The Miami Heat survived a 35-minute delay to fix a leaky scoreboard canister, a 27-point third-quarter deficit, a fan running onto the court during their rally and a gutty Cavaliers comeback on Wednesday night at The Q. Overcoming all that, the Heat beat the short-handed Cavs, 98-95, to push their winning streak to 24 games […]
Blue Jackets Beat Predators 4-3
March 20, 2013 by
The Blue Jackets knew they would get the Predators’ best punch Tuesday, and though it took about 56 minutes to land, they had to absorb a vicious right hook before earning a hard-fought decision 4-3. Neither the players nor coach Todd Richards were particularly pleased with their performance in the final three minutes of regulation, […]
Lindsey, Hall Named February Athletes of the Month
March 19, 2013 by
Fahey Bank has announced the February Athletes of the Month for 2013 are Ashleigh Lindsey of Harding and Kyle Hall of Elgin. Ashleigh Lindsey is a freshman gymnast for Harding. Ashleigh won the All Around competition at the Northwest District Meet on February 22, 2013. At this meet she competed against 92 other athletes and […]
Pacers Whip Cavaliers 111-90
March 19, 2013 by
The Cavaliers have 15 games left. Nine of those games will be against teams that were in the playoffs as of Monday night. What’s to prevent a repeat of Monday night’s 111-90 manhandling by the Indiana Pacers nine more times, starting Wednesday night against Miami, which has won 23 straight games? “Heart,” said C.J. Miles […]
Buckeyes Win Big Ten Tournament
March 18, 2013 by
Ohio State is the champion of the Big Ten tournament – again. Deshaun Thomas scored 17 points and the 10th-ranked Buckeyes used their stout defense to beat No. 22 Wisconsin 50-43 for their conference-best fifth tournament title on Sunday. Thomas was 6 for 19 from the field, but made some big free throws down the […]
Crew Gives Up Late Goal to Draw in Season’s Home Debut
March 17, 2013 by
After two road matches to start the 2013 Major League Soccer season, the Columbus Crew returned home to the friendly confines of Crew Stadium on Saturday evening. Justin Morrow’s goal in the 74th minute enabled the San Jose Earthquakes to forge a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew and damper the Crew’s home opener on […]
Blue Jackets Down Coyotes in Shootout
March 17, 2013 by
Sergei Bobrovsky is authoring some kind of story right now, and even his head coach couldn’t recall off-hand a run quite like the Blue Jackets goaltending has strung together. In what admittedly was not their cleanest or most complete effort in the first 28 games, the 24-year-old netminder held the Jackets together through regulation, overtime, […]
Buckeyes Upset Michigan State 61-58
March 17, 2013 by
Aaron Craft came on strong in the second half to finish with 20 points and lead No. 10 Ohio State past No. 8 Michigan State, 61-58 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament. Craft keyed a seven-point spurt midway through the second half that stretched the lead to eight at 55-47, and […]
Cavaliers Come Up Short Against Spurs 119-113
March 17, 2013 by
As close as they might come, as hard as they might play and as well as they might shoot, the Cavaliers still do not have their Mr. Fourth Quarter. They are without All-Star Kyrie Irving, the point guard who sat at home as his Cava liers took on the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night […]
Blue Jackets Break Points Streak, but Fall to Blackhawks in Shootout
March 15, 2013 by
On a night when both the Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks traded momentum like it was the floor of the stock exchange, a rocking crowd of 15,009 at Nationwide Arena took it all in and loved every second of it — especially in what was one of the more entertaining overtime periods we’ve seen in […]
