Category: Sports
Coming into to Tuesday’s heavyweight goaltending battle, Boston’s Tim Thomas had a league leading 2.08 goals against average, and Columbus’ Steve Mason had the second best with a 2.24 average. But home ice and a little help from the defense gave the Columbus Blue Jackets a 2-0 victory over the Boston Bruins who remain the Eastern Conference’s top team.
Rarely would the words "disappointed" and "unsatisfied" be used to describe a win for any team, especially the Columbus Blue Jackets. But in a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, those words were used all too often.
The Columbus Blue Jackets went into Monday’s tilt with the Dallas Stars in uncharted waters for the franchise; a chance to climb into a spot among the elite teams in the Western Conference. What they found was another middleweight fighting to become a heavyweight.
Friday the 13th brought a pair of goals each scored by a pair of Jasons in a wild 3-2 win for the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Detroit Red Wings in front of one of the largest crowds ever to witness a game in Nationwide Arena.
The Blue Jackets have won three in a row, and are 18-9-1 at home. The loss snapped a six game winning streak for the red-hot Red Wings.
The Columbus State men's basketball team, ranked third in the nation, defeated the Cincinnati State Surge Wednesday evening 69-63 to stay atop the OCCAC standings. The Cougars will host the Owens Express Saturday. Columbus State is 7-1 in conference and 20-2 overall.
Michael Phelps has won 14 career Olympic Gold Medals, the most by any Olympian. He can be considered the most physically gifted swimmer of all-time.
A British newspaper showed a picture of Phelps holding and inhaling from a marijuana bong. Immediately Phelps apologized and admitted that he regrettably and was using "bad judgment."
The Columbus Crew clinched their first ever spot in the MLS Cup Finals by defeating the Chicago Fire 2-1 Thursday in front of a raucous crowd of over 14,000 in Columbus Crew Stadium.
In the first shootout of the season, the Blue Jackets lost to the Chicago Blackhawks with a final score of 4-3 in front of 14,680 fans Nov. 1.
The Cleveland Cavaliers made their debut appearance at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus last Friday, Oct. 24. They faced the Washington Wizards for their eighth preseason game of the year, and I was lucky enough to be in attendance.
Columbus carried the momentum for the better part of the game Monday night, but a dismal finish to the game gave the Anaheim Ducks a 3-2 victory in Nationwide Arena.
The Blue Jackets drop to 3-6 on the season, and have lost three straight. Anaheim now has a four game winning streak, all of which on the road. The Ducks are back to .500 at 5-5.
