Although Ohio University introduced Jim Christian as its new men’s basketball coach two weeks ago, his official contract will likely not be in the books until the majority of students are done hitting them for the school year.
After hosting the first-ever Ohio softball home run derby on Friday afternoon, it’s fitting that a home run was the deciding factor in each of Ohio’s two games this weekend.
It was Bark at the Park day Sunday at Bob Wren Stadium, but the offense featured more bite.
Ohio’s offense was so efficient in Saturday’s scrimmage that it could make most Arena Football League teams jealous.
Each player on a baseball team has a specific role. Some are recruited as hitters, others as consistent fielders and some to fill a void in the starting pitching rotation.
Despite dropping five of their last six games, the Bobcats are hoping a little mid-season fun will help cure their recent woes.
Unprepared for a snap during spring practice last week, Derrius Vick fumbled the ball as it hit his hands. But before anyone could react, Vick had scooped the ball off the turf and scampered 20 yards down the field before a coach’s whistle blew the play dead.
Ohio softball coach Jodi Hermanek will have to wait until this weekend to try to take fourth place on Ohio’s all-time softball-wins list after her Bobcats were swept by Marshall in a doubleheader Wednesday.
With few matches left before the Mid-American Conference tournament, both the men’s and women’s golf teams look to build on last weekend’s success heading into the stretch-run of the season.
Two Ohio teams will gauge their offseason progress Saturday when they take part in exhibition games to get a better grasp of their fall 2012 outlooks.
Jensen Painter has hit more home runs this season than four entire Mid-American Conference teams and accounts for half of the Bobcats’ long balls. But neither he nor the Ohio coaching staff will call the right fielder a power hitter.
From elite schools on the East Coast to small schools in the middle of Ohio, students at Ohio University sport apparel from different universities throughout the country.
Mitch Bentley can still be found on Ohio’s Goldsberry Track more than 25 years after finishing his record-setting career with the Bobcats.
As the spring practice season passes its halfway mark, the Bobcats are confident that they are on track to field a squad that is capable of replicating its success from 2011.
In a game that went down to the wire, the Bobcats had a couple of opportunities but couldn’t crack into the Buckeyes’ lead.
A win against out-of-conference foe Marshall will not help the Bobcats move out of fourth place in the Mid-American Conference East Division, but it will move coach Jodi Hermanek into sole possession of fourth place on Ohio’s all-time wins list.
Scoring first can be important in the game of baseball because it can set the tone for the rest of the game. But drawing first blood is not necessarily a priority for the Bobcats.
The Masters has become synonymous with the phrase “a tradition unlike any other,” but part of that tradition includes a shaded past.
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