By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Now that Justin Fields has arrived, the Heisman Trophy race can begin. Though the front-runner might not be the quarterback you think. Fields made up some …
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AP Top 25: Indiana jumps in at 17; Ohio State moves up to 3
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Indiana jumped into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset and Ohio State moved up to No. 3 …
Browns TE Hooper undergoing appendectomy, out against Cincy
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns will be without dependable tight end Austin Hooper for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals after he underwent an appendectomy…
Front office veteran Krall will run Reds baseball operations
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall has been named director of baseball operations for the team. The Reds announced Monday that Krall was being promoted to replace Dick Willia…
OBJ doesn’t practice, Mayfield better for banged-up Browns
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield finally fired some passes on Friday — none to Odell Beckham Jr. Beckham missed another practice with the Browns due to COVID-19 protocol…
It’s almost ‘go time’ for Big Ten; Buckeyes favored again
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer The ACC, Big 12 and SEC have been playing anywhere from three to five weeks amid the pandemic, and all the players and coaches around the Big Ten could do is w…
No. 6 Ohio St confident about another run at national title
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State came within one botched play of likely advancing to the national championship game last season. Getting that close — and the ferv…
Sleek, determined Fields driven by quest for national title
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Not knowing when or if Ohio State was going to play in 2020, Justin Fields never stopped working toward another college football season. He stayed…
Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77
By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too. Morgan, the Hall of F…
End game: Browns star Garrett off to dominant start in 2020
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett shrugged off his latest award with the same ease he shows when blasting past a helpless right tackle on his path to the quarterback. Bein…