By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two of the best cornerbacks in the nation, Shaun Wade of Ohio State and Patrick Surtain II of Alabama, are going to have their hands full during M…
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Buckeyes’ Sermon breaks out ahead of national title game
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — During the first four games of Ohio State’s pandemic-shortened season, transfer running back Trey Sermon was easy to overlook on a team full…
Cruel twist: Browns lose coach for playoffs due to COVID-19
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid a masked, muted celebration in the locker room after the Browns ended the NFL’s longest playoff drought, coach Kevin Stefanski asked for a g…
Blue Jackets firm up center ice, seek 5th straight playoffs
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets managed to achieve two of their most pressing offseason goals, but not without some friction. Coming off their fourth st…
Ravens rookie Dobbins belatedly achieves star status in NFL
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer J.K. Dobbins knew his spectacular career at Ohio State provided no guarantee that he would immediately become an NFL star. Dobbins was the first Buckeyes running bac…
Alabama, Ohio State travel different paths to title game
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Alabama breezed through the regular season and college football’s semifinals, surviving a solitary scare in the Southeastern Conference championship game to reach …
Ohio State coach Day expects QB Fields to play vs Alabama
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he expects Justin Fields to play in the College Football Playoff national championship game against Alabama after the quarte…
After Bengals limp to finish, Taylor gets vote of confidence
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Less than 24 hours after Cincinnati fell flat in the final game of another frustrating season, Bengals President Mike Brown made it clear he still…
6 years later, Alabama and Ohio State go at it again
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Ohio State upset Alabama in the semifinals of the first College Football Playoff on the way to the Buckeyes’ last national title,…
Browns end playoff drought, survive late Steelers rally
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — After nearly two decades of dysfunction, bad draft picks and coaching and front-office changes, the NFL’s longest playoff drought is over. The Cl…