Columbus Sports Stories & Scoops

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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Previous MLS All-Star Games in Columbus

Wednesday, Major League Soccer awarded the Columbus Crew the 2024 MLS All-Star game. For the third time in league history, the annual midseason exhibition combining the best from across the league comes to the Ohio capital city. Not only is there history surrounding Columbus hosting, but next year’s…

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Columbus to host 2024 MLS All-Star Game

The MLS All-Star Game is coming back to Columbus on July, 17 2024. It will be the first All-Star Game at Lower.com Field, and the third in city history. Historic Crew Stadium hosted it in 2000 and 2005. The week will be packed with things to do and see in Columbus, like concerts, skills challenges…

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Lacrosse in Columbus

The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) comes back to Columbus on June 16-17 for the first time since 2019. Ahead of the action-packed weekend featuring four matches over two days at OSU Lacrosse Stadium, let's take a look at the history of lacrosse in Columbus. You may be surprised to know Central Ohio’s…

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Smart and Open: LGBTQ Sports in Columbus

Columbus prides itself on being a city that is both smart and open. And when visitors step foot in the city, they feel it immediately. Home to the largest Pride parade in the Midwest that attracts more than 500,000 people and recipient of a perfect score by the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal…

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The Most Underrated Event in Golf is in Columbus

It's one of the best and most underrated spectacles in the game of golf. It comes to Central Ohio in early June every year. Of course, I am talking about the U.S. Open Final Qualifier. The 2023 U.S. Open Final Qualifier is on Monday, June 5 at Brookside Golf & Country Club and The Lakes Golf &…

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