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I thought Dean Evason was a perfect fit in Columbus. Now, he's gone.
Waddell fires Evason, hires Rick Bowness, 70
Michael Arace
Born and raised in Hartford, Conn. Hartford Courant 1982-1999. Major beats: Boston Celtics/NBA, Hartford Whalers/NHL, UConn basketball. Columbus Dispatch 1999-2025. First Blue Jackets beat writer. Columnist 2004-2025.
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12 games over 21 days will determine what Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell does next
Keep it together or tear it apart?
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The Weekly Dis
Disa and data about the Crew's new coach, and much more
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Holy Kierkegaard! Some clues to Henrik Rydström, the next Columbus Crew coach
From Dolly Parton to The War on Drugs to Danish existentialism, a quick primer
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Sacks
Wilfried Nancy and Bloody Monday, on both sides of the pond
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Blue Jackets suffer through another third-period meltdown
The season half-over and the Jackets remain a few points and a million miles away from a playoff spot
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The Weekly Dis
The return of Zach Werenski to the CBJ lineup, of Jarmo Kekalainen to Nationwide Arena and of Condor to the Dirty Garage
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10 minutes with Issa Tall, general manager of the Columbus Crew, upon the hiring of a new coach
It's not easy to replace Wilfried Nancy
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Holy umlaut! Columbus Crew name Nancy's successor: Henrik Rydström, formerly of Malmö
"Of course we need to win. But let's go out and enjoy ourselves by playing a football that we can feel." -- Henrik Rydström, in a 2024 interview with Sky Sports
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Don Waddell on the unloading of Yegor Chinakhov
The sprint to the Olympic break is off and running
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Russell Martin, who flamed out with Rangers, is a finalist for Crew coaching job
Does the road from Columbus to Glasgow run in both directions?
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The CBJ search for the secret sauce
Mason Marchment enters Nationwide Arena