Month: February 2023

Daily Almanac for Thursday, February 23, 2023

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS USS Osmond Ingram (DD-255/AVD–9/APD-35) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Gunners Mate First Class Osmond Ingram, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor. Osmond Ingram decommissioned at Philadelphia 8 January 1946, was struck from the Navy List 21 January 1946, and was sold for scrapping […]

Today is Ash Wednesday!

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent (the six weeks of penitence before Easter). Ash Wednesday is observed by Catholics in the Roman Rite, Lutherans, Moravians, Anglicans, Methodists, Nazarenes, as well as by some churches in the Reformed tradition (including certain Congregationalist, Continental Reformed, and Presbyterian churches). Ash Wednesday […]

BUCKEYES STAR TAYLOR MIKESELL NAMED TO MIDSEASON TOP-10 ANN MEYERS-DRYSDALE WATCH LIST

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association (WBCA) announced the 10 midseason watch-list candidates for the 2023 Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award a month ago with senior guard Taylor Mikesell being on the list. Named after the first player, male […]

OHIO STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAR TAYLOR MIKESELL NAMED TO 2023 NAISMITH WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR MIDSEASON TEAM

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Atlanta Tipoff Club released the 2023 Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Midseason Team in early February. Senior guard Taylor Mikesell made the list. Mikesell has also been named to the Wooden Award midseason top-25 watch list and to the midseason top-10 for […]

OHIO STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TRAVELS TONIGHT TO FACE NO. 12/13 WOLVERINES

No. 13/14 Ohio State at No. 12/13 Michigan Date: Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 Venue: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Game: at No. 12/13 Michigan (7 p.m. ET) | Live Stats | FS1 Rosters: Ohio State | Michigan Notes: Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 13/14 Ohio State women’s basketball team (22-5, 11-5 B1G) travels to No. […]

Former NBA, NFL owner Red McCombs dead at 95

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Billy Joe “Red” McCombs (October 19, 1927 – February 19, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, former chairman of Constellis Group, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Force, Denver Nuggets, […]

Daily Almanac for Monday, February 20, 2023

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Swan Lake (Russian: Лебединое озеро, tr. Lebedinoye ozero, IPA: [lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə] listen (help·info)), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular ballets of all time. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and German folk […]

Blue Jackets playing well for past 2 weeks, head to Arizona tonight for 8:30 PM matchup with Coyotes

Coyotes to Watch «  RW Clayton Keller, who leads the team in all scoring categories with 21-29-50 in 55 games played, has recorded 3-6-9  with three multi-point efforts in his last five games entering Saturday night’s contest at Los Angeles. «  LW Matias Maccelli enters Saturday’s contest against the Kings […]

MLB mourns loss of former player/broadcaster Tim McCarver at age 81

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS James Timothy McCarver (October 16, 1941 – February 16, 2023) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and television sports commentator who played from 1959 to 1980 for four teams, spending almost all of his career with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. A two-time All-Star, he helped the Cardinals to the 1964 World Series title, batting .478 […]

Actress/Model Stella Stevens dead at age 84

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 18, 2023) was an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in films such as Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963), The Silencers (1966), Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968), The […]