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2026 LA S Blaine Bradford is a Buckeye!!!
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I'll be surprised OSU has landed Bradford until he hits the field/campus
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LGHL Former Buckeye Taylor Thierry makes Atlanta Dream opening day roster
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Former Buckeye Taylor Thierry makes Atlanta Dream opening day roster
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The former Buckeye went from third-round pick to regular-season roster.
The 2025 WNBA season tips off on Friday, May 16. That makes this week one of the more difficult weeks for fans of the United States’ top professional women’s basketball league. Leading up to the opening games, teams have to cut their rosters down to fit the 12-player limit and within salary cap restrictions.
That means that many players drafted out of college do not make a WNBA regular-season roster. Former Ohio State women’s basketball guard/forward Taylor Thierry bucked that trend this offseason, and Thursday, the Atlanta Dream announced the Cleveland, Ohio native as a member of their 2025 opening day roster.
Thierry beat out other players on the Atlanta Dream’s roster, including two-year pro Haley Jones out of Stanford and fellow 2025 WNBA Draft pick Shyanne Sellers, out of the Maryland Terrapins program. That is despite Sellers getting drafted in the second round of the draft, with the Golden State Valkyries, before they cut Sellers, and she landed in Atlanta’s training camp.
When the Dream announced both of those cuts, the public did not respond favorably to first-year head coach Karl Smesko’s decisions, but Thierry has always been a player who has stayed under the radar.
No clearer evidence of that status is where the Dream selected Thierry, with the third-to-last pick of the entire 2025 WNBA Draft.
Under Smesko, the former 22-year head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University, the Dream play a three-point-heavy system, and do not use a lot of the shot clock to do it either. Over the years at Ohio State, Thierry’s three-point shooting increased from averaging less than one attempt per game in her first three seasons to 1.7 per game as a senior, making 46.4% of them.
However, defense is where Thierry shines. A member of the 2025 Big Ten All-Defensive Team, Thierry averaged 2.3 steals per game in the 2024-25 season and led the Big Ten with 77 steals overall. Thierry does it with her ability to read the court and athleticism to jump faster and higher than most to cut off passing lanes.
“With Taylor, she makes a lot of plays,” said Smesko following Atlanta’s first preseason game against the Washington Mystics. “She looks for opportunities to attack, but she gets deflections, she’s in there rebounding, she runs the floor hard.”
Thierry’s Atlanta Dream teammates have also sung the rookie’s praises this offseason.
“I want to shout out Thierry,” said teammate and former Michigan Wolverine Naz Hillmon,” I think she’s had some really great practices. Defensively, she’s a pest, and I know that goes a long way in this league.”
The four-year Buckeye gives the program two straight seasons where a draftee made an opening day roster, joining Jacy Sheldon and Celeste Taylor, who both made their teams last season, although Taylor was cut and moved around the league before finding a landing spot with the Phoenix Mercury.
Thierry joins a team of WNBA All-Stars, including Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray, Brionna Jones, and Brittney Griner. Also making the team this season are fellow rookie Te-Hina Paopao, who the Dream drafted in the second round of the 2025 WNBA Draft.
Both Sheldon and Taylor are likely to make their rosters, but the Connecticut Sun and Mercury have not announced their final rosters, as of publication. In the offseason, the Dallas Wings traded Sheldon to the Connecticut Sun following a rookie season where the point guard began starting near the end of the season.
The Dream begins its 2025 season Friday night against the Washington Mystics, at 7:30 p.m. ET in a game set to air on ION.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Joseph Boatman/NBAE via Getty Images
The former Buckeye went from third-round pick to regular-season roster.
The 2025 WNBA season tips off on Friday, May 16. That makes this week one of the more difficult weeks for fans of the United States’ top professional women’s basketball league. Leading up to the opening games, teams have to cut their rosters down to fit the 12-player limit and within salary cap restrictions.
That means that many players drafted out of college do not make a WNBA regular-season roster. Former Ohio State women’s basketball guard/forward Taylor Thierry bucked that trend this offseason, and Thursday, the Atlanta Dream announced the Cleveland, Ohio native as a member of their 2025 opening day roster.
Thierry beat out other players on the Atlanta Dream’s roster, including two-year pro Haley Jones out of Stanford and fellow 2025 WNBA Draft pick Shyanne Sellers, out of the Maryland Terrapins program. That is despite Sellers getting drafted in the second round of the draft, with the Golden State Valkyries, before they cut Sellers, and she landed in Atlanta’s training camp.
When the Dream announced both of those cuts, the public did not respond favorably to first-year head coach Karl Smesko’s decisions, but Thierry has always been a player who has stayed under the radar.
No clearer evidence of that status is where the Dream selected Thierry, with the third-to-last pick of the entire 2025 WNBA Draft.
Under Smesko, the former 22-year head coach of Florida Gulf Coast University, the Dream play a three-point-heavy system, and do not use a lot of the shot clock to do it either. Over the years at Ohio State, Thierry’s three-point shooting increased from averaging less than one attempt per game in her first three seasons to 1.7 per game as a senior, making 46.4% of them.
However, defense is where Thierry shines. A member of the 2025 Big Ten All-Defensive Team, Thierry averaged 2.3 steals per game in the 2024-25 season and led the Big Ten with 77 steals overall. Thierry does it with her ability to read the court and athleticism to jump faster and higher than most to cut off passing lanes.
“With Taylor, she makes a lot of plays,” said Smesko following Atlanta’s first preseason game against the Washington Mystics. “She looks for opportunities to attack, but she gets deflections, she’s in there rebounding, she runs the floor hard.”
Thierry’s Atlanta Dream teammates have also sung the rookie’s praises this offseason.
“I want to shout out Thierry,” said teammate and former Michigan Wolverine Naz Hillmon,” I think she’s had some really great practices. Defensively, she’s a pest, and I know that goes a long way in this league.”
The four-year Buckeye gives the program two straight seasons where a draftee made an opening day roster, joining Jacy Sheldon and Celeste Taylor, who both made their teams last season, although Taylor was cut and moved around the league before finding a landing spot with the Phoenix Mercury.
Thierry joins a team of WNBA All-Stars, including Rhyne Howard, Allisha Gray, Brionna Jones, and Brittney Griner. Also making the team this season are fellow rookie Te-Hina Paopao, who the Dream drafted in the second round of the 2025 WNBA Draft.
Both Sheldon and Taylor are likely to make their rosters, but the Connecticut Sun and Mercury have not announced their final rosters, as of publication. In the offseason, the Dallas Wings traded Sheldon to the Connecticut Sun following a rookie season where the point guard began starting near the end of the season.
The Dream begins its 2025 season Friday night against the Washington Mystics, at 7:30 p.m. ET in a game set to air on ION.
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OL Carson Hinzman (National Champion)
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Carson Hinzman Growing from Adversity of Past Seasons As He Works to Be Reliable Leader for Ohio State Offensive Line
Starting center Carson Hinzman is drawing from the ups and downs of his first three years at Ohio State as he strives to be one of the Buckeyes’ leaders in 2025.
Carson Hinzman Growing from Adversity of Past Seasons As He Works to Be Reliable Leader for Ohio State Offensive Line
Carson Hinzman’s first three years at Ohio State have been full of ups and downs, but the fourth-year center believes that roller-coaster ride has prepared him well to step into a leadership role for the Buckeyes this season.
After redshirting without playing a single snap as a true freshman in 2022, Hinzman became Ohio State’s starting center sooner than anticipated after Luke Wypler entered the 2023 NFL draft. The redshirt freshman struggled in that role for most of his first year, so much so that he was benched and saw no action in Ohio State’s Cotton Bowl loss to Missouri even though the Buckeyes’ offensive line was a sieve throughout the game.
That prompted Ohio State to bring in Seth McLaughlin as its starting center for last season, keeping Hinzman out of the first-team lineup for the Buckeyes’ first seven games of 2024. But Hinzman became Ohio State’s starting left guard after Donovan Jackson moved to left tackle following Josh Simmons’ season-ending knee injury, then became Ohio State’s starting center again for the final six games of the year after McLaughlin tore his Achilles.
Hinzman thrived in his initial role playing in between Jackson and McLaughlin, but struggled again in his first couple of games back at center, especially in his matchup with would-be first-round picks Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant in Ohio State’s loss to Michigan. But Hinzman stepped up along with the rest of the offensive line in the College Football Playoff, doing what he needed to do in the middle of the Buckeyes’ front five to help lead Ohio State to a national championship.
Now, Hinzman is expected to be Ohio State’s full-time starting center again in 2025. The Buckeyes are counting on Hinzman – their most experienced offensive lineman in terms of games started at Ohio State – to be one of their top leaders up front this season. And he’s drawing from all the experience he’s gained as a Buckeye so far, both good and bad, as he prepares for that role.
“At first I felt like it was a lot of adversity for me, but I think like that was the adversity I really needed,” Hinzman said. “I've been blessed with a lot of adversity, and I think that's definitely made me better on the back end. Coach Day always talks about it, and great leaders, they can show it. A lot of people can just talk about it, but to be about it is important. And I think to me, I've went through a lot of that adversity, I went through a lot of that stuff, and my testament has been written in an interesting way. But I think for me to take that next step is really important for not only for this team, but for myself personally.”
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Maryland Terrapins (turtle)
- By ScriptOhio
- College Football
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Maryland Hires Former Ohio State Alumni Association President Jim Smith As Athletic Director
Former Ohio State Alumni Association president Jim Smith is Maryland’s new athletic director.
Maryland Hires Former Ohio State Alumni Association President Jim Smith As Athletic Director
A former president of the Ohio State Alumni Association is Maryland’s new athletic director.
Maryland named Jim Smith, who presided over Ohio State’s alumni association from 2016-20, as the new leader of its athletic department on Thursday. Smith replaces Damon Evans, who left Maryland for SMU in March.
Smith, who earned a master’s degree in sports management from Ohio State in 1991 after graduating from Northwestern with a bachelor’s degree in communications, returns to the Big Ten after five years as the senior vice president of business strategy for the Atlanta Braves. He was also previously an associate athletic director at Ohio State from 1995-2000, after which he worked for the Columbus Crew, the Atlanta Falcons and their parent company, Arthur M. Blank Sports & Entertainment, before returning to Ohio State for his tenure leading the alumni association.
According to Maryland’s announcement, Smith “plans to tap the consulting talents” of former Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, whom he worked alongside as alumni association president.
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Ohio State Women's Basketball (2023-24 B1G CHAMPS)
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- Buckeye Basketball
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Former Ohio State Women’s Basketball Player Taylor Thierry Makes Atlanta Dream’s Roster As Third-Round WNBA Draft Pick
Former Ohio State women’s basketball player Taylor Thierry made the Atlanta Dream’s opening day roster after she was selected in the third round of the WNBA Draft.
Former Ohio State Women’s Basketball Player Taylor Thierry Makes Atlanta Dream’s Roster As Third-Round WNBA Draft Pick
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Fox Sports 1 (at least its not ESPN)
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- College Football
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Now this is absolutely ridiculous:
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Ohio state representative Tex Fischer, who represents Ohio's 59th district, proposed a bill that would prevent the Buckeyes from starting any marquee game at noon, with the exception of the Michigan contest at the end of the year.
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More specifically, no game can start before 3:30 p.m. that features a state university (Ohio State) and an opponent that is ranked within the top 10 of the Associated Press' Top 25 poll under this proposal.
The bill also would fine either the Big Ten or the network broadcasting the game $10 million if it violates the proposed rule.
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Ohio State Representative Proposes Bill That Would Prevent the Buckeyes from Playing Noon Games with the Exception of the Michigan Contest
An Ohio state representative proposed a bill that would prevent the Buckeyes from playing noon games in marquee matchups, with the exception of the Michigan contest.
Ohio State Representative Proposes Bill That Would Prevent the Buckeyes from Playing Noon Games with the Exception of the Michigan Contest
The angst surrounding big game noon kickoffs has made it all the way into politics.Ohio state representative Tex Fischer, who represents Ohio's 59th district, proposed a bill that would prevent the Buckeyes from starting any marquee game at noon, with the exception of the Michigan contest at the end of the year.
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More specifically, no game can start before 3:30 p.m. that features a state university (Ohio State) and an opponent that is ranked within the top 10 of the Associated Press' Top 25 poll under this proposal.
The bill also would fine either the Big Ten or the network broadcasting the game $10 million if it violates the proposed rule.
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LGHL Explaining Kevin McGuff’s not guilty plea and the legal process that follows
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Explaining Kevin McGuff’s not guilty plea and the legal process that follows
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
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Land-Grant Holy Land spoke with a legal expert to outline what happens next in the Buckeye coach’s OVI case.
On Tuesday, Kevin McGuff had his day in court, in a way. The Ohio State women’s basketball coach did not physically set foot into the Dublin Mayor’s Court, instead, his lawyer Richard Piatt acted as magistrate and entered a not guilty plea. While that might seem peculiar from a non-legal viewpoint, considering the released bodycam footage showing an obviously inebriated McGuff on the evening of May 6, 2025, from a legal standpoint, it was the logical, and expected next step.
“Please understand that Kevin McGuff is presumed innocent and, like everyone else charged with an offense, deserves to have this case resolved on the merits and the facts that actually occurred,” said Piatt in a statement to the Associated Press.
The not guilty plea should not surprise people. It is how the system works.
“As a defense attorney, I would always advise someone to enter not guilty first,” attorney Don Olsen explained to LGHL. “There’s a process here.”
Olsen is not involved with the McGuff case, but has experience working with OVI charges as a partner at Bowen, Scranton & Olsen, LLC. McGuff’s plea of not guilty is not to deny the fact that he was intoxicated when Dublin police approached the Buckeye coach last week; instead, it is a common step in the process.
There are three main pillars lof egal defense: evidence, procedure, and mitigation. Concerning evidence, if McGuff went with a guilty plea, both he and his lawyer would never get the chance to see what evidence the state has collected.
“Evidence may seem clear, but the defense can’t review the evidence until after they enter a ‘not guilty,’” Olsen said. “A person should always exercise their rights and make an informed decision before giving up the right to make the state prove them guilty.”
There is also the other side of that coin; once Piatt and McGuff receive the evidence, after reviewing it, they can decide that it is strong and change his plea to guilty in hopes of securing a plea bargain.
For procedure, when McGuff entered the not guilty plea, it means that the burden is on the state to now prove his guilt. That means getting potential witnesses, like the person who called in the allegedly erratic driving on May 6, and reviewing any additional details from the Dublin Police’s investigation.
In some cases, the witness forgets details, or cannot be reached, or the evidence is obtained via non-legal methods. Again, there is no idea of knowing until the defense receives the evidence during the discovery period.
“I have that conversation weekly. That’s why the process is there,” said Olsen.
Mitigation is when the defense presents information to receive a lesser charge. In the case of McGuff, the May 6 OVI charge is his first offence. The defense will likely leverage that in hopes of the charges being reduced, mitigating their impact.
Up next in the case is the pre-trial hearing. For this case, it stays in the Dublin Mayor’s Court, where the defense and prosecution teams meet to discuss a potential plea.
“Two most common are a physical control or a reckless operation,” Olsen said. “Physical control is a zero-point operation, saying, ‘I was not driving but I was in the car with the keys in the ignition.’ Physical control also requires admission that a person was impaired.”
A reckless operation charge is a misdemeanor that usually ends in a fine, but some versions have potential penalties including jail, probation, and license suspension as well.
Should the pre-trial process not end in a plea decision, and McGuff and his lawyer push for a trial, it will move to the Franklin County court system, the county in which he was arrested.
If the case escalates to the trial level, which is believed to be unlikely, and McGuff is found guilty of an OVI, the minimum sentence in the state of Ohio is three days in jail or three days in a driver prevention program. Plus a fine of $375, and additional fees. The crime also includes six points on his license and a one-year license suspension.
The maximum penalty is six months in jail, a three-year license suspension, and a $1,075 fine. There are also numerous levels between the minimum and maximum.
According to McGuff’s contract, if he is found guilty, there would be cause for the university to terminate the final year of employment on his contract. That would mean that he would not receive a buyout, severance, or additional paycheck.
Until the case goes through the legal process, it is not likely to see any action from the university.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Melissa Tamez-Imagn Images
Land-Grant Holy Land spoke with a legal expert to outline what happens next in the Buckeye coach’s OVI case.
On Tuesday, Kevin McGuff had his day in court, in a way. The Ohio State women’s basketball coach did not physically set foot into the Dublin Mayor’s Court, instead, his lawyer Richard Piatt acted as magistrate and entered a not guilty plea. While that might seem peculiar from a non-legal viewpoint, considering the released bodycam footage showing an obviously inebriated McGuff on the evening of May 6, 2025, from a legal standpoint, it was the logical, and expected next step.
“Please understand that Kevin McGuff is presumed innocent and, like everyone else charged with an offense, deserves to have this case resolved on the merits and the facts that actually occurred,” said Piatt in a statement to the Associated Press.
The not guilty plea should not surprise people. It is how the system works.
“As a defense attorney, I would always advise someone to enter not guilty first,” attorney Don Olsen explained to LGHL. “There’s a process here.”
Olsen is not involved with the McGuff case, but has experience working with OVI charges as a partner at Bowen, Scranton & Olsen, LLC. McGuff’s plea of not guilty is not to deny the fact that he was intoxicated when Dublin police approached the Buckeye coach last week; instead, it is a common step in the process.
There are three main pillars lof egal defense: evidence, procedure, and mitigation. Concerning evidence, if McGuff went with a guilty plea, both he and his lawyer would never get the chance to see what evidence the state has collected.
“Evidence may seem clear, but the defense can’t review the evidence until after they enter a ‘not guilty,’” Olsen said. “A person should always exercise their rights and make an informed decision before giving up the right to make the state prove them guilty.”
There is also the other side of that coin; once Piatt and McGuff receive the evidence, after reviewing it, they can decide that it is strong and change his plea to guilty in hopes of securing a plea bargain.
For procedure, when McGuff entered the not guilty plea, it means that the burden is on the state to now prove his guilt. That means getting potential witnesses, like the person who called in the allegedly erratic driving on May 6, and reviewing any additional details from the Dublin Police’s investigation.
In some cases, the witness forgets details, or cannot be reached, or the evidence is obtained via non-legal methods. Again, there is no idea of knowing until the defense receives the evidence during the discovery period.
“I have that conversation weekly. That’s why the process is there,” said Olsen.
Mitigation is when the defense presents information to receive a lesser charge. In the case of McGuff, the May 6 OVI charge is his first offence. The defense will likely leverage that in hopes of the charges being reduced, mitigating their impact.
Up next in the case is the pre-trial hearing. For this case, it stays in the Dublin Mayor’s Court, where the defense and prosecution teams meet to discuss a potential plea.
“Two most common are a physical control or a reckless operation,” Olsen said. “Physical control is a zero-point operation, saying, ‘I was not driving but I was in the car with the keys in the ignition.’ Physical control also requires admission that a person was impaired.”
A reckless operation charge is a misdemeanor that usually ends in a fine, but some versions have potential penalties including jail, probation, and license suspension as well.
Should the pre-trial process not end in a plea decision, and McGuff and his lawyer push for a trial, it will move to the Franklin County court system, the county in which he was arrested.
If the case escalates to the trial level, which is believed to be unlikely, and McGuff is found guilty of an OVI, the minimum sentence in the state of Ohio is three days in jail or three days in a driver prevention program. Plus a fine of $375, and additional fees. The crime also includes six points on his license and a one-year license suspension.
The maximum penalty is six months in jail, a three-year license suspension, and a $1,075 fine. There are also numerous levels between the minimum and maximum.
According to McGuff’s contract, if he is found guilty, there would be cause for the university to terminate the final year of employment on his contract. That would mean that he would not receive a buyout, severance, or additional paycheck.
Until the case goes through the legal process, it is not likely to see any action from the university.
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MLB General Discussion (Official Thread)
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- Professional Baseball
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WATCH: Red Sox make unbelievable catch as two outfielders combine to rob home run vs. Tigers
Right fielder Wilyer Abreu and center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela took a home run away from Kerry Carpenter
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ASSISTED HOME RUN ROBBERY?
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The Tigers had the play reviewed just to make sure the ball didn't go over the wall and bounce back into the field of play. It did go over the wall, for sure, but it deflected off Abreu's glove and went right to Rafaela. That's your garden variety 9-8 putout. You don't see too many of those each year.
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