COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Zach Werenski to a six-year, $57.5 million contract extension through the 2027-28 National Hockey League season, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced on July 29. Werenski, 24, has registered 65 goals and 124 […]

The NFF Board remembers and salutes Bowden and his legacy, which ranks among the greatest in history. IRVING, Texas (Aug. 8, 2021) – College Football Hall of Fame Coach Bobby Bowden, a 2006 College Football Hall of Fame inductee who led programs at Samford, West Virginia and […]

Aug. 9, 2021 Buckeyes open year Sept. 3 in Evansville, Ind. ADDITIONAL INFO Online Release COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s and women’s cross country programs will open their 2021 slate Sept. 3, kicking off a full slate of meets this fall. The Buckeyes will […]

NEW YORK (Monday, Aug. 9, 2021) – Chicago Fire FC midfielder Luka Stojanović has been voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Week for Week 18 of the 2021 MLS season. Stojanović scored two goals in Chicago’s 2-1 win over the New York Red Bulls […]

August 9, 2021  The Ohio State women’s volleyball team began practice on Monday. PHOTO GALLERY   COLUMBUS, Ohio – Returning 15 of 16 student-athletes from the 2020-21 squad, the Buckeyes are excited to get back to work in preparation of hosting fans inside the Covelli Center for the […]

Aug. 9, 2021 Burch, Bates mentor elite men’s volleyball athletes COLUMBUS, Ohio—While fans across the globe concentrated on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, a pair of Ohio State Men’s Volleyball coaches spent the summer coaching student athletes who could find themselves on a future Olympic […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (Aug. 9, 2021) – Sports Car Market has named its top “40 Under 40” for 2021. This is the second time the magazine has recognized 40 car enthusiasts under 40 years old who are leaders in the collector-car world. Hundreds of nominations were […]

August 9, 2021 Release ILLINOIS VOLLEYBALL CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois volleyball team released its complete 2021 schedule with the announcement of its non-conference slate on Monday (August 9), highlighted by the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge in Huff Hall on Sept. 3-4. The Illini open the season […]

AUGUST 9, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Andrew Peeke to a two-year, $1.575 million contract through the 2022-23 National Hockey League season, club General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Peeke, 23, has recorded a goal and five […]

News Release – Ohio High School Athletic Association Executive Director Doug Ute www.OHSAA.org  |  twitter.com/OHSAASports  |  www.Facebook.com/OHSAASports For Immediate Release – August 9, 2021 Updates include wrestling, volleyball, tennis, golf and field hockey COLUMBUS, Ohio – Several more state tournament venues have now been set by the Ohio […]

August 9, 2021 | 2021 Fall Schedule | ADA — The Ohio Northern women’s tennis team will open its 2021 fall schedule on Sept. 5 with a tri-match at Adrian (Mich.) with Manchester (Ind.) under 21st-year head coach Scott Wills. Northern will also compete at the Oberlin Invitational […]

Mon, Aug 9, 2021 NEW YORK (August 9, 2021) – Grammy-winning Haitian-Canadian producer and DJ Kaytranada, and Grammy-winning rapper, producer and songwriter Big Boi, will co-headline the MLS All-Star Concert presented by Heineken ® on Tuesday, August 24 in Los Angeles at The Torch, located at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. […]

It has been a busy off-season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Naming a new head coach in longtime assistant Brad Larsen. Trading away two fan favorites and franchise stalwarts in Seth Jones and Cam Atkinson. The drafting of several new players. Bringing back Jakub Voracek […]

1590s BORN 1593: IZAAK WALTON (WRITER) 1840s 1842: THE WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY WAS SIGNED, DELIMITING THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE CANADIAN-AMERICAN BORDER. THE TREATY ESTABLISHED THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE ST. CROIX AND CONNECTICUT RIVERS, BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND THE LAKE OF THE WOODS, AND BETWEEN LAKES […]

1860s 1864: PERFORMER SIGNOR GUILLERMO FARINI’S STILTS GOT CAUGHT AS HE WALKED THE RAPIDS ABOVE NIAGARA FALLS BORN 1866: MATTHEW HENSON (EXPLORER) 1870s 1876: THOMAS EDISON RECEIVED A PATENT FOR HIS MIMEOGRAPH (AN EARLY PAPER COPYING MACHINE) 1900s BORN 1907: BENNY CARTER (MUSICIAN) 1910s 1911: […]

1670s 1679: LA SALLE’S LE GRIFFON, FIRST SHIP TO SAIL UPPER GREAT LAKES, ENTERED LAKE ERIE 1770s BORN 1779: CARL RITTER (GEOGRAPHER) 1780s 1782: GEORGE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHED THE BADGE OF MILITARY MERIT FOR U.S. SOLDIERS INJURED IN ACTION. IT LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE PURPLE […]