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Voices of the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Preview
The voice of OSU Women's basketball Marty Bannister hosts the rest of the voices of Big Ten Women's basketball to preview the upcoming Big Ten Women's basketball tournament. Who's the favorite in the tournment? Who are the sleepers? And who do the voices of the Big Ten believe will be the conference's player and coach of the year? The women's Big Ten Tournament begins Wednesday March 4th at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
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Ohio State men's basketball: Matta could tie Taylor’s record for wins tonight
Fred Squillante | Dispatch
A win tonight at Penn State would be Thad Matta’s 297th in 11 seasons at Ohio State, matching the number of victories Fred Taylor accumulated in 18 seasons.
Thad Matta never met Fred Taylor, but for most of the decade that Matta has been the Ohio State men’s basketball coach, he has wanted to someday reap the reward Taylor did. And that is not only the NCAA championship Taylor won as coach in 1960, the Buckeyes’ only national title in the sport.
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Around baseball: Reds throttle Indians in spring opener
Reds 10, Indians 0: Brandon Phillips, Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce each had one of host Cincinnati’s six doubles in a victory over Cleveland yesterday in the spring opener for both teams in Goodyear, Ariz.
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Capitals 5, Blue Jackets 3: Physical effort goes for naught
Eamon Queeney | DISPATCH
Capitals goalie Braden Holtby stops a shot by the Blue Jackets’ Marko Dano in the third period. Holtby finished with 27 saves.
The NHL trade deadline has passed. So has any hope of the Blue Jackets reaching the Stanley Cup playoffs. All that stands between them and another too-long offseason is 19 games.
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Blue Jackets notebook: Letestu avoids trade, hopes for new contract
The children of Blue Jackets center Mark Letestu aren’t old enough to pen a letter along the lines of that written by the daughter of former teammate Jordan Leopold that implored her hometown team, the Minnesota Wild, to trade for her dad and bring him home on Monday.
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Soccer | Crew's home has new name: Mapfre Stadium
Fred Squillante | Dispatch
Mapfre is a Spanish company that has an office in Columbus.
To investor-operator Anthony Precourt, it represented the largest piece of unsold inventory for Crew SC. For Jaime Tamayo, it was a chance for Mapfre Insurance to continue its expansion in the United States by tapping into the Ohio market. And thanks to an unsolicited phone call from a Crew ticket salesman, it resulted in the sale of naming rights to Crew Stadium.
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Major League Soccer: Owners, players move closer to deal
Although the two sides remain apart, a report last night indicates that a deal might be reached between Major League Soccer and the players union on a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Bob Hunter commentary: Crew naming deal took a long time
These days, there are basically two kinds of stadiums and sports arenas without commercial sponsors: Legendary sports palaces whose owners/operators regard a corporate sponsorship as disrespectful — i.e. Ohio Stadium, Yankee Stadium and Lambeau Field — and buildings that need/want/chase those corporate dollars and end up feeling like the boy who can’t get a date on prom night.
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College football: Jim Harbaugh helps accident victims on interstate
Jim Harbaugh “did a little medical treatment.”
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh stopped and assisted two drivers in Ann Arbor, Mich., yesterday, after a serious crash on I-94.
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Around college basketball: Down by nine, Kentucky rallies to stay unbeaten
John Bazemore | Associated Press
Georgia’s Marcus Thornton (2) and Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns go after a rebound.
No. 1 Kentucky 72, Georgia 64: Kentucky overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half to keep its perfect season intact, beating host Georgia last night.
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Big Ten wrestling: Buckeyes fully healthy at just the right time
Ohio State wrestling coach Tom Ryan finished a talk with his team before practice last week by asking if anyone had anything to say. Logan Stieber, a fifth-year senior co-captain and a three-time national champion, stood up.
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Around college basketball: Kentucky starts slow, improves to 28-0
Nam Y. Huh | Associated Press
Indiana coach Tom Crean reacts to a call during the Hoosiers’ loss at Northwestern.
No. 1 Kentucky 74, Mississippi State 56: Kentucky fought off a slow start but still cruised to a Southeastern Conference victory over host Mississippi State last night to keep its undefeated season on track.
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Women's basketball: Ohio State playing for double bye in Big Ten tournament
The Ohio State women’s basketball team has reached the final two games of the regular season with the chance to accomplish something that few thought possible in November: earning a double bye for the Big Ten tournament.
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Sports roundup: County approves $2 billion Los Angeles stadium plan
The Inglewood (Calif.) City Council unanimously approved a $2 billion stadium plan late Tuesday backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke that clears a path for the NFL to return to the Los Angeles area for the first time in two decades.
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Soccer: Winter World Cup plan angers critics
FIFA’s scheduling committee formally recommended yesterday what most had been expecting for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: moving the soccer tournament from the summer to the cooler months, between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
