By Adam Rittenberg via ESPN.com --    Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. The ancillary errors by Meyer and Smith are part of 46 secondary violations in 21 sports at Ohio State reported since last May 30. The Plain Dealer obtained the list of violations through an open records request. Meyer is reported to have said "good luck" to football recruit Noah Spence ... Read More

From: 10tv.com --  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said that he can look in the mirror every morning and know the decisions he's made are based on integrity. Smith sat down with 10TV's Andrea Cambern and discussed the events that occurred since December 2010, when it was revealed Ohio State's starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor and other members of the football team exchanged some of their memorabilia for tattoos. In March 2011, Smith and.......... READ THE  REST OF THE ARTICLE and VIEW ... Read More

From ToledoBlade.com -- Former Ohio State basketball forward J.D. Weatherspoon will transfer to Toledo, he announced Tuesday on Twitter. Weatherspoon participated in 25 games last season, averaging three points in 6.3 minutes. He will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out next season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules. Weatherspoon (6-foot-6, 215 pounds) wrote on Twitter, "I will be taking my talents to the university of Toledo thank you all for all the support whatever happens I still do it for COLUMBUS." Weatherspoon played ... Read More

From: BigTen.org -- The Big Ten led the nation in men’s basketball attendance for the 36th consecutive season according to figures recently released by the NCAA. The Big Ten led all conferences with an average attendance of 12,868, which is more than 1,300 higher than the next-closest conference. During the 2011-12 regular season, the Big Ten welcomed 2,856,785 fans over 222 games, which marks the conference’s all-time total attendance record and is the 20th straight year the conference eclipsed the two-million........ READ THE REST ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be played on Nov. 27-28. Ohio State's Buckeyes will visit Duke on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Buckeyes defeated the Blue Devils, 85-63, in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game last Nov. 29 in Columbus. The Ohio State-Duke game, with the Nov. 27 North Carolina at Indiana and North Carolina State at Michigan games, feature six....... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE PAGE AT CLEVELAND.COM BY CLICKING ... Read More

By: Jim Miesle via onefootdown.com --  There is much to be said about one Urban Meyer, whether he brought it upon himself through words or actions.  When he took over at tOSU, he made claim that the Buckeyes would build a metaphorical wall around the state of Ohio with respect to recruiting the elite in-state talent.  While that wall is still in process, one has to think that it took some damage recently with the news about a certain supporter of the ... Read More

By: AP via WashingtonPost.com -- MILWAUKEE — Hoping to secure some stability at the top of its athletic department, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hired former Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger on Thursday. Geiger, who oversaw winning programs and major construction projects but also weathered scandals during his time at Ohio State, takes over a program that has gone through two full-time athletic directors since 2009. “We believe Andy Geiger possesses the leadership qualities to bring stability and continuity to UWM Athletics during this transitional ... Read More

By Fawad Cheema via TheLantern.com -- Ohio State men’s basketball should improve its outside shooting with the signing of Italian international Amedeo Della Valle, a player who says he’s ready for the rigors of the Big Ten. Della Valle, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Alba, Italy, recently signed his letter of intent to play for the Buckeyes next season. Della Valle played high school basketball at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., helping the team to its third ESPN National High School Invitational Championship ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio --  Ohio State coach Thad Matta has confirmed he has signed 6-foot-4 shooting guard Amedeo Della Valle to a letter of intent. The signing had been expected ever since Della Valle, who played high school ball at powerhouse Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., visited campus recently and then verbally committed to the Buckeyes. Della Valle, a native of Alba, Italy, will begin classes on June 18 and will have....... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE ... Read More

From: MichiganDaily.com -- Tradition. It’s one of the main reasons we chose to come to the University. But ever since we arrived, major aspects of that tradition have changed, especially in the athletic department: new football and basketball environments, a new sponsor, a new athletic director, arena renovations and now, a new school in the Big Ten. Each one of these changes has been met with difficulties as well as triumphs. For a non-athlete, these changes might not seem extraordinary by any measure, ... Read More