Nikki Dzurko, a junior on the Ohio State synchronized swimming team, earned a spot on the USA Artistic Senior National Team and will train for the Olympics, which has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve been out of the U.S. National Team world of synchronized swimming for Read More
Former Ohio State guard Jon Diebler has signed to play basketball with Hapoel Tel Aviv, a team from Israel that plays in the Israeli Premier League.
The team has five Israeli championships and four Israeli state cups, with four first-place finishes coming between 2008 and 2012, while this past season, Read More
According to multiple reports, former Ohio State defensive end Cameron Heyward has agreed to a four-year, $65.6 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers that will make him the highest-paid defensive player over the age of 30 in NFL history.
The #Steelers and DT Cam Heyward have agreed to terms on a 4-year extension worth $65.6M in new money, source said. In all he’s under contract for 5 years and $75.1M. He’s now the highest paid defensive player over 30 in NFL history based in yearly average.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 7, 2020
The 31-year-old Heyward has played his entire career in Read More
The Ohio State University reported an additional 157 cases of COVID-19 among students Saturday, Sept. 5.
One hundred fifty-one out of 2,542 Buckeye students tested were positive for COVID-19 across the 24-hour period of Thursday, Sept. 3. These new cases brought the cumulative number for Aug. 14-Sept. 3 to 1,376, Read More
Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Aug 2020 edition of Buckeye Sports Bulletin.
David Schilling still remembers the one match that he missed during his 21 years as an assistant men’s tennis coach at Ohio State. It was Sunday, April 10, 2005. Ohio State was set to face Read More
According to a report by Sports Illustrated’s Steve Deace, Michigan President Mark Schlissel is currently one of the largest obstacles in the Big Ten’s return to playing football in 2020 “to the point he’s threatening to have Michigan sit out even if the Big Ten votes to go in Read More
In a conference call with reporters earlier this week, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott noted he’s been speaking frequently with Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren as both conferences work toward a potential winter or spring season.
Larry Scott says he and Kevin Warren are speaking frequently. "A high priority for the Pac-12 would be to align our seasons … It would be awesome to have some of the traditional postseason opportunities the Pac-12 and Big Ten have enjoyed with each other."
..spring Rose Bowl!
— Nicole Auerbach 😷 (@NicoleAuerbach) September 3, 2020
“A high priority for the Pac-12 would be to align our seasons,” Scott said. Read More
Though Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was hopeful early enrollee freshmen would be able to play for the Buckeyes during a potential spring season, it appears unlikely after West Virginia athletic director and NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee chairman Shane Lyons told ESPN’s Heather Dinich the committee does Read More
If the Big Ten presidents are going to have a vote on a potential return to football this fall, as Bucknuts’ Dave Biddle reported on Sept. 2, it’s likely going to have to wait at least through the weekend.
Nebraska president Ted Carter spoke today at a panel and disputed Read More
Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson shared the same message as athletic director Gene Smith and head football coach Ryan Day – she wants the Buckeyes to return to action.
Although there were rumors that Johnson had been a part of a 12-2 vote in favor of canceling the season, Read More
