From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- One of the most volatile periods in NCAA history continues, with the movement of prominent football and men's basketball programs from powerhouse conferences in the spotlight. Nebraska and Colorado will leave the Big 12: Nebraska to join the Big Ten; Colorado joining the PAC-10. A "Goodbye Big 12" vigil continues, apparently. Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are all but set to leave the league for the PAC-10, and Texas A&M might jump in, too. ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) --  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nebraska is prepared to join the Big Ten, according to multiple reports. Though the school issued a statement Wednesday night declaring that a decision had not already been made, the Nebraska Board of Regents has added a discussion of conference affiliation to Friday's scheduled meeting. It's then that the Big Ten could officially expand from 11 teams, maybe stopping at 12 teams for now, or maybe continuing with ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Expansion fever seems to finally be finding its footing, as Nebraska will in all likelihood find a home in the Big Ten. With the Huskers being one of possibly a handful of teams about to join the Big Ten Conference, one thing that is being largely overlooked is the effect this process has on the rivalries in the conference. The most specific of these might be the greatest rivalry in college football if not sports: Ohio ... Read More

By Ashley Waltermeyer (TheLantern.com) -- Ohio State landed what some may consider its best recruit in recent memory. Braxton Miller, the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the country, chose OSU Thursday out of a group of the NCAA’s top football programs that were all hoping to add him to their squad next year. Unlike current starter Terrelle Pryor, Miller was recruited not for his athleticism, but his pure talent at the quarterback position. Miller has made a name for himself ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus – With 36 sports and a $128 million budget for the next fiscal year, Ohio State has the largest, and one of the healthiest, athletic departments in the country. One of a handful of self-sustaining college athletic departments, Ohio State will turn a slight profit this year, just over $20,000, after losing money a year ago. At the moment, Athletic Director Gene Smith said the department is in the midst of ... Read More

From: AP via LancasterEagleGazette.com -- COLUMBUS -- After losing $148,000 a year ago, Ohio State's athletic department will bank $23,400 for the 2009-10 fiscal year, according to numbers disclosed Thursday to The Associated Press by athletic director Gene Smith. Smith said the surplus came because of cost hold-downs and revenue increases in concessions and royalties. "We had a good year," Smith said. "There were some revenue increases in certain categories, but the expenditure controls by our unit managers ... Read More

The September 18 meeting between Ohio State and Ohio University will kickoff at noon the Big Ten Conference announced today. The game will be the seventh meeting between in-state rivals and will be played at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The teams last met two years ago, with the Buckeyes making a second half comeback to defeat the Bobcats. The Buckeyes have won all six previous meetings with the Bobcats. Five other 2010 Ohio State games ... Read More

By: Sean Jackson (Examiner.com) --  Ohio State center Michael Brewster was named to the spring watch list of favorites to win the Rimington Trophy. The trophy honors the nation’s top center. This is his second consecutive season being selected to the watch list. Brewster will have tough competition as fellow Big Ten counterparts David Molk from Michigan and Ben Burkett from Northwestern is just two of the many competitors Brewster is up against. The watch list is familiar territory ... Read More

By: David McKinney (UWeekly.com) -- Brace yourselves, Buckeye Nation. We might soon see yet another great quarterback gracing the beautiful campus of Ohio State University, and this one might be even better than our currently beloved No.2. I don't blame you if you have heard of Braxton Miller, a dual-threat quarterback from Huber Heights, who is already rated by Scout.com as the top player in the nation for 2011. Miller, the cousin of former Ohio State receiver Dee ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- Columbus, Ohio—Senior guard David Lighty has re-fractured his left foot. The injury happened during spring conditioning, and he will have surgery on Friday to repair the damage. Lighty first injured his foot back in December of 2008, and he missed the rest of the 2008-2009 season with a medical redshirt. Lighty is expected to be fully recovered in about 12 weeks. He will have his surgery on campus at the Ohio State Medical Center with Dr. ... Read More

By: Sean Kane (CSNPhilly.com) -- For the Sixers, the hard part is done. Their jump from the sixth spot to the second spot in Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery defied the odds, and the benefit to the franchise is two-fold. It will land them a player who will contribute right away and potentially develop into an All-Star. But in the immediate future, the improbable leap up the board generates some much-needed excitement around a team coming off ... Read More

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

From: BallStateSports.com -- Ball State steps out of Mid-American Conference play Wednesday evening as it travels to Big Ten foe Ohio State for a 6:35 p.m. first pitch at Jim Davis Stadium ... The Cardinals enter the contest with a 24-23 overall record and sit alone atop of the MAC standings with a 15-6 record ... BSU has won all seven of its MAC weekend series, including taking two out of three at Western Michigan in a ... Read More