The USA U18 basketball team took home the gold in the FIBA Americas Men’s Championship on Saturday, defeating Canada 113-74 for its fifth straight championship. While Ohio State sophomore guard Musa Jallow didn’t make the cut for the team, he was one of 32 players ...
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Women’s Basketball: Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell’s experience with USA Basketball ‘broadened her horizons’
When a team has a player as talented and accomplished as Ohio State senior guard Kelsey Mitchell, there is only so much a coach can contribute. Head coach Kevin McGuff said the prolific scorer has worked to improve her defense this offseason. But he believes ...
Read More »Women’s Basketball: Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell invited to USA Women’s National Team Training Camp
Ohio State women’s basketball guard Kelsey Mitchell has been invited to the 2017 USA Women’s National Team Training Camp, which will be held Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California. The senior is one of just five collegiate athletes — including Connecticut forward ...
Read More »Men’s hockey: Freshman forward phenom Tanner Laczynski’s journey to World Juniors and team points leader
Prior to the Ohio State men’s hockey team’s Big Ten opener at Minnesota on Dec. 2, team equipment manager Tim Adams offered a congratulations to freshman forward Tanner Laczynski for something he was unaware of. Laczynski had just been named to the preliminary U.S. Junior ...
Read More »Kyle Snyder eyeing gold in Rio
Ohio State junior wrestler Kyle Snyder has already become one of coach Tom Ryan’s and the school’s most decorated wrestlers of all time. He has a record of 41-4 in NCAA competition including two finals appearances, All-American recognition in 2014-15, a 2016 NCAA ...
Read More »Olympic gold medalist hired as women’s hockey coach
Just over a month after former Ohio State women’s hockey coach Nate Handrahan resigned, the Buckeyes have found his replacement. Jenny Potter will become the third head coach in the program’s history, OSU announced Sunday. “We are extremely excited to welcome Jenny Potter to the ...
Read More »Opinion: Team USA brings excitement to the ice in Olympic game against Russia
Remember when it was football season in America? Of course you do, you’re American. Remember when the U.S. men’s national hockey team slammed its way through the preliminary rounds of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics? Of course you don’t, you’re American. Yes, another beloved football ...
Read More »Opinion: Sochi Olympic opening ceremony entertaining, extravagant, weird
Parts of the Olympic opening ceremonies are always almost the same: the lighting of the torch, the official declaration of the opening of the games, etc. Other parts give the host countries more artistic license, and some of those parts this year were, well … ...
Read More »Opinion: Team USA’s uniforms resemble ugly sweaters
Congratulations, United States Olympic athletes. You’ve accomplished an incredible feat after endless hours of work at your sport and now you get to perform in front of the whole world. Oh yeah, and you’re going to look ridiculous when you make your grand appearance for ...
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