From: BigTenNetwork.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes were carried to a 9-6 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats (36-12) by a strong performance from Sam Marder on Friday. Marder went 2-for-2 at the plate and drove in two Buckeyes (25-22) runners. Marder homered in the third inning scoring Alicia Herron. This year Marder has 43 hits in 120 at bats. She has driven in 42 runners and scored 39 runs. The Buckeyes scored the majority of their runs during a ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The 2010-11 Big Ten bowl lineup is now set, with the Insight Bowl moving up in the pecking order and three new games -- Gator, Texas, Dallas Football Classic -- coming aboard. A ton of things can happen between now and Sept. 2, but there's no harm in taking a look at which teams likely will be packing their bags in late December or early January, and which teams will be staying home. The ... Read More

By: LARRY PHILLIPS (CentralOhio.com) -- It's been a dozen years since Ohio State has fielded a team as dynamic as the one that will prowl the Shoe this fall. Talent flows from every corner, led by Terrelle Pryor at quarterback. No one will paint a picture of Pryor throwing -- ever. Yet no one can deny the potential explosiveness he brings to every snap (25 touchdowns in 2009), or his promising Rose Bowl MVP performance. Senior Ross Homan, with ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- The 2009 season seems so long ago, especially for Ohio State fans who saw their first bowl win since the 2006 Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame. But with the 2010 college football season looming in September, many fear that a replay of 2006 is in play, where the Buckeyes have national championship expectations. Even though that 2006 team cruised through a weak schedule, there were warning signs all over the place. For example, Northern Illinois ... Read More

By: Evelyn Curry (TheLantern.com) -- Nothing was predictable at Buckeye Field House Wednesday night as the No. 19 Ohio State (31-12) softball team faced the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines for a doubleheader. The Buckeyes split the series with the Wolverines. The Buckeyes took game one, 5-3, and fell to the Wolverines in game two, 4-3. This was the first win for the Buckeyes against the Wolverines since 2003. “We had no fear. We were determined to go in there and battle and compete ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim Tressel has a belief about this place that his Ohio State Buckeyes players are starting to echo. "Tressel has always thought that if you don't go undefeated," Buckeyes defensive lineman Cameron Heyward said, "the town's against you." Such is life at Ohio State, a program that has achieved so much in the last nine years but is always expected to do more. Since Tressel took control before the 2001 season, ... Read More

By MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - There's been a lot of movement in the Ohio State receiving corps since Dane Sanzenbacher arrived about three years ago. Guys went to the NFL, either after graduating or leaving early. Some transferred while discontent or served suspensions for various conduct issues. Through all of the transitions, Sanzenbacher just kept producing. He has played in 37 games over his first three seasons, caught 69 passes, and gained 931 yards while ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The NCAA is looking into potential rules violations committed by West Virginia's football program under former head coach Rich Rodriguez, colleague Mark Schlabach is reporting. Although WVU officials didn't specify the nature of the potential violations by the program, a source tells Schlabach that Rodriguez is at the center of the NCAA's examination. Rodriguez's current team, Michigan, is facing five allegations of rules violations from the NCAA relating to the amount of time players spend on football-related activities. ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Ohio State star Evan Turner officially announced this afternoon that he is leaving Ohio State with one year of eligibility remaining and will enter the NBA Draft. The news was not a surprise for the college basketball's national player of the year, who is expected to be a top three pick in the NBA Draft. "It was honestly just a personal choice," Turner said at a news conference in Columbus. "It was a win-win situation regardless. I ... Read More

B:y MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - A crowd is a bad thing if you are seventh in line at the post office and it is five minutes before closing time. A crowd is also a bad thing if they have just 15 iPads at Best Buy, and you are the 27th person through the door at opening. On the contrary, a crowd is a good thing if you are a football coach taking inventory of your offensive linemen. Ohio State has a ... Read More

By: Dave Biddle (ESPN.com) -- He is one of the fastest-rising prospects in the country. He may be the best cornerback in the Midwest. Doran Grant (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) is collecting scholarship offers daily. As of press time, the Under Armour All-American had more than 30, including Arizona, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Iowa, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, USC, West Virginia and Wisconsin. As a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) in 2009, Grant had 40 ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Looking back at David Lighty and ahead to Tennessee: * Thad Matta can't say enough good things about David Lighty. He may wind up as one of Matta's all-time favorites. He is still peeved that Lighty wasn't on the Big Ten's All-Defensive team, and he talked about what a great job Lighty did Sunday guarding bigger Georgia Tech players after Ohio State's 75-66 win. "He's the best defender in college basketball," Matta said. "He can guard any position ... Read More

By: Yannis Koutroupis (HoopsWorld.com) -- Ohio State came into the season without much fanfare, expected to duke it out with the like of Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois for third place in the Big Ten, behind Michigan State and Purdue. Thanks, in large part, to the spectacular play of Evan Turner, Ohio State finished the season tied for first. And Turner was just getting started. In the conference tournament and in Sunday's second round win over Georgia ... Read More