Every Year NATIONAL INVENTORS’ DAY (UNITED STATES) 1570s 1573: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE CLIMBED TREE AND SAW PACIFIC OCEAN FOR FIRST TIME, ISTHMUS OF PANAMA 1800s 1808: FIRST USE OF ANTHRACITE COAL AS A HOUSEHOLD FUEL 1830s 1836: MOUNT HOLYOKE SEMINARY, THE FIRST U.S. COLLEGE FOR […]

No Makeup Game Is Set NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference has announced that Saturday’s scheduled men’s basketball game has been postponed, due to Covid protocols. It has not been determined as of this writing if the Flyers will have a replacement opponent to […]

John Tortorella was named head coach of CBJ on 10/21/15. He is the winningest coach in club history with a 214-144-45 record in 403 games and hasled the club to four-straight playoff appearances.Tortorella was named a Jack Adams Award finalist as the NHL’s Coach of […]

Jordy Tshimanga Had A Double-Double In The Loss DAYTON – The University of Dayton men’s basketball team was defeated by VCU Tuesday at UD Arena by a final score of 76-67. This was the Flyers’ first home defeat in the calendar year 2021. Redshirt senior Ibi […]

 FEBRUARY 9, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned forward Liam Foudy and goaltender Cam Johnson to the team’s taxi squad, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Foudy, 21, has collected three assists, two penalty minutes and an “even” […]

Hard to believe that Cam Atkinson is 31 years old. He has been a fan favorite and mainstay since he came on the scene during the 2012-13 season, some nine years ago. Last Game: Posted GWG and 200th career NHL goal with 2 shots and […]

FEB. 8, 2021 II VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES II NATIONWIDE ARENA II 7 PM ET Columbus 1-1-1 3 Overall record 6-5-3, 15 points, at home 4-2-2, 10 points Carolina 0-2-0 2 Overall 7-3-0, 17 points, on road 4-3-0, 8 points GAME AT A GLANCE GOAL SCORERSColumbus: S. Harrington (1), SHG/PS – C. Atkinson […]

HOMETOWN KIDJack Roslovic made his Blue Jackets debut at Nationwide Arena against the Panthers on Jan. 28 and has since rattled off a three-game assist/pointstreak (1-3-4) beginning on Jan. 31 at Chicago. It’s tied for his career best assist (second time) and point streaks (fourth […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Ron Hextall as general manager and Brian Burke as president of hockey operations, it was announced today by co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle. In their new roles, Hextall will oversee the Penguins’ day-to-day hockey operations, reporting to Burke as […]

WASHINGTON (February 9, 2021) – Howard University Athletics has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the Men’s Basketball 2020-21 season out of an abundance of caution due to the health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We had several team members test […]

RIO GRANDE VALLEY — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is shocked and saddened to announce that men’s basketball head coach Lew Hill passed away on Sunday at the age of 55. “Words cannot describe how any of us feel right now. […]

The 13 winningest programs in D-I history are currently not ranked in this week’s AP Poll 1. Kentucky 2. Kansas 3. North Carolina 4. Duke 5. Temple 6. Syracuse 7. UCLA 8. Notre Dame 9. St John’s 10. Indiana 11. Arizona 12. Utah 13. Cincinnati

The 2021 NCAA DI men’s basketball tournament will be unlike any March Madness that has come before. The NCAA announced in early January the entire 2021 men’s basketball championship will be played in Indiana, with the majority of the tournament’s 67 games taking place in Indianapolis. Selection Sunday is scheduled […]

1720s 1720: EDMOND HALLEY BECAME SECOND ASTRONOMER ROYAL OF ENGLAND 1760s 1763: FRANCE CEDED CANADA TO ENGLAND AT THE TREATY OF PARIS, ENDING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1840s 1840: QUEEN VICTORIA OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MARRIED PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE COBURG-GOTHA 1841: ACT OF […]

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 […]