FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  FEBRUARY 9, 2021 Sixteen-year veteran registered 206-505-711 in 1,035 career NHL games with the Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild COLUMBUS, OHIO – Columbus Blue Jackets forward Mikko Koivu has decided to retire following a 16-year playing career in the National Hockey League, club General […]

STATEMENT ON RELOCATION OF THE 2021 BIG TEN CONFERENCE’S MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The Big Ten Conference Administrators Council, which includes the Directors of Athletics and Senior Women Administrators from all 14 member institutions, approved measures to relocate the 2021 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament from […]

Competition Restructured for 2021 Due to Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic;Twenty-Four Teams Will Participate Across Five Rounds, Starting May 4;Contingency Plan Approved in Event Opening Round Cannot Be Held Due to Pandemic CHICAGO (Feb. 9, 2021) – At its meeting earlier this month, U.S. Soccer’s Open […]

Dayton Men’s Basketball Hosts VCU Tuesday At 5 P.M. ET Pop-up Game Replaces Scheduled Contests For Both Teams Pushed Aside By Covid Protocols DAYTON – The University of Dayton Flyers will return to Blackburn Court on Tuesday when VCU visits UD Arena.  Game time is 7 […]

1770s BORN 1773: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (9TH U.S. PRESIDENT) 1810s 1811: ROBERT FULTON RECEIVED PATENT FOR STEAMBOAT IMPROVEMENTS 1860s 1861: JEFFERSON DAVIS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BORN 1866: GEORGE ADE (HUMORIST) 1870s 1870: U.S. WEATHER BUREAU ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS AS PART […]

TODAY’S MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS  Record:  5-5-3, 13 pts. (5th, Discover Central Division) Goals:  2.69 Goals-For/3.23 Goals-Against… Shots:  28.2 Shots-For/32.5 Shots-Against Power Play:  13.5 percent (26th, NHL)… Penalty Kill:  77.4 percent (21st, NHL) Penalty Minutes:  7.5 PIM (6th-T, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout):  1-2-1 (1-1) CAROLINA HURRICANES Record:  7-2-0, 14 pts. (2nd, Discover Central Division) Goals:  3.33 Goals-For/2.67 […]