Sports, sports and more sports

Yes those Cleveland Cavaliers are sitting at home watching the NBA finals but, sports will still take center stage in Ohio this weekend anyway.The OHSAA will be hosting state tournaments in softball, baseball and track. The state baseball finals move from Cooper...

“American Youth” Cleveland opening Friday

Cleveland-based editorial and fine art photographer Greg Ruffing was one of 25 photographers from across the country, represented by Redux Pictures, who contributed to “American Youth”, a 240-page book that looks at the lives of the newest generation of 18...

Remembering Ramón Owens

Our sympathy to the family and friends of Ray Owens, who worked with many of us in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He died last Thursday of a heart attack in Oregon, where he had recently moved. He was 48. His obituary follows…Ramón Mena OwensNov. 3, 1960-May 21,...

The Shot – The Original

Former Akron Beacon Journal photographer Ott Gangl reminds us all of how the unexpected can happen, especially when photographing sports.Gangl was covering the Cavs – Bulls playoff game when Michael Jordan hit the shot that Cleveland Cavaliers fans and...

The Shot – The Sequel

With apologies to Gary Harwood I’m tired of seeing him taking Michael Jordan’s picture after “the shot”  at the Coliseum in Richfield. Of course as a  Cleveland sports fan the scene is burned into my brain after all these years. Perhaps...

Who is that man in the pink boxers

Even the headline on the New York Times’ Lens blog pokes a little fun at the situation. Behind the Scenes: Man in the Pink Boxers. Its worth a click, not often we get humor from the front lines of the battle field. The  humor supplied from the lens of AP...