When Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith spoke in favor of proposed legislation introduced by Ohio Sen. Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg), he said that the bill allowing athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness might benefit Olympic sports athletes even more than those playing football and basketball.
Buckeye women’s Read More
The weeks are getting thinner and thinner around Ohio State as the university approaches the long summer, with just a few teams and players left to compete this semester. Both tennis teams saw individual players compete, the men’s golf team took to the links, and the baseball team is still Read More
The Big Ten made $768.9 million in revenue in fiscal year 2020, according to documents reviewed by USA Today. That total is down from 2019, but it is still about $40 million ahead of the SEC for the top figure in the Power Five.
The Big Ten gave smaller Read More
Ohio State had three of the four honorees for the “athletes of the championships” at the Big Ten’s championship meet this past weekend, with Adelaide Aquilla and Anavaia Battle both getting honored on the women’s side, and Tyler Johnson hearing recognition on the men’s side.
Aquilla had a more-than-impressive shot Read More
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has signed a contract extension that keeps him with the university until June 2026, when he will be 70-years old.
The deal needs to approved by the school’s board of trustees, but that should happen this Read More
Women’s Tennis
The No. 15 women’s tennis team saw its season come to a close with a 4-1 loss to No. 2 Texas in the round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes close the season with an impressive 23-4 record and a Big Ten title, though its expectations Read More
The Ohio State men’s soccer team closed out its 2021 recruiting class with the addition of defender Nathan Demian, a product of Vancouver. He’s the latest in a growing lineage of non-American player to make their way to Columbus, joining rising sophomores Laurence Wootton (England), Thomas Gilej (Germany) and Deylen Read More
Former Ohio State hockey player Zac Dalpe is now one of 31 nominees for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which goes each year to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey.
Dalpe plays with the Columbus Blue Jackets and posted two goals Read More
