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Baseball: Clippers fall to Mud Hens 6-4; Sarbaugh ejected

Brad Eldred hit another home run and the Toledo Mud Hens hung another loss on the Clippers today in Huntington Park. Eldred homered to ignite a four-run Toledo fourth inning in the 6-4 victory. It was his fourth home run of the two-game series and an I... »

540-foot-long machine to bore 4 1/2-mile sewer line

In a cavern 180 feet beneath the South Side, workers are building Marsha, one of the biggest, most-expensive and most-complex pieces of machinery the city has never seen. The tunneling machine is named after the project manager’s wife, and she’ll stret... »

Clippers fall to Indianapolis 8-6

The road back to where Trevor Crowe longs to be runs through Huntington Park this season. This is a fact that the Cleveland Indians’ 2005 first-round draft choice neither disputes nor bothers to rail against even on a cold April evening that went to th... »

Clippers defeat Indians 5-4 in 12 innings

Russ Canzler tuned out the scoreboard in the bottom of the 12th inning last night in Huntington Park and concentrated on what was in front of him. The Clippers had loaded the bases with one out in a 4-4 tie with the Indianapolis Indians, and Canzler, w... »

Petit’s 9th inning hit pulls Clippers over Indians 4-3

Gregorio Petit stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning tonight in Huntington Park with the game between the Clippers and Indianapolis hanging in the balance. His plan was as sensible as it was simple. “I was trying not to strike out agai... »

Clippers lose season opener to Bats 5-4

Within seconds of their release, the pregame celebratory balloons found the jet stream tonight and exited Huntington Park faster than a bad actor fleeing a salvo of rotten tomatoes. The Clippers’ celebration of their 2011 International League Governors... »

Taxpayers now own Nationwide Arena

The Columbus Blue Jackets will complete the home half of their hockey season in a publicly owned arena. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority closed on Nationwide Arena on Wednesday afternoon in a $42.5 million deal that will be financed ... »

Blue Jackets get some revenge with 4-2 win over Red Wings

The tribulations of the last-place Blue Jackets were never more apparent than they were at the opening faceoff of a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings last night in Nationwide Arena. There is a Bad News Bear-ish quality to injury-ravaged Blue Jackets a... »

Visiting NCAA fans impressed by area

John Szmanczek and four friends rolled into Columbus with only three full-size tires on his parents’ Hyundai. But as they walked toward Nationwide Arena yesterday, clad in Saint Louis University blue, a new tire was not on their priority list. They wer... »

NCAA at Nationwide: Michigan State survives scare from St. Louis

Michigan State advanced to the Sweet 16 this afternoon at Nationwide Arena, surviving a stiff challenge by Saint Louis for a 65-61 victory. »

NCAA at Nationwide: North Carolina State upsets Georgetown

North Carolina State earned its first Sweet 16 berth in the NCAA tournament in seven years yesterday by upsetting the No. 3 seed Georgetown Hoyas, 66-63, at Nationwide Arena »

NCAA at Nationwide: Saint Louis slows down, stops Memphis

The turtle beat the hare again. Saint Louis, plodding but disciplined, lulled high-octane Memphis into a meat-grinder of a game and upset the Tigers 61-54 in an NCAA Tournament second-round game at Nationwide Arena. »

NCAA at Nationwide: Georgetown defeats Belmont

Georgetown’s sizzling shooting and imposing size on defense carried the Hoyas to a 74-59 victory over the Belmont Bruins this afternoon at Nationwide Arena in a second-round NCAA tournament game. »

NCAA at Nationwide: N.C. State handles San Diego State

The seed didn't matter, but size did in the first NCAA Tournament game today at Nationwide Arena as the bigger North Carolina State Wolfpack pulled a mild upset of San Diego State. »

Navigation tips for NCAA fans visiting Columbus

Welcome to Columbus, NCAA basketball fans. As we’re fond of saying in these parts: You can’t get there that way. You might have noticed that we’re in the midst of a little highway work around here. Those barricades, barrels and detour signs you’ve enco... »

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