COLUMBUS — With almost 350,000 high school student-athletes during the 2025-26 school year, Ohio ranks as the third-largest state for high school sports participation in the annual NFHS high school athletics participation survey, trailing only Texas and California. Ohio ranked in the Top 5 ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Fresh off its first loss of the season, Youngstown State is already looking forward. In the defeat at Kentucky, the Penguins struggled to slow down the Wildcats’ offense, and while YSU moved the ball offensively, finishing drives proved to be a challenge. But now, the ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Arch Manning’s 2025 Heisman Trophy campaign started and ended with a rocky season-opening loss at Ohio State. Over in the Buckeyes’ huddle, Julian Sayin’s first career start launched a standout season that found him, not Manning, among the Heisman finalists last ...
BEREA — Deshaun Watson hasn’t lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars as a starting quarterback. That might be one of the few things the Cleveland Browns have going for them heading into Sunday’s opener. “This is 2026, man. So, I’m not going into this game looking at the 7-0 record at ...
NEW YORK — Coco Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Wednesday to set up a U.S. Open semifinal matchup against new No. 1 Elena Rybakina. Gauff overcame a horrible start to give herself a chance at a second U.S. Open title. She ...
CANFIELD — Despite a weeklong layoff, Canfield looked sharp in its return to the turf Tuesday. Hosting Ursuline, the Cardinals took a lead within the opening 10 minutes and continued to add to their advantage en route to a 5-0 win over the Irish. “We started just a touch slow,” ...
