Rookie Tyler Zeller has been the Cavaliers’ starting center for 10 games now, ever since Anderson Varejao went out with a bruised right knee. He has faced some of the NBA’s best starting big men, including Boston’s Kevin Garnett, Indiana’s Roy Hibbert, Atlanta’s Al Horford, Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez and Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins. Then there’s Chicago’s […]
Lady Buckeyes Come Up Short Against Illini
January 7, 2013 by
Ohio State had its 31-game home win streak snapped Sunday at the hands of Illinois with a 79-73 loss to the Fighting Illini in front of a season-high 4,516 fans at Value City Arena. The game was a wild, back and forth affair that saw nine lead changes and seven ties. Senior Tayler Hill once […]
Bengals Lose Wild Card Game 19-13
January 6, 2013 by
The Bengals closed the regular season with a 7-1 finish that featured their best players playing the best when they needed them most, but in Saturday’s AFC Wild Card game at Reliant Stadium they couldn’t summon the synergy that produced their third playoff appearance in four years. Instead, head coach Marvin Lewis’s playoff record dropped […]
Illinois Smacks Buckeyes 74-55
January 6, 2013 by
Brandon Paul scored 19 points and No. 11 Illinois bounced back from a tough loss in its Big Ten opener to beat No. 8 Ohio State 74-55 on Saturday. The Illini (14-2, 1-1 Big Ten) led 37-25 at halftime and used a 13-2 run early in the second half to build a 50-27 lead. Illinois […]
Iowa Downs Buckeyes 77-71
January 4, 2013 by
Tayler Hill scored a career-high 34 points and Ohio State battled back from a 13-point second-half deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Buckeyes fell to the Hawkeyes, 77-71 in overtime tonight at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in the Big Ten opener for both teams. The loss drops Ohio State to 10-4 and 0-1 in the Big […]
Buckeyes Open Big Ten Play, Smack Nebraska 70-44
January 3, 2013 by
Deshaun Thomas outscored Nebraska in the first half 18-17 and finished with 22 points to lead No. 8 Ohio State past the Cornhuskers 70-44 on Wednesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Lenzelle Smith Jr. added 17 points for Ohio State (11-2, 1-0), which won its 15th consecutive Big Ten home opener. […]
Kings Beat Cavaliers 97-94
January 3, 2013 by
The Cavaliers came into Wednesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings with the second-worst record in the NBA. They had lost two straight overall, eight of their past 10 and 13 of their past 16. It’s hard to believe they could look worse, but they did in a 97-94 loss at The Q. After coach […]
Browns Finish Season with 24-10 Loss
December 31, 2012 by
On the strength of two second-half touchdown passes from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, the Pittsburgh Steelers earned a 24-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field Sunday afternoon. Pittsburgh wide receiver Plaxico Burress caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger and extended the Steelers’ lead over the Browns to 24-10 with 3:20 remaining in the […]
Bengals Beat Ravens 23-17, Head to Playoffs
December 31, 2012 by
It all made perfect sense for the Bengals to ride their defense into next week’s playoff game as coordinator Mike Zimmer’s sixth-ranked unit pitched another masterpiece against a host of backups in a 23-17 victory over the Ravens at sold-out Paul Brown Stadium that capped Cincinnati’s 7-1 run in the second half of the season. […]
Lady Buckeyes Beat Howard 67-50
December 31, 2012 by
Ohio State closed out non-conference play in style Sunday afternoon with a 67-50 win over visiting Howard at Value City Arena. The win moves the Buckeyes to 10-3 entering Big Ten play while Howard, the favorites to win the MEAC this season, dips to 5-6. Tayler Hill once again led the Buckeyes offensively with 22 […]
