Buckeyes Fall to Gophers 83-74

Ohio State fell on the road Thursday night at Minnesota, 83-74, dropping the Buckeyes to 0-3 in the Big Ten for the first time since the 2000-01 season. Turnovers and rebounding would cost the Buckeyes on this night, committing 12 miscues in the first half and getting outrebounded, 44-29 for the game, including 22-8 on […]

Cavaliers Beat Hawks 99-83

The “heart and soul” of the Cavaliers has been ripped from the roster, again. For a third straight season, Cleveland will have to learn how to manage without Anderson Varejao’s rebounds, without his relentless energy, without his boundless effort and passion for every play on the court. On Wednesday, they managed a 99-83 thumping of […]

Ohio State Beats Purdue 74-64

Deshaun Thomas scored 22 points to lead No. 15 Ohio State to a 74-64 victory over Purdue on Tuesday night. The angry Buckeyes (12-3, 2-1) rebounded from their first Big Ten loss by shooting 56.4 percent from the field. They took a 10-point halftime lead despite losing point guard Aaron Craft for all but 4:19 […]

Bulls Beat Cavaliers 118-92

Rookie Tyler Zeller has been the Cavaliers’ starting center for 10 games now, ever since Anderson Varejao went out with a bruised right knee. He has faced some of the NBA’s best starting big men, including Boston’s Kevin Garnett, Indiana’s Roy Hibbert, Atlanta’s Al Horford, Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez and Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins. Then there’s Chicago’s […]

Lady Buckeyes Come Up Short Against Illini

Ohio State had its 31-game home win streak snapped Sunday at the hands of Illinois with a 79-73 loss to the Fighting Illini in front of a season-high 4,516 fans at Value City Arena. The game was a wild, back and forth affair that saw nine lead changes and seven ties. Senior Tayler Hill once […]

Bengals Lose Wild Card Game 19-13

The Bengals closed the regular season with a 7-1 finish that featured their best players playing the best when they needed them most, but in Saturday’s AFC Wild Card game at Reliant Stadium they couldn’t summon the synergy that produced their third playoff appearance in four years. Instead, head coach Marvin Lewis’s playoff record dropped […]

Illinois Smacks Buckeyes 74-55

Brandon Paul scored 19 points and No. 11 Illinois bounced back from a tough loss in its Big Ten opener to beat No. 8 Ohio State 74-55 on Saturday. The Illini (14-2, 1-1 Big Ten) led 37-25 at halftime and used a 13-2 run early in the second half to build a 50-27 lead. Illinois […]

Iowa Downs Buckeyes 77-71

Tayler Hill scored a career-high 34 points and Ohio State battled back from a 13-point second-half deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Buckeyes fell to the Hawkeyes, 77-71 in overtime tonight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the Big Ten opener for both teams. The loss drops Ohio State to 10-4 and 0-1 in the Big […]

Buckeyes Open Big Ten Play, Smack Nebraska 70-44

Deshaun Thomas outscored Nebraska in the first half 18-17 and finished with 22 points to lead No. 8 Ohio State past the Cornhuskers 70-44 on Wednesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Lenzelle Smith Jr. added 17 points for Ohio State (11-2, 1-0), which won its 15th consecutive Big Ten home opener. […]

Kings Beat Cavaliers 97-94

The Cavaliers came into Wednesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings with the second-worst record in the NBA. They had lost two straight overall, eight of their past 10 and 13 of their past 16. It’s hard to believe they could look worse, but they did in a 97-94 loss at The Q. After coach […]