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have no answers for Bluesby Dave Seaman, Columbus Wired. Photos by Joel Torres (3/13/10) The lack of scoring punch provided by Rick Nash and Kristian Huselius finally caught up to the Blue Jackets Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues in front of 16,453 in Nationwide Arena...Read More |
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Blue Jackets Notebook: Jackets
still want to win by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (3/13/10) The Columbus Blue Jackets left the ice twice in Saturday’s ugly 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues to a chorus of boos and jeers from the crowd of 16,453 in Nationwide Arena at the end of the second and third periods. Saturday’s uninspired effort was very much reminiscent of the effort given by the team during the Doug MacLean years. Even so, the team says it still wants to win...Read More |
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hold off Thrashers for 2-1 win by Dave Seaman, Columbus Wired. Photos by Joel Torres (3/11/10) As the Columbus Blue Jackets play out the final 15 games, coach Claude Noel wants to see continued growth. It continued with a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Thrashers Thursday night in front of 13,459 in Nationwide Arena...Read More |
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Blue Jackets Notebook: Dorsett;
Boll steps up for shorthanded Jackets by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (3/11/10) Following last week’s trade deadline, the Columbus Blue Jackets knew they would have to find players to step up their role on the squad. Who knew that less than a week later, they would also have to find someone to fill in for their injured captain Rick Nash...Read More Chelios returns to the NHL Chris Chelios, 48, made his return to the NHL after spending the entire season thus far in the minors with the Chicago Wolves. Chelios was called up to the Thrashers on Thursday and was called upon a lot for penalty killing duty...Read More |
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 Crew rally for 2-2 tie against
Tolucaby J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired. Photos by Dave Weissman (3/10/10) The Columbus Crew rallied in Tuesday night’s tilt with Toluca FC for a 2-2 tie in front of a crowd of 4,402 in Crew Stadium. The game was the first of a two game aggregate series in the Quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. The Crew was without Frankie Hejduk, Chad Marshall, and Guillermo Barros Schelotto, but rallied from two goals from forward Stephen Lenhart...Read More |
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Crew View: Black (and Gold) Tie
Affair by Renee Ritchey, Columbus Wired (3/10/09) This first Crew game of 2010 was a fantastic spectator experience and opens up a greater level of expectations for the season ahead. Whoever said a soccer match is like ‘watching paint dry’ needs to put down their paint brush and go to a Columbus Crew game – they’re missing a truly exciting sporting event! ...Read More |
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Why the Waste? Gary Foreman Recently did an interview with Dana Dratch. They were talking about ways to reduce your grocery budget. One of the strategies that was mentioned was eliminating food waste. Wasting food is particularly hard on a food budget. Think about it. You've already spent the money. And you get zero benefit from it when it hits the trash. Can't get much worse than that if you're a Dollar Stretcher...Read More |
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 How to talk money with your spouse-to-be(ARA) - Getting married generates no shortage of opportunities to have important conversations with your spouse-to-be. At least one potentially challenging conversation can actually help ensure your marital bliss down the road - the talk about finances. Numerous polls and studies have shown that money is one of the top reasons couples fight, that it generates more stress in a marriage than almost any topic other than children and is a deciding factor in a large percentage of breakups...Read More |
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 Jackets sellers at trade
deadline: Torres, Modin, Jurcina, Roy
and Picard dealtby Dave Seaman and J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired. (3/3/10) As expected, the Columbus Blue Jackets were active during Wednesday’s Trade Deadline day. General manager Scott Howson did not make a move until after 2 p.m.; less than one hour before the 3 p.m. deadline. In five trades, including Raffi Torres, the Jackets acquired three draft picks, two prospects and a depth player on the blue line...Read The Full Story |
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give up lead; lose again to Canucks 4-3 by Dave Weissman, Columbus Wired. Photos by Joel Torres (3/2/10) With the excitement and magic of the Olympics behind them, the NHL returned to action. For Columbus, it meant taking on the Pacific leading Vancouver Canucks at home in Nationwide Arena. The result was similar to the last time these teams played February 13. Columbus gave up a two goal lead and eventually lost in overtime to the Canucks 4-3 before 14,000 home fans...Read More |
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Blue Jackets Notebook: Blue Jackets ready for stretch run; Jurcina out by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (3/2/10) The Columbus Blue Jackets return to the ice of Nationwide Arena this evening to face off against the Vancouver Canucks. This is the first game the Blue Jackets have had in 16 days. Many of the players spent time away from |
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Blue Jackets Notebook: Down on the farm report by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (2/27/10) Former Jackets forward working way back up - Former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Dan Fritsche is now back in the American Hockey League with the Blue Jackets’ top affiliate Syracuse Crunch after spending most of the last four seasons in the NHL....Read More Crunch still battling for the playoffs - Despite a losing record and sitting 13th in a 15 team conference, Syracuse is only five points out of a playoff spot with 21 games remaining. The Crunch have won 10 out of their last 14 and are on a roll.....Read More Outdoorsy? The Syracuse Crunch played in the first ever American Hockey League outdoor game last Saturday and defeated Binghamton 2-1 in front of over 21,000 fans......Read More |
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Jackets go into the Olympic break on a
losing note by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (2/14/10) The Columbus Blue Jackets ended the pre-Olympics part of their schedule with a 5-4 shootout to the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday evening. Columbus jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first period. The Blackhawks scored four goals in a row, however, the Blue Jackets answered with two goals to force the game into a shootout. Chicago went on to win the shootout 2-1 in four rounds with goals from Patrick Kane and Troy Brouwer...Read More |
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give up lead; lose 4-3 to Vancouver by Dave Weissman, Columbus Wired (2/12/10) - Photos by Joel Torres The Columbus Blue Jackets three game winning streak under interim coach Claude Noel ended with a 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at Nationwide Arena. Raffi Torres scored in the second period to give Columbus a 3-2 lead, but Vancouver, in the middle of a 14-game road trip, didn’t let up and scored the next two goals to secure the win...Read More |
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win second straight under Noel by Dave Seaman, Columbus Wired (2/6/10) Two games in to the Claude Noel era and the Columbus Blue Jackets are slowly resembling the team that made the Stanley Cup Playoffs a season ago. The Jackets defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-0 in front of 18,567 inside Nationwide Arena Saturday night to improve to 2-0 under Noel...Read More |
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Jackets Notebook with J. Justin
Boggs (2/6/10) - Blunden gets called up
and pitches in: Columbus Blue
Jackets forward Mike Blunden was
recalled to Columbus in the middle of
the early on Saturday to join the squad
for their 4-0 victory over the Buffalo
Sabres from the Syracuse Crunch.
Blunden was inserted into the third line
with R.J. Umberger and Samuel Pahlsson.
Blunden had four shots and a game high
of five hits. His performance was enough
to earn the coveted hard hat for the
team’s hardest working player. ..Read
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Umberger,
Mason lead Noel to first victory by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (2/4/10) The Columbus Blue Jackets gave interim head coach Claude Noel his first NHL head coaching victory on Thursday night as they defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Nationwide Arena. Noel talked before the game about letting the players simplify the game and have fun. For once, the player received the message. “What I enjoyed about tonight’s game was right through warm-up and through the game, I thought the players were really passionate about trying to help each other,” Noel said...Read More |
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speaks outby J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired, Photo by Joel Torres (2/4/10) Ken Hitchcock spoke to the media Thursday afternoon less than 24 hours after being dismissed as team head coach. The former coach spent nearly 30 minutes talking how his successes and failures as coach, the Blue Jackets’ future, and his personal future in the NHL. Hitchcock started by thanking the organization, team President Mike Priest, team owners for his time spent in Columbus...Read More |
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Noel prepares for first game as NHL head coach by J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired (2/4/10) Being lost in the news of former Blue Jackets head coach Ken Hitchcock’s dismissal is Thursday represents the first time interim head coach Claude Noel will be at the helm for an NHL game. “It is going to be an emotional tactic within my own mind,” Noel said. “Not only trying to portray what we’re trying to establish in the game. It will be a really fun night. I think the one thing that we are all going to deal with is adversity and hopefully some joy in the results.”...Read More |
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part ways with Hitchcockby J. Justin Boggs, Columbus Wired, Photo Tom Theodore (2/3/10) After an ugly 5-1 loss at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday evening, the Columbus Blue Jackets and general manager Scott Howson decided to cut loose Ken Hitchcock from his coaching duties. Hitchcock will be replaced by Claude Noel on an interim basis. Howson said that Noel will finish the season as coach and Hitchcock’s replacement will not be named until after the season. Hitchcock was notified by Howson shortly after their 2 p.m. practice on Wednesday. Players were notified just minutes before the announcement was made official...Read More |
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 Celebrating
1960 National Championshipby Ashleigh Ignelzi, Columbus Wired (2/3/10) 50 years ago the Ohio State Men’s basketball team did something that hasn’t been achieved since 1960. They won the NCAA National Championship. The team was fully loaded with current basketball legends and to celebrate their accomplishments along with remembering their late coach Fred Taylor, all the members of the 1960 squad gathered in Columbus. Although their jump shots may be rusty, their memories of the win over California are vivid!...Read More |
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By Ashleigh Ignelzi, Columbus Wired, Photos by Dave Liggett and Joel Torres Columbus, OH- The Crew was in the hunt to remain in the playoffs as they attempted to win their second MLS Cup Championship Thursday evening in Crew stadium. The hunt came to a bitter and quick end to the 2009 season when Real Salt Lake came into Crew Stadium looking to prove their prior 1-0 victory last Saturday over the Crew was no fluke. RSL traded goals with the Crew throughout the match and the 3-2 Salt Lake win came as a shock to players and the Crew faithful...Read More |
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Senior
News: In conjunction with Senior News Network,
Columbus Wired and SNN Director of Programming Chuck Gillespie
recently sat down with Barbara Riley, Director of the Ohio
Department of Aging to discuss issues facing seniors today.
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On the road with Columbus Wired - We traveled over the summer to southern Indiana and learned a lot, including a visit to Santa Clause, Indiana and Lincoln's boyhood home...more
Hydroxycut. Does It Work?
by Fitness expert Christine Lydon
If you belong to a gym or occasionally flip through health magazines
chances are you're familiar with a product known as Hydroxycut, by
MuscleTech Research and Development, a leading sports supplement
company based in Mississauga, Ontario. Among athletes, Hydroxycut is
arguably the most popular "fat-burner" on the market today. If
you've been tempted to try it, you are probably wondering if the
stuff really works...more
Five Steps To Creating A
Winning Career Plan
by Deborah Brown-Volkman
There are times in our career when we are at a crossroads. Some
of us actively seek our next step, while others wait for the
next step to come to them. Whether you need to make a change in
your career now by choice, or by default, you'll need a plan.
Without a plan, expect to be like a leaf on a tree, going not
where you want, but where the wind takes you...more
The Best Time (10/28/08)
by Gary Foreman, The Dollar Stretcher
The best time to start saving for your retirement was years ago.
Maybe many more than ten years ago depending on how old you are.
And maybe you didn't start putting money away in a pension plan,
IRA or 401k way back when. So you can whine about not having any
savings now or you can plant your tree today...more
Millions of Americans Bring
Massage Benefits into the Home
(10/28/08)
Massage is moving mainstream in the lifestyles of millions of
Americans who rely on the millennia-old therapeutic practice not
just for relaxation but for a host of health benefits, including
pain relief. In fact, nearly a quarter of all adult Americans
had a massage at least once in 2007, according to the American
Massage Therapy Association...more
Retired? Travel Too Expensive?
A growing number of retirees and pre-retirees have found a more affordable way to satisfy their wanderlust, while making memories and feeling good about themselves. Voluntourism, or "vacation with a purpose," is gaining greater and greater acceptance amongst people of all ages...more
Lessons from
an Economic Crisis
By Gary Foreman, The Dollar Stretcher
Lately the economy is
big news. As someone who discusses personal finance I'd have to
say that the discussion is good. But, if you add up all the news
reports (print, radio, television, internet) you wonder whether
Jane and Joe Consumer are really learning anything. So much of
what is being reported has no practical value for folks like you
and I. So let's see if we can learn something from the turmoil
all around us...more
Tips to Help
Small Businesses Reduce Healthcare Costs
In response
to what is becoming a crisis for many small businesses,
Huntington National Bank is unveiling Healthcare Tips for a
Healthy Business. By lending its expertise to businesses and
saving them time and money in their search for a healthcare
plan...more
Money and Responsibility: Teach Your Children to Give and to Save
Teaching your children the value of fiscal and social responsibility may seem like a challenge in any economy. There is good news. By financially educating your children early you will empower them and yourself. With the holidays approaching, and your children now in school, this is the perfect time to teach them these important life skills...more
Laid Off? Today Is A Brand New Day.
by Deborah Brown-Volkman, contributing columnist
A sudden job loss can be very unsettling, and it makes a
person look inside in order to get perspective on their
situation. So How Do You Make Peace With What Just Happened To
You And Create A New Future? I Have 7 Tips For You...more
Social
Networking Online: Is it Safe?
With literally millions of people using social networking sites
on the Internet, don’t be surprised if you find your coworker on
MySpace or even your grandma on Facebook. Social networking
isn't just for teens, and adults are joining virtual communities
in increasing numbers. If the concept still seems a bit foreign
to you, don’t worry. Here are some tips to get you started and
help ensure you stay safe in the fast-paced world of Internet
social networking...more
