Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

Although we’re all Jackets fans, we don’t really cover them because every time we start to, they go on an 8-game skid. However, this goal has earned a spot on the front page.

The WWL polled 141 NHL players on various questions such as who the best natural scorer and toughest players in the league are. No real surprise around here on the leading vote-getter for question #10:

IF ALL OF THE NHL’S CURRENT COACHES WERE IN A WWE CAGE MATCH, WHO’D WIN?

That urn can backcheck.

CBJ ‘Manager’ Ken Hitchcock

Sure, your Columbus Blue Jackets are still 13th out of 15 teams in the Western Conference and 8 points out of the final playoff spot, but things have been looking up since Paul Bearer, er, Ken Hitchcock took over back on November 23. Last night, the CBJ pulled off their most improbable [...]

The AP has a good wrap on some of Urban Meyer’s Ohio ties. I knew a lot about his background but I had no idea that he was drafted by the Atlanta Braves out of high school or that he played college ball at UC. Meyer doesn’t try to hide his love for [...]

TSN is reporting that the Columbus Blue Jackets have hired WWF personality Paul Bearer Ken Hitchcock as coach.

Hitchcock brings a no-nonsense approach to the business and will hopefully be just what this band of chronic underachievers needs to get going.

Very fitting that he gets to make his debut as coach of the CBJ Friday against [...]

Media outlets are reporting that Michigan sophomore wide receiver Mario Manningham will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery today to repair a partially torn meniscus in the knee. He may also have a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in the knee. At a press conference, coach Lloyd Carr refused to confirm the reports of the [...]