Hurricanes Beat Blue Jackets 4-2

It took the Blue Jackets 54 minutes and change to get going Tuesday night against the Hurricanes, and by that point, it was far too little and far too late. They were out-shot 18-9 in the opening period by Carolina and registered only three shots in the second period, and the 3-1 hill became a […]

Browns Survive Buccaneers 22-17

The Browns defense and special teams bailed out a struggling offense to lift the Browns to a 22-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. The victory improved the Browns to 5-3 — their best start at the midpoint since 2007 — and set up quite a showdown Thursday night in Cincinnati. […]

Bengals Grind Out 33-23 Win Over the Jaguars

The Bengals ended up winning an old-fashioned tractor-pull with the Jaguars Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium when two old friends, special teams and A.J. Green,  helped a new face deliver another  grinding victory, this one by 33-23 as the Bengals extended their unbeaten home streak to 14. When the Jags cut the lead to 26-23 […]

Crew in Big Hole Following 4-2 Loss to Revolution

The New England Revolution couldn’t have drawn up a much better start, and the Columbus Crew likely never imagined it would be this bad. The Revolution got off the ground in emphatic fashion in the Eastern Conference semifinal series of the MLS Cup Playoffs presented by AT&T on Saturday, scoring four away goals to defeat […]

Buckeyes Pound Illinois 55-14

No. 13 Ohio State took care of business by pounding Illinois 55-14 on Saturday night. Now the Buckeyes can finally talk about the game of the year in the Big Ten next week at Michigan State. The Spartans ended a 24-game Ohio State win streak with a 34-24 victory in last year’s conference title game. […]

Cavaliers Fall to the Knicks 95-90 in Season Opener

In a night that started out so memorably, the ending sure left a sour taste as the New York Knicks defeated the Cavaliers, 95-90, on Thursday night at The Q in the Cavs’ season opener. New York’s Carmelo Anthony led all scorers with 25 points. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland (0-1) with 22 points, four rebounds […]

Senators Smack Blue Jackets 5-2

The Blue Jackets scrapped their way through this game, fighting like mad to stay in it despite sustaining another injury to another key player. But a tide-turning major penalty in the third period helped Ottawa obtain with the insurance it needed to make captain Erik Karlsson’s goal stand as the winner. Artem Anisimov left the […]

Crew Beat Union 2-1, Earn 3rd Seed in Playoffs

The Columbus Crew only needed a draw against the Philadelphia Union Sunday to clinch their first home playoff game since 2010. It got more than that, with Bernardo Anor scoring a late winner to secure a 2-1 victory against Philadelphia in both club’s regular-season finale. The win was Columbus’s third in a row, taking the […]

U.S. Women Stomp Costa Rica 6-0 to Win CONCACAF Championship

The U.S. Women’s National Team held nothing back in closing out the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship. FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year nominee Abby Wambach recorded a first-half hat trick and four goals in all, and the USA rolled to a 6-0 victory against Costa Rica in the title match before 11,625 spectators at […]

Browns Beat Raiders 23-13

Moments after Brian Hoyer hit Andrew Hawkins with what proved to be the game-winning touchdown pass, a 4-yarder at the start of the fourth quarter, he raced over to the sidelines to congratulate the guys that made it possible: Donte Whitner and Joe Haden. Hoyer hugged and high-fived the two for forcing and recovering the […]