Columbus Blue Jackets
Last season: 40-33-9, missed playoffs.
COACH: Dean Evason (second season with Columbus; 187-110-36 career).
SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Nashville.
DEPARTURES: G Daniil Tarasov, LW James van Riemsdyk, D Jack Johnson, C Sean Kuraly, F Justin Danforth, C Luke Kunin, RW Kevin ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rocctober has returned to Cleveland.
Brayan Rocchio came up with another clutch hit in the postseason with the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning as the Guardians evened their AL Wild Card Series against the Detroit Tigers with a 6-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday.
"It was ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Detroit Tigers kept coming to bat with runners in scoring position in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Cleveland Guardians.
With one exception, they failed to come through, paving the way for Cleveland's 6-1 victory that evened the best-of-three series ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — When Chase DeLauter walked out to right field for the seventh inning of Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, the Guardians outfielder looked up to the upper deck of Progressive Field.
That was the moment when DeLauter was finally able to reflect on a memorable big league ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chasing their first playoff victory since 2012, the Cincinnati Reds instead watched the season slip away Wednesday night.
The Reds were eliminated from the National League Wild Card round with an 8-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2. Cincinnati is 0-5 in the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns acquired offensive tackle Cam Robinson from the Houston Texans in a trade involving late-round draft picks.
Coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed the trade during his Monday news conference.
The Browns sent a 2027 sixth-round draft pick to the Texans for the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit's Tarik Skubal will be back on the mound at Progressive Field on Tuesday for the first game of the AL Wild Card Series against Cleveland.
The start comes one week after the Tigers ace had a nightmare sixth inning against the Guardians.
Skubal threw a 99 mph fastball ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cincinnati came crashing into the postseason on the final day of the regular season, and the callow Reds are riding a surge of momentum they hope will carry them against the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
"The dangers are the youthful enthusiasm, the ...
DENVER (AP) — Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos finally justified their head coach's talking them up all offseason.
Nix threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to atone for his end zone interception and the Broncos snapped a two-game skid by sending the Cincinnati Bengals to their second ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds lost their regular-season finale 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday but still reached the playoffs because the New York Mets fell to the Miami Marlins.
Cincinnati entered Sunday knowing it could reach the playoffs if it beat Milwaukee or if the Mets ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — It was fitting in many ways that Brayan Rocchio hit the walk-off homer that put an exclamation point on the Cleveland Guardians' historic run to an AL Central title.
Even though Cleveland had secured its 13th division crown in the eighth inning when the Boston Red Sox beat ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff's connection with Amon-Ra St. Brown is so good, it helped the Detroit Lions overcome a relatively lackluster game on offense to rout the Cleveland Browns.
Goff threw two touchdown passes to St. Brown, Kalif Raymond returned a punt 65 yards for another score and the ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gavin Lux hit two doubles and scored the go-ahead run as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Friday night, overtaking the New York Mets for the third National League wild-card spot.
Cincinnati's win and New York's 6-2 loss to Miami enabled the Reds to ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Alejandro Osuna hit a three-run homer in the first, rookie Jack Leiter matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and the Texas Rangers beat Cleveland 7-3 on Friday night.
The Guardians (86-74) remained tied with Detroit for the AL Central lead after the Boston Red Sox rallied ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marté robbed Bryan Reynolds of a tying home run in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Thursday to remain one game behind the New York Mets for the final NL wild card.
Nick Lodolo tied his career high with 12 strikeouts before ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — George Valera hit a two-run homer in the third inning, José Ramírez had a two-run double in the seventh and the Cleveland Guardians became the first major league team to overcome a deficit of 15 1/2 games and take the lead in either division or league play, beating the ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Spencer Horwitz hit an run-scoring double in the 11th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati 4-3 on Wednesday night, preventing the Reds from gaining ground in the race for an NL wild card.
The Reds entered Wednesday's action tied with Arizona, one game behind ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan wasn't looking at the American League Central standings in early July when the Cleveland Guardians were eight games under .500, in fourth place and 15 1/2 games behind the Detroit Tigers.
The All-Star outfielder wasn't about to look on Wednesday night, even ...
By The Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez drove in a run with a swinging bunt when Cleveland rallied in a strange sixth inning against Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, and the Guardians beat the Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night to move into a tie for first place in the AL ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez drove in a run with a swinging bunt when Cleveland rallied in a strange sixth inning against Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, and the Guardians beat the Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night to move into a tie for first place in the AL Central.
Cleveland caught Detroit after ...