For the Carbone family, baseball is not a profession but a lifestyle. Retiring Ohio coach Joe Carbone is the same man at home as he is in the dugout, meaning that his daughters have no offseason from America’s pastime.
One swing of the bat prolonged a 24-year head-coaching career for an inning. Another swing ended the era. But retiring Ohio coach Joe Carbone often says that’s just how baseball works.
When my editors approached me about which spring sport I wanted to cover, I didn’t balk at my choice.
When I spoke with Joe Carbone after his final game as head coach of the Ohio baseball team, the interview was the same as always — three-quarters conversation and a sliver of analytics.
Everything about Los Angeles screams of showbiz. It’s the home of models and movie stars, the posh and the powerful. Perhaps the city has the greatest disparity between the uber-wealthy and the poorest of the poor in the country.
The fantastic year of Ohio University’s football and men’s basketball teams is more than just a cause for celebration on OU’s campus — it has generated revenue for merchandise shops around campus.
In 1958, Dwight Eisenhower was the president of the United States, Major League Baseball played its first game in California and a group of young men who would go on to become the Beatles had their first recording session.
When all was said and done against the other 42 best 10,000-meter runners in the NCAA East Regional, Ohio sophomore Emily Pifer stood at 39th. With a time of 37 minutes and 21.61 seconds, Pifer crossed the finish line in her highest level of competition to date.
AVON, Ohio — After Ohio’s second Mid-American Conference tournament game Thursday, four baseballs sat within 30 feet of one another beyond the left-field fence at All Pro Freight Stadium.
With an early exit at the Mid-American Conference tournament and the offseason underway, Ohio softball players have limited options to stay competitive during the summer.
Though the course is only nine holes and a par 35, the Ohio University Golf Course hosts more than 20,000 rounds each school year and is an attraction for many in Athens.
AVON, Ohio — The Ohio baseball team arrived at the Mid-American Conference tournament Tuesday hauling a season’s worth of weight on its shoulders.
Joe Carbone has wrapped up his career after 24 years at the helm of the Bobcat baseball program, but another Ohio coach will surpass his tenure next fall.
AVON, Ohio — Ohio entered Thursday's game against eighth-seeded Buffalo needing three straight wins in the Mid-American Conference Tournament to keep its season alive.
AVON, Ohio — Ohio arrived at All Pro Freight Stadium for its Mid-American Conference Tournament opener half an hour before its opponent, but the extra preparation did not pay off.
Four or five times a day during the hockey season, a machine glides across the ice at Bird Arena to resurface and smooth out the slippery playing surface. But to call that machine a Zamboni would be a false assumption.
“Carbone Day” Saturday at Bob Wren Stadium meant a graduating class that has done great things for Ohio was slightly overlooked.
The road to a Mid-American Conference baseball championship ends in Avon, Ohio, but that path also goes through Kent.
Bob Wren Stadium was not even open the last time Ohio won a Mid-American Conference tournament in 1997. But now, the team is playing for the right to bring a title back home.
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