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Two-time Big Ten Gymnast of the Year Lexy Ramler of Minnesota highlights 20-person Gymnasts to Watch list ROSEMONT, Ill. – Michigan is the preseason choice to win the 2021 Big Ten Conference women’s gymnastics championship, according to a poll of the 10 Big Ten coaches released […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 13, 2021 Follow Zips Football on Twitter (@ZipsFB), Facebook and Instagram AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron football has unveiled its schedule for the upcoming 2021 campaign, one that includes road tests at perennial powers Auburn and Ohio State, as well as six home games […]

POSITION Guard HEIGHT 6-5 CLASS Redshirt Senior HOMETOWN Pickerington, Ohio HIGHSCHOOL Pickerington Central 2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)• Played in all 31 games (one start), and averaged 10.1 points a game• The one start was against Grambling when Jalen Crutcher was out, and Watson erupted for 30 points (8-12 FG, 4-5 3-pt., 10-10 […]

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have made several moves, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. The Blue Jackets have assigned the following players to the club’s taxi squad: defenseman Adam Clendening, forward Nathan Gerbe, goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks, forward Ryan MacInnis, forward Stefan Matteau […]

DAYTON — The University of Dayton Flyers return to Tom Blackburn Court on Wednesday, Jan. 13 when the Duquesne Dukes visit UD Arena.  Game time is 7 p.m. ET.  Dayton is 6-3, and 2-2 in the Atlantic 10 after an 89-78 overtime win at Davidson.  Senior […]

ST. KNUT’S DAY In Sweden, January 13 is the traditional day to discard the Christmas tree and end the season’s festivities. A children’s party is the favored way to strip the tree of its decorations, after which the children are free to “plunder” the edible […]

• The Big Ten boasts six teams in the Associated Press Top-25poll and five teams in the USA TODAY coaches poll. Three Big Ten teams appear in the top 10 of both polls: No. 5/No. 8 Iowa, No. 7/No. 5 Michigan and No. 9/No. 9 Wisconsin. In total, the […]

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference office announced today that Notre Dame hockey player Colin Theisen has been suspended for one game, under the conference’s supplemental discipline process, as a result of an incident that occurred in a game against Arizona State on Jan. 10. The action […]

Big Ten women’s basketball will be featured prominently on BTN and the FOX Sports app this week, with nine of the 12 scheduled conference games to be televised nationally, including BTN tripleheaders on Thursday and Jan. 18. In recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day during the latter […]

Marcus Williamson grew up in the Buckeyes backyard in the Columbus, Ohio suburb of Westerville, Ohio. He became a starter for the first time during the 2020 season and played well. Williamson last week told all the media on the National Championship Zoom call that […]

EIGHT TEAMS REMAIN STANDING AS NFL ENTERS DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS​ Playoff football is a harmonious symphony, and the volume is about to rise. The NFL has reached the Divisional stage of the 2020 playoffs and the two conferences have distinctly different personalities. In the AFC, the […]

The National Football League and NFL Players Association today announced the COVID-19 monitoring testing results for January 3– January 9. Individuals who test positive for COVID-19 follow the joint NFL-NFLPA Treatment Protocol. They are immediately isolated, not permitted to access club facilities, or to have […]

Award Recipient to be Recognized at NFL Honors The NFL and USAA, an Official NFL Salute to Service Partner, announced AMB Sports and Entertainment CEO STEVE CANNON, New England Patriots Long Snapper JOE CARDONA, andSan Francisco 49ers General Manager and NFL Legend JOHN LYNCH as the finalists for the tenth […]

Junior assisted on all three goals in weekend series at Wisconsin COLUMBUS, Ohio – Madison Bizal, a junior defenseman from Elk River, Minn., has been named the WCHA’s Defensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced today. Bizal assisted on all three goals last weekend in […]

Steve Sarkisian returned to head coach Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in January of 2019 and the decision immediately paid dividends as the Crimson Tide’s offense was among the most explosive in school history in his first season […]

Black & Gold sign Medina, Ohio native to a Homegrown Player contract January 11, 2021 COLUMBUS – Columbus Crew SC today announced that it has signed Crew SC Academy product and Wake Forest University midfielder Isaiah Parente as a Homegrown Player. A Medina, Ohio native, Parente […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio –No. 21 Ohio State (9-3, 3-3) are back in action at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Value City Arena in Columbus vs. Northwestern (6-4, 3-3). The game will be televised by the Big Ten Network. GAME BASICS ·       Ohio State and Northwestern meet on the hardwood […]

CHINESE NEW YEAR The new year is by far the most important festival of the Chinese lunar calendar. It is celebrated on the second new Moon after the winter solstice. The holiday is a time of renewal, with debts cleared, new clothes bought, shops and […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  JANUARY 11, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets announced several roster moves today: The Blue Jackets have placed forward Gus Nyquist on Injured Reserve.  Nyquist underwent shoulder surgery on November 3 and is expected to be sidelined five to six months […]

College Football Playoff National Championship Game: No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 1 Alabama – Jan. 11, 2021; Hard Rock Stadium; Miami, Fla.   Please note: individuals listed as unavailable this week may be unavailable because of injury, rehabilitation because of an injury or illness. Game-Time Decision […]