By: Chad Hobbs (Examiner.com) — To go along with a terrible economy and unemployment rates, fans of Ohio sports pretty much would like to forget 2011. From a sports perspective, with the exception of the Columbus Clippers, there wasn’t a whole lot to cheer about. However, when it is all said and done, the majority of Ohio sports fans will see light at the end of the tunnel.

It all started at the tail end of 2010 and snowballed throughout 2011. Some highly propagandated story broke about rules violations in the Ohio State football program. The ESPN witchhunt was officially on. After cashing in themselves on Ohio State athletes, the media and the NCAA would attempt to bring down The Ohio State University football program. Shortly after, both the men’s and women’s Buckeye hoops teams made earlier than expected exits from the NCAA tournament. Then came the NFL lockout. How would our perennially suffering franchises in Cincinnati and Cleveland survive this? The Reds failed to meet their high expectations, after reaching the postseason in 2010 for the first……….

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