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Columbus Hosts MLS Cup

Never count out Columbus. Congratulations to the Columbus Crew on a thrilling win Saturday night. Columbus will face LAFC in the MLS Cup at Lower.com Field on Saturday, December 9 at 4 p.m. ET. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, December 6 at ColumbusCrew.com. Down 2-0 at the…

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How to Watch Figure Skating Like an Expert

From Axels to Salchows there's a lot of terminology in figure skating that doesn't get used anywhere else. That can make it tough to follow along or know what to watch for. But we've got your back with an all-new Fan Guide straight from the experts at U.S. Figure Skating. Study up before the U.S…

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Columbus Hosts College GameDay for the 23rd time

College GameDay is back in the 'Bus this weekend for a B1G matchup. No. 7 Penn State takes on No. 3 Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday, October 21 noon ET. You can watch it on FOX as part of the network's Big Noon Kickoff. Saturday will be the 23rd time College GameDay comes to Columbus. That's…

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Team Registration is Live for the 2024 Community Cup

Team Registration is now open for the 2024 Community Cup presented by The Columbus Foundation . The seventh edition of the Cup is poised to be the biggest yet after we saw record athlete participation the last two years and it was front page news the next day. Nearly 1,300 athletes registered in…

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Brian Boitano and Jason Brown in Columbus Recap

Brian Boitano and Jason Brown visited Columbus in August to help kick off single session ticket sales for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. In between media interviews, video shoots, a Learn to Skate event and a tour of Nationwide Arena, they made time to check out the city. We asked them what…

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2023 Community Cup Recap

Competition We were thrilled to break last year's record with nearly 1,300 registered athletes. Thirty-six teams competed, with DIV checking in as the largest division with 13 teams. We had 14 sports once again, but they weren't all the same as last year. Soccer Kick and Hockey Shot featured updated…

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A Pelotonia Rider's Survivor Story

Like so many others at the first Pelotonia fundraising bicycle ride in 2009, Sandi Parsons rode for others. “I lost my best friend, Judy Childs, to breast cancer and I rode for her and for other friends and family members [diagnosed with cancer],” she said. Over the years, Parsons, 70, has continued…

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Where to Watch the Women's World Cup in Columbus

The FIFA Women’s World Cup is set to take over the summer as it runs July 20-August 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand. It’ll be the biggest tournament yet, with 32 teams competing in 64 matches. The last two editions in 2015 and 2019 had 24 teams and 52 matches. The U.S. Women’s National Team…

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Greater Columbus Sports Commission Special wins Telly Award

The Greater Columbus Sports Commission 20th Anniversary Special presented by The Columbus Foundation won a national award. WSYX ABC 6 was awarded a Bronze Telly Award in a national competition for a short-form documentary submission of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission 20th Anniversary Special…

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