By: Ben Axelrod (TheLantern.com) -- After securing what Thad Matta called the biggest recruit he's ever gone after, the Ohio State basketball program introduced former Buckeye player and NBA coach Chris Jent as the latest addition to the OSU's coaching staff on Wednesday. A native of Sparta, N.J., Jent scored 1,007 career points and was a part of two Big Ten championship teams at OSU from 1988-92. He will fill the opening on Matta's staff that was created ... Read More

By: Angelo Di Carlo (WNDU.com) -- Archie Griffin knows Ohio State pretty much better than anyone. He was born at Ohio State Hospital, became the only 2-time winner of the Heisman while playing for the Buckeyes, then returned to his alma mater and now serves as the President of its Alumni Association. And he believes Ohio State will bounce back from its recent scandal involving its football program that resulted in quarterback Terrelle Pryor and coach Jim Tressel leaving the ... Read More

By: Bob Fortuna (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Ohio State offered Devan Bogard a football scholarship last fall but the Glenville linebacker felt, at the time, he needed to weigh all his options. However, the senior-to-be couldn't let his longtime dream slip away, so the 6-0, 183-pounder gave the Buckeyes his oral commitment Saturday afternoon. "It's where I've always wanted to play and it's where I want to be," said Bogard, who picked OSU over Illinois, ... Read More

By: Josh Sanches (NFLSpinZone.com) -- Jon Gruden is a former NFL coach who has found a new home on ESPN as a NFL analyst. Recently, Gruden has begun working with college quarterbacks leading up to the NFL Draft. Gruden’s sessions with the young quarterbacks have been aired on ESPN and he has a new episode coming up soon with former Ohio State signal-caller Terrelle Pryor. Pryor has received a lot of criticism as of late for his immaturity and bad ... Read More

By Brad Washington (BleacherReport.com) -- 2010 ended on a sour note for the Ohio State Buckeyes, as five players were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 college football season. 2011 hasn't gone as planned either, as we've watched Terrelle Pryor and Jim Tressel depart the university. As the Ohio State football community endures one of their worst times since the removal of Woody Hayes, the Buckeye faithful are hoping for this upcoming season to remove the black eye they have ... Read More

By STEVE HEMMELGARN (NewsAndSentinel.com) -- The meeting with the NCAA is still six weeks away yet (Aug. 12), but all Ohio State football fans are holding their breath, looking for the worst, but hoping for the best when it comes to sanctions to be doled out to the Buckeye football program. Will whatever penalties the NCAA Committee on Infractions imposes on OSU affect the Buckeyes drastically in the coming season? Probably not, but it could have some dire ... Read More

By: Dave Curtis (SportingNews.com) -- An outspoken Ohio State trustee called upon university officials and supporters to re-evaluate the school’s priorities, according to an Associated Press report from a Friday Board of Trustees meeting. “We have a lot to look at in sort of the soul-searching of what is most important in the game of life,” said Jerry Jurgensen, a retired CEO of Nationwide Insurance, in comments to the board. “The cracks here weren’t really cracks of rules and ... Read More

By Jeff Tyndall (TheLantern.com) -- Former Ohio State guard Jon Diebler is headed to the NBA. Diebler was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 51st overall pick in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft. Diebler will join former Buckeye Greg Oden in Portland. Diebler enters the NBA having finished his career as a Buckeye this spring. Diebler hit 374 career 3-point baskets at OSU, setting a program record and earning him the nickname "Threebler." Diebler started 115 games during his ... Read More

By: Jeffrey S. Hedley(LancasterEagleGazette.com) -- Brenden Krannitz is how I plan to remember Coach Tressel. Brenden was just a 15-year-old sophomore at Fisher Catholic High School in Lancaster when melanoma cancer took him from our lives in December 2007. In just four short months from being diagnosed, he was gone. You may ask, what does Coach Tressel have to do with Brenden? The answer is a lot. One night while Coach Tressel and his wife were having dinner ... Read More

From: AP via TimesUnion.com -- Ohio State University trustees will spend up to six weeks reviewing the athletic program after the scandal that led to the suspension of five players and the forced resignation of football coach Jim Tressel. "We want to assure ourselves that there are no new issues in any existing athletics matters that have not been dealt with," Robert Schottenstein said Thursday during the trustees' audit committee meeting. "And I will say today that we believe that is ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- It has been a rough few months for E. Gordon Gee, to say the least. The Ohio State president, known for his signature bowtie and decorated academic career, twice has made national headlines because of his mouth since November. While Gee likely will never live down his infamous line about ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel -- "Are you kidding? I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me," he said March 8 -- he's ... Read More

By Greg Billing (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- Even with the NFL lockout keeping him off the field, Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk has found a use for his defensive skills this offseason. Hawk, who played at Ohio State, defended his former coach, Jim Tressel, who recently resigned amid scandal. “I haven’t had to defend myself, but I chose to defend Coach Tressel,” Hawk said during a conference call for next month’s American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in South Lake ... Read More

By: Josh Martin (BleacherReport.com) -- Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been busy preparing for the NFL supplemental draft ever since he decided to skip out on his senior season in the wake of the storm of controversy that struck Columbus and forced Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel to step down. The Sugar Bowl MVP, who was the top recruit in the high school class of 2008, recently worked out in front of scouts and cameras, showing off his ... Read More