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Blue Jackets notebook: Trade shows faith in young defenders
Minutes after trading James Wisniewski to the Anaheim Ducks yesterday, Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen did not attempt to downplay the important role the defenseman and power-play stalwart had on his team.
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Ohio State women's basketball: Kelsey Mitchell named co-MVP of Big Ten
Barbara J. Perenic | DISPATCH
Ohio State freshman Kelsey Mitchell leads the nation with 736 points this season.
Kelsey Mitchell lit up the Big Ten postseason awards show yesterday in the same way that she has scoreboards during her freshman season with Ohio State. Mitchell shared the conference player of the year award with Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. and was a unanimous choice as freshman of the year in both the coaches’ and media polls.
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Men's basketball: Victories help Buckeyes polish NCAA resume
Chris Russell | Dispatch
Forward Jae'Sean Tate (1) and guard Kam Williams got the chance to celebrate after Ohio State rallied to beat Purdue at Value City Arena on Sunday. The Buckeyes trailed by 12 points at halftime.
The week ahead: It’s the final week of the Big Ten season, and the Buckeyes, who have two games left, could finish as high as second and as low as eighth.
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Soccer: Crew to announce new name for its stadium
The first soccer-specific stadium in the United States is set for a new name. Crew SC will announce today its first stadium-naming rights partner, putting a new name on Crew Stadium.
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Ohio State football: D.C. defensive end commits to Buckeyes
Defensive end Terrell Hall of Washington became the seventh member of the Ohio State 2016 recruiting class.
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Around the NBA: Kicking James in groin earns Rockets’ Harden suspension
The NBA suspended Houston star James Harden one game without pay for kicking LeBron James in the groin.
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Michael Arace commentary: Jordan Leopold's daughter gets her daddy back
NHL trade deadline day is like a high-stakes poker game that uses high-priced sports celebrities as chips. Fans love it. Teams are torn apart or remade in a day as bodies fly hither and yon. Humanity can be lost on deadline day. Yesterday, it was not.
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Around college basketball: Virginia rallies, wins ACC title
Eric Gay | Associated Press
Myles Turner blocks a shot by Baylor’s Kenny Chery with a second left in OT to secure Texas’ win.
No. 2 Virginia 59, Syracuse 47: Anthony Gill scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures, and visiting Virginia beat Syracuse last night to win the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title for the second straight season.
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Soccer | Crew: Three draft picks sign
Eamon Queeney | Dispatch
“What I have noticed is that the draft picks are behind the rest of the group. It’s normal. It’s expected." -- Crew coach Gregg Berhalter
Crew SC has signed draft picks Sergio Campbell, Sagi Lev-Ari and Kalen Ryden in advance of today’s Major League Soccer roster deadline. The signings put the Crew at 28 players under contract with Congo midfielder Cedrick Mabwati set to join the team this summer as the 29th. Rosters were capped at 30 players last year.
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Sports roundup: Cap rises, NFL teams can spend $10 million more this year
The NFL salary cap is going up $10 million to $143.28 million for the 2015 season.
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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.
