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Ohio Open
CONCORD -- Garrett Frank of Youngstown shot 72-68--140 and was tied with five other golfers in 24th place, seven strokes behind the leaders, Tuesday after the second round of the 83rd Ohio Open Championships at Little Mountain and Acacia Country Clubs.
Scooter Burns of East Palestine fired 73-69--142 was tied for 31st place with seven other golfers. Richard Blakeman of Canton and Tony Molica of Dublin share first place in the golf tournament at 133.
Phantoms name coach
BOARDMAN -- The Mahoning Valley Phantoms named former Kent State coach Curt Carr as the team's new assistant.
Carr leaves the Flashes after seven years with the team, including four as a player. During his playing career, he broke nearly every scoring record in Kent State history. He led his team in scoring each year and was a three-time American College Hockey Association (ACHA) All-American; leading Kent State to two ACHA tournament appearances.
After graduation, Carr became the team's assistant coach in 2003. The following year, he became head coach and was a finalist for ACHA coach of the year. Carr is a native of Georgetown, Ontario.
Track & amp; field day
YOUNGSTOWN - The public is invited to the Youngstown Park and Recreation Commission's Track & amp; Field Day, which will be Thursday at Mooney High School.
During the day, children taking part in the 10 summer day camps the commission runs around the city, will compete against each other in a variety of events.
Commission officials said they expect about 500 children to take part in the event, which has been held annually for about 10 years.
Children ages 4 to 14 who are registered with a day camp will be bused to Mooney around 10:30 a.m. from their usual meeting places. A parade of the participants will begin at noon at the high school. The day will wrap up around 4 p.m., they said.
Contests planned by the commission include the long jump, shot put, wheelbarrow race, 100-yard dash, 50-yard dash, relay races and more. Arts and crafts tables will be set up for children to enjoy between events.
Winners will receive prizes at the event.
Ex-coach sues CSU
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Former Cleveland State coach Mike Garland has sued the university, contending that athletic director Lee Reed fired him then announced that he had resigned. Garland sued in the Ohio Court of Claims Friday in Columbus seeking the salary and benefits from the two years left on his contract.
Garland, whose salary was $130,000, went 23-60, including 10-18 last season.
REGION
TV station sues Browns over contract
CLEVELAND -- A TV station sued the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday after the team said it would break the station's contract to broadcast preseason games and other programming because the station aired a 911 call involving the team owner's relatives.
WOIO-TV aired the call placed by owner Randy Lerner's sister, Nancy Fisher, after she found her 6-year-old daughter drowned in a creek on family property July 9.
Recordings of 911 calls are public records and are routinely made available to the media. One of the city's three other TV stations also aired a portion of the recording.
Browns vice president Michael Keenan sent a letter to Bill Applegate, WOIO's vice president and general manager, on July 13 informing him the team was terminating the contract, citing what he called irresponsible journalism.
"The recent coverage of the Lerner family tragedy is but the latest, albeit the most shocking and insensitive example of this destructive behavior," Keenan wrote.
He also accused the station's reporters of "sensationalized, overtly negative reporting on the organization and its players."
WOIO, a CBS affiliate, is seeking to keep the contract and to collect damages exceeding $25,000. The case was assigned to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Timothy McMonagle.
NATION
Reynolds out at ESPN
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Harold Reynolds is out at ESPN, reportedly fired from his job as a baseball analyst. Reynolds, a member of the "Baseball Tonight" team for 11 years, made his last appearance on the show Sunday night, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday. The network refused to comment on a New York Post report that said Reynolds was dismissed, or to provide any details regarding his departure.
Vindicator staff/wire reports