Nationwide Arena

Blue Jackets drop Ducks in overtime

2013-04-01 00:00:00

— This wasn't as big a crash-and-burn exercise as after the last time the Ducks beat the Chicago Blackhawks earlier in March. At least Anaheim salvaged a point from an often spotty showing Sunday at Nationwide Arena as the resurgent Columbus Blue...

NHL: Jackets' odds for outside game improve

2013-05-12 10:14:02

The NHL took a major step last week toward agreeing to send its players to Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympics, meaning Columbus won't get an NHL All-Star Game until 2015 at the earliest. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has vowed to have the All-...

Blue Jackets prospect goes from last picked to playoffs

2013-05-10 04:14:02

The Blue Jackets' selection of Trent Vogelhuber in the 2007 NHL draft in Columbus was a storybook finish to a memorable weekend in Nationwide Arena. Taken with the 211th and final pick, Vogelhuber --a Dublin native who played for St. Charles and the...

Taylor Swift: Country-pop phenom ably at ease

2013-05-09 04:14:02

Moments after taking the stage to greet a sold-out crowd, Taylor Swift paused mid-song to flash a genuine, awe-struck smile before a galaxy of glow sticks. Then, just as quickly, her gaze shifted into that sly, signature sideways glance -- a demure grin...

Scioto Downs OK with use of e-cigarettes

2013-04-30 03:54:03

The ban on electronic cigarettes at Scioto Downs Racetrack & Casino has gone up in smoke, and the devices are permitted, casino officials say. That means four of the state's six major gambling venues allow the use of e-cigarettes. "The policy was a...

Blue Jackets: Hope springs from remarkable stretch

2013-04-30 03:54:03

It was the most memorable two-month stretch of play the Blue Jackets have ever put together, a 19-5-5 supernova that captured the city and launched the Jackets from fewest points in the NHL on Feb. 24 to one point shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup...

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Bob Hunter column

2013-04-28 09:34:02

Odds? Forget the odds. When a team that was once had the worst record in the NHL at 5-12-2 finishes 18-5-5 to get into a win-or-else game at the end of the season, the odds suddenly seem as insignificant as yesterday's high temperature. The Blue...

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Michael Arace column

2013-04-28 09:34:02

John Davidson has had more knee operations than Joe Namath, and it showed late last night as he bobbed out of the coaches' office and ambled down the hallway after the last game of the season. He paused, leaned against a cinderblock wall, ran his hand...

Blue Jackets 3, Predators 1: Heartbreaking

2013-04-28 09:34:02

For two-plus periods in a packed and pulsating Nationwide Arena, it appeared the closely monitored goings-on in games at Dallas and Denver might not matter to the Blue Jackets. These formerly doormat Jackets, improbably in the thick of a postseason race...

Blue Jackets 3, Predators 1: Bitter end

2013-04-28 03:54:04

The Blue Jackets achieved more this season than their most ardent fans could have expected, and more than the rest of the hockey world believed possible. But tonight, in the last game of the regular season, the Jackets' hopes of making the Stanley Cup...

Cody's Corner: Will you 'Join The Battle' in the future?

2013-04-27 12:34:02

Picture this, an arena filled to capacity and filled with excitement for something some in attendance have never cheered for in their entire lives. That happened four years ago when the Columbus Blue Jackets played in the franchise's first two Stanley...

E-cigarette users out of luck in Ohio's casinos

2013-04-27 03:54:03

Whenever she plays the slot machines in a casino, Kathleen Weber gets the urge to light up a cigarette. "Every casino I've ever been to, you could smoke," the Galloway resident said. "It's a habit, to go to the casino and smoke. It's a social thing."...

Win: Blackhawks 3, Blue Jackets 2 -- Dave Bolland of the Chicago Blackhawks flips the puck past Fedor Tyutin and Steve Mason of the Columbus Blue Jackets to score during the first period at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

2013-01-26 00:00:00