Archive for February 2024
Vancouver Canucks News: Acquires Elias Lindholm from the Calgary Flames
By Stretch Jenkinson January 31, 2024 Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club acquired forward Elias Lindholm from the Calgary Flames in exchange for Andrei Kuzmenko, Hunter Brzustewicz, Joni Jurmo, a first-round pick and a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. “First of all, I…
Read MoreBoston College head football coach Jeff Hafley to Become Packers’ Defensive Coordinator
By Chris Garvin January 31, 2024 Hafley returns to NFL after four-year stint at BC, including three bowl-eligible seasons. CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. —Boston College football Coach Jeff Hafley announced today that he is stepping down as the Gregory P. Barber ’69 and Family Head Coach to become the defensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers. Hafley,…
Read MoreOhio State Women’s Basketball News: No. 8/7 Ohio State Hosts Wisconsin Tonight at 6 PM for Pink Game
By Danielle Daniels 2 1 2024 Buckeyes and Badgers meet for the first time this season No. 8/7 Ohio State vs. Wisconsin Date: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 Venue: Value City Arena in the Schottenstein Center (Columbus, Ohio) Game: vs. Wisconsin (6 p.m. ET) | Live Stats | BTN Rosters: Ohio State | Wisconsin Notes:Ohio State | Wisconsin COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 8/7 Ohio State…
Read MoreYoungstown State Penguins Men’s Basketball Visits Fairborn and the Raiders Tonight on ESPNU
By Marisol Nicholson 2 1 2024 GAME NOTES https://ysusports.com/documents/2024/1/31/2023-24-notes-wsu-2.pdf Youngstown State at Wright State Feb. 1, 2024 Broadcast Information Radio: 570 WKBN (Robb Schmidt) | Listen TV: ESPNU/ESPN+ | Watch App Audio – iHeartRadio App Live Stats Tipoff Notes The Youngstown State men’s basketball team (16-6, 8-3 Horizon League) opens the final month of the regular…
Read MoreWright State Raiders News: Point Guard Trey Calvin named Horizon League Player of the Week
By Marisol Nicholson 1/29/2024 INDIANAPOLIS/DAYTON — Wright State guard Trey Calvin has been named the Horizon League Player of the Week, the League office announced on Monday. Calvin turned in a pair of 27-point performances as he helped lead Wright State to a pair of road wins last week as the Raiders closed January with a…
Read MoreWright State Men’s Basketball News: National TV audience for Raiders and Penguins tonight at 9 on ESPNU, ESPN+
By Marisol Nicholson 2 1 2024 DAYTON – The Wright State men’s basketball team once again welcomes a national television audience to the Nutter Center as the Raiders take on Youngstown State on ESPNU, with tipoff set for 9 p.m. Fans can follow the action several ways – via live stats, by watching on ESPNU and ESPN+ or by…
Read MoreBLACK HISTORY MONTH FEATURE: Civil Rights Pioneer Julian Bond
By Lady Houston FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1971, he co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery,…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Thursday, February 1, 2024
By Marie Reader WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer. His musical career began in 2010 as part of One Direction, a boy band formed on the British music competition series The X Factor after each member of the band had been eliminated from the solo contest. They became one of the best-selling boy…
Read MoreColumbus Blue Jackets News: Rookie center Adam Fantilli to miss approximately eight weeks of action
By Joe Coopersmith 2024 #1 draft choice suffered a calf laceration when his left leg was struck by a skate blade Sunday against Seattle 1 31 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks due to a calf laceration, General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: SportsNet Pittsburgh will remain the official home
By Dan P. Hock SportsNet Pittsburgh will remain home of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball for all regionally televised games. The Pirates announced during the current offseason they have entered into an agreement to jointly own the network with the Pittsburgh Penguins beginning January 1, 2024. “Above all else, this was the right thing to do for…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Signs first baseman Rowdy Tellez
By Dan P. Hock The Pittsburgh Pirates during the current offseason signed first baseman Rowdy Tellez to a one-year contract for the 2024 season. Tellez hit .215 (67-for-311) with nine doubles, one triple, 13 home runs and 47 RBI in 106 games during the 2023 season with Milwaukee. The 28-year-old Tellez led the Brewers…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: acquired outfielder Edward Olivares from Kansas City
By Dan P. Hock The Pittsburgh Pirates during the current offseason acquired outfielder Edward Olivares (pronounced oh-lee-VAHR-es) from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league outfielder Deivis Nadal. Olivares established career-highs in games, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, stolen bases and runs scored in 2023 after hitting .263 (93-for-354) with 23 doubles,…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Re-signs fan favorite OF Andrew McCutchen
By Dan P. Hock The Pittsburgh Pirates during the current offseason re-signed five-time All-Star Andrew McCutchen to a one-year contract for the 2024 season. McCutchen will enter the 2024 season just one home run shy of 300 in his career. McCutchen has hit 215 of his 299 career home runs as a member of the…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Signs LHP Martin Perez
By Dan P. Hock The Pittsburgh Pirates in early January signed left-handed pitcher Martín Pérez to a one-year contract for the 2024 season. Pérez went 10-4 with a 4.45 ERA (141.2ip/70er) and 93 strikeouts in 35 appearances (20 starts) for the Texas Rangers in 2023. Pérez ranked in the 71st percentile in groundball percentage in 2023…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Announces Minor League Staff Assignments for Full-Season Affiliates
Dan P. Hock The Pittsburgh Pirates announced last week the following staff assignments for the team’s four full-season minor league affiliates for the 2024 season. Below are additional updates for members of the Pirates player development department. Name, Position/Background Info Jonathan Johnston, Hitting Development Coordinator Enters his fifth season as a member of the Pirates…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Five among MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects to attend big league camp as non-roster invitees
By Dan P. Hock January 30th, 2024 The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the following 13 players will attend Major League camp as non-roster invitees. Andrés Alvarez (INF) – Will attend big league camp for the second straight season as a non-roster invitee…Spent all of 2023 with Altoona, where he hit .215 (73-for-339) with 18…
Read MorePittsburgh Pirates News: Signs seven-time All-Star Aroldis Chapman to one-year contract
By Dan P. Hock 1 31 2024 The Pittsburgh Pirates today signed left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman to a one-year contract for the 2024 season. The 35-year-old went a combined 6-5 with six saves, a 3.09 ERA (58.1ip/20er), 103 strikeouts and .175 batting average against in 61 appearances last season with Kansas City and the…
Read MoreCincinnati Reds sign Archbishop Moeller grad Brent Suter to bolster bullpen
By Dan P. Hock Cincinnati Native Agrees To 1-Year Contract CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Reds President of Baseball Operations Nick Krall announced in early January the signing of free agent LHP Brent Suter to a 1-year, $2.5 million contract through the 2024 season with a $3.5 million club option for 2025 and a $500,000 team…
Read MoreTony Award winning Actress, Singer, Dancer Chita Rivera dies at 91
By Vickie Sellers FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson (January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024), known professionally as Chita Rivera, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Rivera received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award. She was the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor in 2002,…
Read MoreDaily Almanac for Wednesday, January 31, 2024
By Vickie Sellers FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American retired actress. She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and Elizabeth North on…
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