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APRIL 3, 2021 II at FLORIDA PANTHERS II BB&T CENTER II 7 PM ET CBJ BROADCAST INFORMATION TV:  Bally Sports Ohio           Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (color analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)              Radio:  97.1 The Fan              Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) TONIGHT’S MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Record: 14-16-8, 36 pts. (6th, Discover Central Division)  Goals:  2.47 […]

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned goaltender Cam Johnson to the taxi squad, club. Johnson, 26, has gone 11-16-5 with a 3.80 goals-against average, .873 save percentage and one shutout in 32 career AHL games with the Binghamton Devils and 23-11-2 with a […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson has named former Hoosier All-American and Indianapolis native Mike Woodson as the 30th head coach in the men’s basketball program’s history.  Woodson returns to the Bloomington campus with vast experiences and knowledge after playing in the NBA for 11 […]

Wisconsin native led VCU & Texas to eight total NCAA trips Shaka Smart has been named the 18th head coach of the Marquette University men’s basketball program, Vice President & Director of Athletics Bill Scholl announced on Friday. In 12 seasons as a head coach at Virginia […]

DETROIT TIGERSGAME NOTESWORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS: 1935, 1945, 1968, 1984 Detroit Tigers (1-0) vs. Cleveland Indians (0-1)Saturday, April 3, 2021 • Comerica Park, Detroit, MI • 1:10 p.m. ETRHP Julio Teheran (No Record) vs. RHP Zach Plesac (No Record)Game #2 • Home Game #2 • TV: […]

CLEVELAND INDIANS (0-1) at DETROIT TIGERS (1-0)RHP Zach Plesac (-, —) vs. RHP Julio Teheran (-, —)Game #2/Road #2 » Saturday, April 3, 2021 » Comerica Park » 1:10 p.m. (ET) » Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM/WMMS/IRN OPENING DAY BLUES» The Clevelanders opened the 2021 […]

Saturday, April 3 – Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 4:10 p.m. (gates open at 2:40 p.m.) • Kids Cap Giveaway: Fans 14 and younger at the game will receive a Kids Opening Day cap, presented by Frisch’s Big Boy Sunday, April 4 – Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, […]

1780s BORN 1783: WASHINGTON IRVING (AUTHOR) 1820s 1829: JAMES CARRINGTON PATENTED A COFFEE MILL 1830s BORN 1837: JOHN BURROUGHS (NATURALIST) 1860s 1860: THE PONY EXPRESS BEGAN POSTAL SERVICE 1880s DIED 1882: JESSE JAMES (OUTLAW) 1882: THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ROBERT […]

3/31/2021 BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball junior center Charles Bassey announced Thursday that he will forego his senior season to sign with an agent and enter the 2021 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-11, 235-pound native of Lagos, Nigeria, will seek to become the 36th NBA Draft pick in […]

2020-21 13 Christian Bishop • F6-7 • 220 • Jr. • Lee’s Summit, Mo.PPG RPG FG% FT%11.0 6.4 .682 .573 • Leads team with 48 dunks, including game-winning slam with0.8 left at Providence (1/2). Last year CU-best 38 dunks.• Leads BIG EAST in FG percentage […]

INF Brock Holt and RHP Ian Kennedy added to Major League roster; RHPs Jonathan Hernandez and Jose Leclerc placed on 60-day injured list Arlington, Texas — The Texas Rangers today made the following roster moves: –Selected the contracts of infielder Brock Holt and right-handed pitcher Ian […]

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Chicago White Sox made the following seven roster moves: · Optioned INF Danny Mendick to the club’s alternate training site; · Reassigned RHP Ryan Burr, INFs Tim Beckham, Zach Remillard and Matt Reynolds and OF Nick Williams to minor-league camp; · […]

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced the coaching staffs for their minor league affiliates for the 2021 season. In El Paso, Edwin Rodriguez returns for his fifth year in the Padres organization, and 2020 would have marked his second at the helm […]

April 2nd, 2021 Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr. issued the following statement today regarding the 2021 All-Star Game: “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and The Players Alliance, among others, […]

April 2nd, 2021 28.3% of Players Born Outside the U.S., Spanning 20 Countries and Territories A total of 256 players represented 20 different countries and territories outside of the 50 United States on 2021 Opening Day rosters and inactive lists, Major League Baseball announced today. […]

April 2nd, 2021 Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association jointly announced today the latest COVID-19 testing results conducted under MLB’s COVID-19 Health Monitoring & Testing Plan. The independent Utah laboratory has reported the following results during the past week: Weekly Monitoring Testing: 14,354 […]

April 2nd, 2021 Major League Baseball announced today that the remainder of this weekend’s series between the host Washington Nationals and the New York Mets at Nationals Park, which includes games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, has been postponed due to continued follow-up testing and […]

The Cincinnati Reds, baseball’s oldest team going back to 1869, opened their 145th season on Thursday with high hopes of making a playoff run for a second straight season. But the 11-6 loss to division rival St. Louis has some people thinking “same old Reds’ […]

Fans returned to Comerica Park in Detroit on Thursday afternoon to see the Tigers beat Cleveland 3-2. 32 degree temperatures and heavy snow flurries most of the game as the Tigers allowed fans back to the ballpark, 20% of 41,083 into the stadium. HIGHLIGHTS *37-year-old […]

RUSTON – Three members on the 2020-21 West Division champion Louisiana Tech Bulldogs earned Conference USA postseason awards, as announced by the league office on Monday. Isaiah Crawford and Kenneth Lofton, Jr. were named Third Team All-Conference USA.  Lofton, Jr. also earned All-Freshmen Honors and Cobe Williams was tabbed on the […]