With a Columbus library card, you can read the Dispatch for free, including historical articles. Here's the article from the inaugural Crew game in 1996. In that same edition of the paper, found in the process of finding the above...here's one that didn't age well at all. "R. Kelly is doing what he has always done."
I'll have to look for it next time I'm there. Only issue I've had with Koelsch here is that it can be over-hopped for the style (a lot of brewers here brew everything as if it is an IPA). It's the beer style I learned to drink beer on.
Overall, Schnitz is okay, in regards to both beer and food. They are expanding their properties. They have a brewery and a restaurant akin to fine dining schmidt's. Sausages not as good, but the schnitzel is better than Schmidts. Valters beats both. For german beer up here, hansa is the best ive had.
I still have my three somewhere. I want to say the other one was for Dante...or was Dante the one that was planned, but never happened? Edit: I think the other one I'm thinking of was the 5th anniversary of the stadium. People who do Crew-themed "Crew Brew" now just don't know the greatness. The crazy part is that the provider of these beverages may or may not have accepted payment. (The difference, if he did? Only accept from those you know.)
The restaurant predated the Brewery by a long while and Schnitz Ale is a pun on the restaurant's name (Das Schnitzel Haus).
Oh, now that you noted the name of the place, I've been there. It's pretty good. Not too far from the Zoo, as I recall.
Was watching Gladbach vs HSV this morning. Hamburg has really sharp jerseys. Imagine this in black, gold, and white. Would be tremendous, IMHO.
Something other than plain yellow? That’s heresy!!! Next thing you know the fans will buy them in numbers and out FO might have cash to invest in quality players. No no no.
Couple towns over. Schnitzel Haus is in Parma. Brooklyn is between it and the Cleveland neighborhood of Old Brooklyn, where the zoo is (and where the Drew Carey show was set).
For those who likw the stats and analytics, FBref has been forced to stop using date from Opta, which claimed FBref violated its agreement, which has been the same for many years. FBref was a free site that had tons of data, including those bar screenshots. The site is now dead in the water, and some are speculating Opta may do this to other sites as betting companies are now partnering with them and maybe influencing them to stop these licensing agreements. https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/01/fbref-stathead-data-update/ We might still have American Soccer Analysis
Can we make online gambling illegal again? Total disaster for everyone in society, except the gambling apps and companies selling ads.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/69...-kidnapped-morocco-manager-saudi-arabia-scam/ Here’s a WILD story worth a read, if you have an Athletic subscription. Former MLS coach Adrian Heath was kidnapped and held for ransom in Morocco, after flying down there to interview for a non existent job in the Saudi League.
While I agree with you, the cat’s out of the bag. There are too many big, powerful, and now wealthy corporations benefiting from online gambling. And the wealthy and powerful get their way. I think the only counter is trying to point out to individuals that “the house never loses,” it’s throwing money away, and it becomes an addiction.
Gambling addiction is just as bad as drugs I'm convinced. So many dudes at my work gamble all their money away, it's sad. One dude got evicted from his apartment, still finding money (from others) to gamble though.
It creates changes in the brain. Hard to fight, but easier than some (there's not the reaction in the rest of the body like some drugs can cause). You go into Kroger and there are stacks of used scratchoffs in the trash by the machine. Large denominations too. The state has increasingly gone from $1 and $2 ones now to $30 and $50. Prop bets have also been an issue, as many of them are easy to manipulate.
The case of Art Schlichter convinced me that it really can be a sickness. Hes been in and out of prison a dozen times for scamming people for the money to run to Vegas or the bookies and lose it. A guy who had it all and threw it away because of a compulsion, and he keeps on doing it over and over long after any halfway sane and rational human might noticed that its destroyed his life.
The wild thing is that I have about as addictive a personality as they come, but gambling has never gotten me. I'm still running off of the $200 in free bets they were handing out when they first legalized.
Addictions can be weird like that. Some people can smoke just one or two puffs of a cigarette, realize they hate it and never do it again. Other people might be in and out of cancer hospitals and still be smoking two packs a day. Other smokers can be hospitalized for a week, get out and not smoke for 20+ years. Some people I used to know a long time ago retired and moved to Las Vegas. They had taken prior trips to Nevada and really liked it. Some 4-6 (I'm guessing) years later, they got hit hard by gambling losses and moved to Florida. Eventually a letter came back as "return to sender" and it was assumed that they were so embarrassed by their gambling losses they wanted to sever ties. Meanwhile, I'm sure there's thousands of people who live in Las Vegas who maybe will gamble $10 a year, if that. Growing up, I knew someone with an antique nickle slot machine. While I used it, I never felt the desire to gamble large sums (maybe because I've seen what can happen?). Yeah, I did the various free bets from the gambling company apps and got the Tipico discount the Crew store, but that's about the extent of what I've done other than some random Kentucky Derby $2 bets at Derby parties. A few years ago, when the longshot won, the sole winner made out like a bandit. The money was actually split up and given to the kids at the party. I think I've spent $3 on scratch-offs in my entire life, despite spending tons in nickles back in my youth. Many years ago, I saw a concert at the Columbus casino and didn't spend anything there. I want to say the concert was free. I don't remember needing to show a ticket. Thoma Gol might say something wise like part of any addiction is mind over matter and personal control of the situation and I'd have to agree.
Some of us are just not holding up our end. Five of the biggest alcohol makers in the world are sitting on what’s described as “a lake” of unsold alcohol as people are drinking less than they used to. pic.twitter.com/ylTS1MOY9c— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) January 22, 2026