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UD women freshman draws crowd during game

12:38 AM Thursday, February 9, 2012

Terri Hoover didn’t mince any words:

“I don’t want my daughter made into a poster child for controversy,” she said with a bit of an edge in her voice.

Despite knee injury, Ballard a champion

10:53 PM Monday, February 6, 2012

It was the most-heart wrenching scene of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Early in the fourth quarter, Jake Ballard pulled himself up from the New York Giants bench, steadied himself on his already badly damaged left knee and then tried to run along the sideline.

Archdeacon: Manning puts 'Eli' in Elite

6:53 AM Monday, February 6, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — He ended Super Bowl week the exact same way he started it.

Eli Manning left the other guys sweating.

Springboro’s Ballard ready for more 'Giant' heroics

10:37 PM Saturday, February 4, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — When it comes to Jake Ballard, beauty most definitely is in the eye of the beholder.

Folks in Springboro view their favorite son — the 6-foot-6, 275-pound starting tight end of the New York Giants — a lot differently than do people in Boston.

Ex-OSU player faces off against New England in Super Bowl

10:15 PM Friday, February 3, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Every morning at Saint Mary School in Lancaster they start with a prayer and Principal Carlton Rider announces the saint of the day.

Greenville native Light plays 'guardian role' for Patriots

12:11 AM Friday, February 3, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — The question made Matt Light shake his head.

The New England Patriots’ big left tackle was asked how it has felt — through 11 NFL seasons and, come Sunday, five Super Bowls — to be the valued protector of his quarterback’s blind side.

Ochocinco's silence is speaking volumes

10:27 PM Tuesday, January 31, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS — Nothing Chad Ochocinco has ever said has been more surprising.

Caught in a crush of people with cameras, microphones and open notebooks at Tuesday’s Media Day for Super Bowl XLVI, Ochocinco — once the record-setting receiver and chatterbox of the Cincinnati Bengals, now the barely-used pass catcher for the AFC champion New England Patriots — was asked what he had learned about himself this season.

UD's Miller shows disgust in loss to Rhode Island

11:31 PM Saturday, January 28, 2012

You heard him before you saw him.

As the door to the coaches lounge in the Donoher Center opened, you heard the loud disgust, disappointment, the not-so-delicate language.

WSU's Mays playing hard despite pains

12:19 AM Saturday, January 28, 2012

FAIRBORN — As soon as the final buzzer sounded Friday night, Wright State trainer Jason Franklin headed back to his Nutter Center quarters — as he does after every Raiders game now — and waited for one player.