Ohio State dominated Penn State through the second half and beat the 11th ranked Nittany Lions 24-7 before a deflated 110,000 fans in Happy Valley.

QB Terrelle Pryor says he has learned there’s such a thing as getting too amped for games.

LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks.

This one means more than most.

Just hours after Cleveland’s fired general manager walked down the front steps in disgrace carrying his belongings in travel bags, two disgruntled fans climbed the same steps inside the team’s headquarters for a meeting with the team’s camera-shy owner.

During his search for Cleveland’s pitching coach, new Indians manager Manny Acta was meeting with general manager Mark Shapiro when Tim Belcher’s name came up for discussion.

Get your team’s score and catch up with rival teams’ scores in week one of the playoffs.

At his Thursday press conference, Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel discussed his kicking situation going into the Penn State game. He also gave updates on the OSU players that have been injured, talked about the Terrelle Pryor-Vince Young comparisons, the Buckeyes’ RB-by-committee approach and much more.

Ohio State sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor is the first one to admit he hasn’t won a big game yet in his college career. Will that change Saturday against Penn State? We have more.

Following Ohio State’s practice on Wednesday, co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Luke Fickell gave updates on Dorian Bell, Dexter Larimore, Etienne Sabino and more.

More than a game might be on the line on Saturday in Happy Valley. Recruiting could be on the line as well. Bucknuts.com takes a look at recruiting battles between Ohio State and Penn State that are taking place or may take place.

Fight songs will be playing and the gyms will be warm for basketball and other sports this winter after voters in the South-Western City School District narrowly approved a 7.4-mill levy by 450 votes on Tuesday.

Sycamore senior swimmer Alex Norris has orally committed to compete at Ohio State. Norris, a four-time All-American, is a multiple school record-holder. She has committed to attend the Ohio State Honors Program. Norris also considered offers from Michigan, Duke and Louisville. Norris was third in the 100 butterfly and fourth in the 200 IM at the Division I state girls’ swimming meet last season.

It’s been a tough climb from the basement to the top step of the Northern Ohio League, but the Galion Tigers have done it in just two short years. Under Chris Hawkins who inherited a team that had gone 3-47 in the five years before he arrived, the Tigers have accomplished what many thought unthinkable just a couple of years ago.

This weekend several football teams will enjoy the euphoria of the playoffs and also the disappointment of early dismissal. For several teams, the state title is a goal. For others, they’ve reached it by playing this weekend. Regardless, the following story by Bret Bevens reminds us never to count out the underdog. Upsets happen. Nothing is four sure.

The 15th-ranked Buckeyes visit No. 11 Penn State, and coach JoPa, on Saturday. The legend of Joe Paterno is hard to quantify. Heck, his age is hard to quantify.

Javier Morales and Robbie Findley scored first-half goals and Real Salt Lake advanced to its second straight conference final with a 3-2 victory over the defending MLS Cup champion Columbus Crew on Thursday night.

Raffi Torres is making two-goal games look astonishingly easy.

At Indiana, it comes down to this.

For a split second, LeBron James appeared to be on his way to bailing out the Cleveland Cavaliers once more.

Winning is a great deodorant and Michigan needs a victory for its funk.

Much of the buzz surrounding No. 8 Iowa has been about its resume, and whether the Hawkeyes can truly be considered national title contenders when they keep sneaking past everyone.

The supposedly high-performance offenses at Illinois and Minnesota spent most of the first seven weeks of the season stuck in the shop, sputtering and struggling to get going.

Football Friday Nite names Westerville South’s Jayshan Jackson as week 10 player of the week.

Left tackle and right tackle are still a bit unsettled for OSU.

On the eve of the next Ohio State-Penn State match-up this Saturday at University Park, Pa. (3:30 p.m., ABC), we have an in-depth look at the history of this rivalry between two of college football’s great programs.

Ohio State is 40-8 over the past four seasons, a record that might have most fans of the 15th-ranked Buckeyes flush with confidence heading into Saturday’s game at No. 11 Penn State.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed forward Kristian Huselius on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and added forward Alexandre Picard to the roster on emergency recall from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

Evan Turner had 15 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and No. 16 Ohio State shot 63 percent from the field in beating Walsh 86-48 in an exhibition game Wednesday night.

San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the Sharks their sixth straight win, 3-2 victory over the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.