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Aaron Craft Is Smart, Son Of Coach
Aaron Craft. You either loved him or hated him. Regardless of what side you found yourself this March, there is no denying one thing: Aaron Craft is smart. ...
Your Final Four Open Thread: Ohio State vs. Kansas
Ohio State and Kansas battle for a chance to play Kentucky for the national championship on Monday. It's a rematch with much more on the line and this time Jared Sullinger is playing. You know the drill. Have at it in the comments....
How A Career Ends: I Went For A Rebound And Realized All The Hands Were Above Mine
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Luke Witte, Ohio State center and on-court stomping victim. ...
An Ohio State Superfan Was Hospitalized By A Flying Turkey
If all you know about Ohio is from watching WKRP, you might think that turkeys can't fly. Not so, claims Ohio State superfan John Chubb—better known as "Buck-I-Guy"—who claims one of the birds smashed through his windshield as he returned from the Buckeyes' 3rd-round win over Gonzaga last weekend....
Big Nut Has Finally Accumulated Enough Flair To Be Employable At T.G.I. Friday's
Jon Peters—known to those in Ohio State enthusiast circles as Big Nut—makes regular appearances on television during Buckeye games due mostly to his ridiculous appearance. His visage grows more absurd by season, and given he's a portly fellow it's astonishing he's even mobile carrying such extra ba...
Your College Basketball Open Thread
Enjoy the sparse menu of college ball this afternoon if watching cars go 'round and 'round is not your thing....
Former Iowa Commit Argues With Fans, Calls Out "Pre Madonnas"
Rodney Coe was four-star recruit who committed to Iowa for 2011, but didn't qualify academically. The plan became to spend two years at Iowa Western Community College before transferring, but even that's not going to smoothly now. You see, Coe is 6'3", 265 pounds, and both the Hawkeyes and his curre...
YES Network Host Bob Lorenz Arrested On DUI Charges, Allegedly Found Slumped Over Steering Wheel At Stop Sign
Bob Lorenz isn't currently a star on the Yankees' broadcast arm, the YES Network. (He does lots of solid studio work.) And judging from what police allege happened early this morning in Westport, Connecticut, Lorenz won't become a star at YES anytime soon....
Gifts For The Self-Loathing Mets Fan: Bidding On Jose Reyes's Shorn Locks Is Up To $10,200
Apparently most-riveting-New-York-Met-ever Jose Reyes will spend this year toiling for something called the Miami Marlins, the Talk Magazine of baseball teams, while Ruben Tejada will start at short for the Mets. Cool....
Ohio State Calls Michigan "That Team Up North" On Its 2012 Football Schedule
Your morning roundup for Feb. 3, the day Snooki really wowed us with her intelligence. Photo of the schedule in Ohio State's locker room courtesy Dr. Saturday, via Larry Brown Sports. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Wolverines, Buckeyes And More: Your College Basketball Open Thread
They play college basketball on Sunday, too! Feel free to talk about that and other goings on in the college basketball world down below....
ESPNU Inadvertently Trolls Michigan Fans With Graphic Error
As an Ohio alumnus, I'm overly sensitive to fans & the media confusing my alma mater with that school in Columbus—or certain coaches who refer to the Buckeyes as "Ohio."...
<em>Philadelphia Daily News</em> Columnist Marcus Hayes Suggests NBA Players Don't Know Who Their Fathers Are
Here's a clip from today's Daily News roundup program on CSN Philly, where a discussion of the Minnesota Wild team members bringing their fathers on a trip to play the Flyers tonight is brought to a grinding halt by columnist Marcus Hayes's "It's a good thing they don't do that in the NBA."...
Iowa Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery Loses His Shit, Berates Refs And Players, Slams A Chair
Your morning roundup for Jan. 11, the day we learned Siberia saved the animals. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
ESPN's SkyCam Becomes Self-Aware, Starts Attacking Iowa Players
It was bound to happen eventually: the wire-suspended ESPN SkyCam came crashing to the ground late in Friday's Insight Bowl in Tempe, nearly decapitating Iowa's Marvin McNutt and leaving the Worldwide Leader's Sean McDonough to apologize with a sheepish "Sorry folks."...
There's Something Truly Special About One Of These Shoplifters's Mugshots
Korin Vanhouten and Eldon Alexander — you decide which is which — totally got charged with stealing makeup, energy bars and batteries from a Utah supermarket the other day. What, no lotion basket?...
Urban Meyer Thinks The Ohio State Job Will Be His Last
Asked if Columbus is his last stop, Meyer replied: "I think so. I'm never gonna make those [comments], I've made some comments before that came back to haunt me because you just don't know. But I hope so."...
Ken Rosenthal Throws Himself Against The Wall
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day. Photo via @joecapMARLINS. This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!!...
What Losing Jose Reyes Really Means For Mets Fans
In eighth grade I wrote a poem about Jose Reyes, the Miami Marlins' new shortstop. The poem wasn't so good. I wrote it in Reyes's gregarious broken English, in which every third utterance is "you know" or "man." But I had to write something quickly for a class, and in April 2005, nothing captivated ...
Ken Rosenthal: Jose Reyes And Marlins Agree On $106M Deal
Yeah, it is Ken Rosenthal, but it sounds like this shit may stick....