Blue Jackets at Stars: Scary event forces stoppage

Sharon Ellman | Associated Press

The Stars’ Alex Chiasson (12) bows his head, and Jordie Benn (24) and other Dallas players kneel on the ice after play was stopped when Rich Peverley collapsed in the first period. Peverley is expected to be OK.

DALLAS — Events last night at the American Airlines Center sent chills through the Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars, and they had nothing to do with what happened on the ice.

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Ohio State men's basketball: Aaron Craft again named Big Ten’s best defender

Eric Albrecht | Dispatch

Aaron Craft (4) was voted second-team all-Big Ten by the media and third-team by the coaches.

Aaron Craft is the defensive player of the year in the Big Ten for the second time in three seasons, but that alone isn’t enough for coach Thad Matta as he watches the senior finish his rough-and-tumble Ohio State career.

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Blue Jackets notebook: Collapse ‘traumatic’ for players

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars traveled to St. Louis as usual last night for a game against the Blues tonight.

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Around baseball: Bailey gets work in, but Reds lose again

Starter Homer Bailey gave himself “a B-plus” for his outing, but the Cincinnati Reds fell to the Texas Rangers 8-2 yesterday in Surprise, Ariz., their eighth loss in nine games.

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Ohio College Basketball Insider

Ricardo Johnson

Ricardo Johnson thought Ohio University’s game against Kent State would be a typical night in the Convocation Center for him. He wasn’t going to play — a broken leg has kept him out of every Mid-American Conference game — but he would be front and center for a pregame meeting and get the usual case of the nerves.

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Men's basketball: Bobcats off to good start in MAC tournament

LOGAN RIELY | FOR THE DISPATCH

Ohio’s Nick Kellogg drives to the basket against Ball State. The DeSales graduate led the Bobcats with 17 points.

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University didn’t exactly get a free coupon into the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament, but playing Ball State last night felt like getting 50 percent off.

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Around the NBA: Cavs’ Bennett out with knee injury

Anthony Bennett’s rough rookie season hit a new bump.

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Around college basketball: Chattanooga women, under Foster, get NCAA bid

Chattanooga 71, Davidson 45: Alex Black scored 22 points and Chattanooga defeated Davidson (16-16) yesterday to win the Southern Conference championship and clinch a spot in the NCAA tournament.

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Soccer | Crew: Blackouts agreed to in local TV package

The regional blackout of Crew games is here to stay, but the club still is looking for ways to increase its viewership on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel, team president Mark McCullers said.

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Soccer | Crew Review: Berhalter gets grade-A performance in opener

CHUCK MYERS | MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Crew defender Waylon Francis, left, and D.C. United’s Sean Franklin vie for a ball in the air in the second half of the Crew’s 3-0 win on Saturday.

The Gregg Berhalter era could not have gotten off to a better start. Opening on the road against an also-rebuilt D.C. United, the Crew got an early goal from Jairo Arrieta and two more from Federico Higuain and suffocated the United attack in a decisive 3-0 victory.

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Wrestling: Ohio State's Stieber, Heflin bring home Big Ten titles

Sam Greene | DISPATCH

Ohio State coach Tom Ryan said a loss to Penn State’s Zain Retherford brought Logan Stieber “to a new level of focus.”

Logan Stieber insisted that revenge wasn’t his goal entering the Big Ten wrestling championships, but it became an added part of how his tournament ended. His Ohio State teammate, Nick Heflin, wanted to win simply because it was his final chance for a Big Ten title. The senior accomplished his goal, too, and in dramatic fashion.

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