a silent snap count after one play.
Things can change, and the Browns changed them. They changed the cheers to boos by confounding the Saints on defense, tricking them on special teams and playing efficiently on offense, especially when McCoy played keepaway on a crucial drive that chewed up more than half of the fourth quarter of a 30-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl champions.
When it was all over, a loud gathering of Browns fans sitting above the tunnel to the Browns' locker room barked like old times and chanted "Here were go Brownies, here we go!" as players trotted off the field. The Browns are 2-5.
"I'm really proud of the guys," Coach Eric Mangini said. "What I said to them in the locker room is, ‘You see what's possible when we play complementary football. When we play together, we win.'
"When we do that, I think anything is possible. I think it was, arguably, our most complete game (in two years)."

Read more from Jeff Schudel's game story: Browns 30, Saints 17: Big and easy.

Below, the front page and Sports section front from the Oct. 25, 2010, print edition:

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Browns new owner Jimmy Haslam III and new CEO Joe Banner gave a news conference today — two years to the day after Colt McCoy's career start with the Browns. The Browns lost to the Steelers, 28-10:

PITTSBURGH — Colt McCoy had to feel like a guy who knew his check-engine light was on and as he was driving had one tire go flat, then a few miles later had another go flat.
The rookie quarterback had no choice, though. He had to keep driving.
McCoy, already third on the Browns' depth chart at quarterback, went into Heinz Field with top running back Peyton Hillis playing with a quadriceps injury, center Alex Mack playing with a bum shoulder and right guard Floyd Womack playing with a sore knee.
With 8 minutes, 51 seconds left in the second quarter, Josh Cribbs was knocked out of the game on a helmet-to-helmet hit by Steelers linebacker James Harrison. On the Browns' next series, Harrison knocked Mohamed Massaquoi out for the rest of the game with another blow to the head.
The avalanche of injuries and Ben Roethlisberger's return from a four-game suspension were too much to overcome. The Steelers punished the Browns, 28-10, on a day when McCoy did enough things right to say he was worth a third-round draft pick.

Read more from Jeff Schudel's game story, Steelers 28, Browns 10: A little help?.

Below, the front page of the Sports section for the Oct. 18 print edition of The News-Herald. (Does McCoy look slightly terrified to anyone else? [But for good reason! That's the Steelers defense coming after him!])

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