Football coach Frank Solich received an early Christmas gift last year with his first bowl win for the Bobcats. Wednesday, he will receive a late holiday present: written commitments from a talented recruiting class on National Signing Day.
There comes a point where earning an “A” for effort in a close loss does as little for a team’s morale as it does for its place in the standings. In the Mid-American Conference, a couple teams have seen strong performances result in losses after just a few weeks of conference basketball.
Ohio will have its hands full Wednesday, as Eastern Michigan will try to make a dent in the Bobcats’ 8-4 record in the Convo.
There is an inconspicuous door at the back of the Aquatic Center that leads to a walkway behind the second-story bleachers. That corridor — complete with barren brown walls, several mats and a black heavy bag — is where Ohio swimmers hone their jabs and uppercuts.
Sending its football team to Boise for the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl cost Ohio University more than $9,700. But that number does not include sending other university entities to the game.
Ohio earned its third win of the season on November 20. More than seven weeks later, the Bobcats will face a conference opponent still search for that elusive third win.
The best part about sports is the stories they create. Every David who beats Goliath gives us chills. Each championship brings tears or jubilation or frustration. But more than anything else, sports are about people.
ESPNU’s BracketBuster contests are meant to whet the appetite of fans and the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. Instead, Ohio’s recently announced matchup might leave both groups feeling unsatisfied.
A five-game losing streak isn’t common for the Ohio hockey team. In fact, coach Dan Morris can’t remember the last time his team had one.
Though the Ohio wrestling team wishes some moments of the season could be changed, it does not want to be judged solely by its record.
Three days after the fight at Central Michigan, Ohio went back to Michigan, this time without forward Porsha Harris, and came away with a win.
The Bobcats aren’t earning many brownie points with their wins, but picking up four straight victories at home still feels sweet.
For the second time in as many games, the Bobcats used an early surge to build a lead that proved to be just enough in the end.
Ohio and Penn State will resume relations this weekend in a rivalry that has been one of the fiercest and most-hotly contested in the 20-year history of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. But this weekend’s contests will be the last in the storied rivalry, at least at the ACHA level.
The Ohio football team received two oral commitments from Georgia High School student-athletes leading up to next week’s National Signing Day.
Thursday marked the second consecutive day that the Ohio women’s basketball team suffered a crucial blow.
Ohio and Ball State have had equal success in conference play, but the teams differ in the ways they’ve accomplished it.
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Ohio distance runner Juli Accurso’s love for running sparked in her sixth-grade year when she and her dad, Kevin Accurso, ran their first 5k together with their Casstown, Ohio, church. The next fall, she joined her middle school’s cross-country team and has been running ever since.
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