BY: TAYLOR BELL (SunTimes.com) -- Taylor Graham said he has always been a big fan of Ohio State football, that it was his dream to attend his father’s alma mater. But he didn’t think it would ever become a reality. On Tuesday, it did. Wheaton North’s 6-4, 211-pound quarterback made a commitment to Ohio State, only a few days after receiving a scholarship offer and visiting the campus. He chose Ohio State over Michigan State, UCLA, Wisconsin, Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado and Duke. “I had all ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- Ohio State recruit Jaamal Berry reported for summer school on Sunday, just 10 days after being arrested cheap Propecia for felony marijuana possession, sources tell The Columbus Dispatch. The heralded running back, considered by many to be Ohio State's top recruit in the 2009 class, has a preliminary hearing July 2 in his hometown of Miami. The fact that Berry reported to campus could bode well for the back, though Ohio State coaches likely are going to wait ... Read More

By: Christopher Walsh (TuscaloosaNews.com) -- TUSCALOOSA -- At first glance, the change may not be obvious. In the annual Tuscaloosa News’ Best College Football Rankings, which attempt to measure the nation’s top programs every way imaginable, there’s no change at the top this year. Ohio State is No. 1, followed by Southern California, just like 2008. After them, though, things are vastly different in terms of those rising and falling. It begins at No. 3, where Alabama has improved the most of any program since Nick Saban ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- With the real games more than two months away, Big Ten fans turned their lonely eyes to Hershey, Pa., on Saturday night to get a glimpse of several incoming recruits in the annual Big 33 Football Classic. The Ohio All-Stars ended up beating their counterparts from Pennsylvania 38-31, snapping a three-game slide, but the event featured strong performances from both sides.  Big Ten prospects played instrumental roles in the game's outcome:  Penn State recruit Curtis Drake earned MVP honors for ... Read More

By: Matthew Hayes (SportingNews.com) -- There's this little problem with a soft nonconference schedule: It only amps up expectations. Case in point: Penn State. The Lions' non-con schedule is the weakest in the Big Ten, and the league schedule includes the other two top teams in the league (Ohio State and Iowa) visiting Happy Valley. In other words, a strong defense, a fifth-year senior quarterback and a whole lot of championship hopes. "You can't get into scheduling things; that's not how you win football games," Penn ... Read More

By: NICOLE RUSSO (DemocratAndChronicle.com) -- PITTSFORD — The final round of the 69th Monroe Invitational Saturday could have been renamed the Buckeye Invitational. Ohio State's Bo Hoag shot a 1-under 69 in the rain-soaked final round at Monroe Golf Club to claim the title. The rising junior, who entered Saturday in fourth place, finished with a combined 277 (70-71-67-69). Teammate Brad Wright also shot 69 Saturday, finishing with 278 (68-72-69-69). Wright's performance moved him from fifth overnight to second, tying him with defending champion Phillip ... Read More

By: Jeff Arnold (The Ann Arbor News) -- Jon Sanderson has a history with the Big Ten Conference. So when the former Ohio State University men's basketball player got the chance to return to the league as a strength and conditioning coach, he didn't waste any time. Sanderson accepted that post Friday at Michigan, where he will work with the Wolverines' basketball programs and Olympic sports. He replaces Mike Curtis, who left the job after one year to return to his alma mater, Virginia. Sanderson spent ... Read More

By: PHIL JASNER (Philadelphia Daily News) -- Trying to read something into the 76ers' putting Ohio State center B.J. Mullens through a predraft workout today? Don't. A source familiar with the situation told the Daily News that the Sixers remain focused on using the No. 17 pick in the NBA's June 25 draft to select a perimeter player, either a point guard or a shooting guard. The workout for Mullens appears to be a case of the Sixers' honoring a long-standing commitment. At this point, there ... Read More

By: Seth Davis (Sports Illistrated) -- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- What do you get when you take three dozen of the best college basketball players in America, 12 of the top college coaches and bring them into one gymnasium for a good old-fashioned tryout? You get hoop heaven, my friends. That was the scene this week at the U.S. Olympic training complex, where two teams were selected to compete for Team USA in international competitions next month. The younger team, coached by Pittsburgh's Jamie Dixon, ... Read More

By: Andrew Welsh-Huggins (AP) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor is opposing former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett's request for early release from prison to pursue an NFL career. Clarett says the sooner he can be released, the sooner he can make a comeback, possibly in the NFL. He says he's heard from teams while he's been in prison. But first, Clarett must overcome the objections of Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien, who says the former Buckeyes standout hasn't made a strong ... Read More