I consider myself a well-rounded sports fan. I'm a former cross country runner. I crave football. I enjoy basketball, especially come tournament time. I appreciate the rush of sitting behind the glass at a hockey game. I even swallowed my pride and admitted a new admiration for baseball last postseason. But the game dearest to my heart is the original football, or soccer to us American blokes.
Brandon Long's right leg is covered in bandages and wraps, his knee rendered useless for the next nine months. Just weeks ago, he was throwing and jumping for the Ohio men's track and field team. Today, he hobbles from class to class, supported by a pair of crutches, and it makes you cringe to see such a natural athlete debilitated and humbled to this extent.
Ohio University has been taking a lot of criticism lately. From tuition and technology hikes, to buying an airplane-public relations have not been ideal during the school's bicentennial year. But OU administrators can at least take solace in the fact that they are not actively and publicly selling out their students and graduates like a certain institution an hour to the north beginning with The.
Incumbent Bill Theisen defeated paralegal Debbie Williams in yesterday's Athens County Commissioner Democratic primary race by 2.16 percent of the vote.
On Sunday the Bowl Championship Series announced the addition of a fifth game to college football's postseason.
It is rare when the Ohio baseball team is more likely to play an early season game at home than it is on the road. But that's been the case so far for the Bobcats, who play host to West Virginia State today at Bob Wren Stadium.
If hard work equals success as they say, it should come as no surprise that a guy voted team's hardest worker three times is eyeing his third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
Accuracy is not a problem for Latreece Bagley. She is proving this throughout her career with the Bobcats.
Former Lt. Pat Kelly filed as an Independent candidate for the Athens County Sheriff election Friday.
The Ohio University Aquatic Center hosted its annual Swim for Diabetes yesterday.
Protesters for farm workers' rights stormed Uptown outside of Taco Bell, 41 S. Court St., early yesterday morning, leading to the arrest of an Ohio University student.
CLEVELAND - Sen. John Edwards continued his underdog campaign for Ohio's Super Tuesday votes here Saturday, outlining a plan to eliminate tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.
Police arrested two men Saturday night after a pickup truck rammed through the barriers at the bottom of Jefferson Hill on East Union Street, mangling the truck body and wrenching at least two tires from their axles. No one was injured.
The Ohio women's swimming and diving team took second place in the Mid-American Conference Championships, finishing with 547 points.
Beginning today, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles will issue new license plates.
Last night, the air was filled with excitement as the elegantly dressed made their way down a red carpet to dine in style at the party of the year. Meanwhile, across the country, Oscar-hopefuls filled the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., for The 76th Annual Academy Awards.
A car caught on fire around 12:15 p.m. Friday in The Convo's parking lot.
Athens County Children Services reopened its Nelsonville Family Info Center on Friday at its new location, 1154 East Canal St., with an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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