Buckeyes top Rockets in tight affair

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From: BigTenNetwork.com buy cheap drugs -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State and Toledo passed the lead back and forth on Wednesday at Bill Davis Stadium. In the end, the Buckeyes pulled out a 4-3 victory over Rockets (13-9). There were six lead changes in the game. Ohio State (14-7) finally managed to stay on top after a strong eighth inning. After Michael Stephens doubled the game was tied when Ryan Dew came to the plate against reliever Matt Suschak with one out and ... Read More

Thad Matta’s advice to Butler’s Brad Stevens: ‘Get out of the ticket business early’

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From: USAToday.com -- Butler coach Brad Stevens is doing this week what no men's college basketball coach has done since John Wooden with UCLA in 1972. Stevens is leading his Bulldogs into the Final Four in their hometown of Indianapolis. Wooden led UCLA to the Final Four in Los Angeles in '72. Stevens played basketball while growing up in Indiana and still has many friends and family living in the area. Playing the Final Four right down the street means plenty of people will be ... Read More

Former Buckeye Santonio Holmes faces civil lawsuit in Florida

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From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- Maybe members of the Pittsburgh Steelers should stay home at night, because another member of the team is facing legal issues stemming from an alleged incident at a nightclub. It was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger earlier this month. Authorities are investigating whether he buy generic drugs sexually assaulted a 20-year-old college student at a bar in Georgia. Roethlisberger did not report to camp with the rest of the veterans for the start of the voluntary off-season workout program. Receiver Santonio Holmes, who attended ... Read More

Holmes on lawsuit: ‘I didn’t do anything’

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From: ESPN.com -- ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida woman is suing Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, saying the one-time Super Bowl MVP hit her in the face with a glass at an Orlando nightclub and then offered to pay her so she wouldn't press charges. Holmes, who has not been charged in connection with the alleged incident, says he "didn't do anything" and expects the matter to be dealt with quickly. Anshonoe Mills claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that Holmes grabbed her face and ... Read More

Ohio State’s Turner Named an All-American

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By: Jared Fialko (WOWKTV.com) -- It's clear how much Evan Turner meant to Ohio State. Without him in the starting lineup thanks to a few broken bones in his back, the Buckeyes went .500. With him even remotely healthy, the Bucks won the Big Ten. On Monday, Turner got his due, named to the Associated Press All-American First Team. Turner received all but one first-team vote from the 65-member national media panel. "I'm definitely honored to be a part of a team like that and to be recognized. ... Read More

Future pros? Not this year

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By: Eamonn Brennan (ESPN.com) -- In recent years, the Final Four has served as a nice little showcase for the NBA's incoming stars. Carmelo Anthony and Syracuse. Greg Oden, Mike Conley, and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Derrick Rose and the Memphis Tigers. In recent years, even as so many NBA fans angrily turned away from the NCAA tournament (some NBA folks like to act as if college hoops is so inferior as to be beneath their finely-tuned basketball-watching sensibilities), they still had ... Read More

Grant emerging as a top prospect

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By: Dave Biddle (ESPN.com) -- He is one of the fastest-rising prospects in the country. He may be the best cornerback in the Midwest. Doran Grant (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) is collecting scholarship offers daily. As of press time, the Under Armour All-American had more than 30, including Arizona, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Iowa, LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, USC, West Virginia and Wisconsin. As a junior at St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, Ohio) in 2009, Grant had 40 ... Read More

No. 15 Tennessee 76, No. 5 Ohio St. 73

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From: FoxSports.com via AP -- ST. LOUIS -- Ohio State has one of the best players in the country in Evan Turner. Tennessee has what seems like an endless supply of nasty, stingy defenders. No secret who's going to win that battle. Brian Williams scored the go-ahead basket on a tip-in with 32 seconds left, and J.P. Prince was relentless on Turner, blocking a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer Friday night to lead Tennessee past Ohio State 76-73 and into the NCAA tournament's round of ... Read More

Ohio State player to miss tonights game: flu

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By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- At least one Ohio State player will be missing tonight's Sweet 16 match-up against Tennessee because of a bout with the flu. Mark Titus posted on his Twitter page noting buy amoxicillin without prescription that he was back in the hotel sick. For 1st time in my illustrious career, I can't go to game tonight cause I'm barfing my brains out in the hotel. Sadly, this is not a joke. A few minutes later, because of the limit of 140 ... Read More

Enlarged heart sidelines former Buckeye player

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By: Carlos Holmes (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- Huber Heights native and former Ohio State linebacker Marcus Freeman had a lifelong dream of playing in the NFL. The dream became somewhat of a reality when he was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2009 draft. Freeman saw action in all four preseason games with the Bears, but was waived before the start of the regular season. He was later ... Read More