Twitter is a loaded gun. If the user isn’t properly trained or responsible enough to handle it, he can really hurt himself. No one knows this better than Ohio State backup quarterback Cardale Jones. Last October, he tweeted that he thought his classes were “pointless” and that he had come to Ohio State not to “play school” but “to play football.”.
Young Javarez Willis spent all day searching. Great-grandma told him they were hard to spot, but he was determined to find one. He always knew that “life was a gamble.”. He needed all the luck he co...
Last November, Ohio University shocked Bobcat Nation when it announced the athletic department would be selling the naming rights to both the Convocation Center and the playing surface at Peden Stadium. Months later, the school has yet to find suitable a buyer for either stadium. Here's what we would name the stadiums if we had the call.
A year and a half ago, Southern Illinois forward Treg Setty found himself at a crossroads. After a rough 8-23 season, his head coach, Chris Lowery, had been fired, and his team was left in shambles. Out of his element and hundreds of miles from home, Setty felt like he needed a change. “I just didn’t like my situation there, personally,” Setty said of his freshman year at Southern Illinois.
David McKinley is seated in his normal spot on the Ohio bench, near the middle. His Ohio Bobcats lead the Eastern Michigan Eagles by 21 points with under three minutes to play. He senses what is ab...
After receiving poor reviews from critics , it’s easy to see why The Lone Ranger flopped at the box office this weekend . Yet Ohio State senior and American Indian Council President Madison Eagle has other reasons for avoiding Disney’s summer blockbuster. “I don’t feel like buying into that portrayal of Native American culture,” says Eagle, who is Cherokee and Shawnee.
Last spring was a roller coaster of emotions for the Ohio men’s basketball team. From the disappointment of losing the MAC regular season title, to the euphoria of a MAC tournament championship and a Sweet 16 appearance, to the shock of losing John Groce, their head coach, “March Madness” was just that for the Bobcats.
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