NFL fines Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000

Elida topped Spencerville 65-52 in girls basketball Tuesday night. Torie McAdams led the Bulldogs with 20 points and Abby Waddle contributed 11. Karri Purdy led Spencerville with 11 points.LCC 81, St. Marys 43

Two from the area earned Ohio player of the year honors Tuesday.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — James Franklin got the better of Johnny Football while helping No. 5 Missouri reach the SEC championship game. He's having an outstanding senior season, going 8-0 as the starting quarterback for one of the...

Lima Senior recently completed a historic turnaround football season, going from 0-10 to 5-5 this year.From 2005 to 2012, Lima Senior football went 12-68.

NOTE: All capsule information was supplied by the coaches. Any team not listed did not supply its information by the deadline.BLUFFTON

Crestview's girls basketball team has grown accustomed to wearing a bull's-eye in both the Northwest Conference and the district tournament.

CLEVELAND — This was the way Cecil Shorts always imagined it would happen: game on the line, ball in the air, his chance to the hero.The Jacksonville receiver replayed it in his mind countless times.

SAN DIEGO — With a blue-collar, workmanlike approach, the Cincinnati Bengals knocked the San Diego Chargers back to reality while protecting their two-game lead in the AFC North.

Florida State and Ohio State are in position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure on the Buckeyes.

COLUMBUS – Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer remembers the last time Ohio State and Michigan State played, a 17-16 OSU win last season, as a turning point for the Buckeyes on the way to the first of two consecutive 12-0...

NOTE: The information was supplied by the coaches. Any team not listed did not submit its information by the deadline.PERRYCOACH: Herb Lane

LIMA – It appears to be business as usual for the girls basketball side of the Northwest Central Conference, as play begins this season.

STANFORD, Calif. — At times, Tommy Rees and the offense looked unstoppable and the defense forced quick stops. Other times, both were wildly erratic and inconsistent.Just like Notre Dame's season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Greatness was all around. A great rivalry. Great expectations. And in the end, a great escape.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ohio State defensive back Tyvis Powell said he'd been well prepared in the short term and in the long run to make the play that clinched Ohio State's 42-41 win over Michigan on Saturday.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ohio State coach Urban Meyer doesn't expect starting offensive guard Marcus Hall and freshman running back Dontre Wilson to face any suspensions from Ohio State or the Big Ten for their ejections during a...

WAPAKONETA – Adam Bertke and Jacy Goettemoeller are both close to 100 percent.And that takes Marion Local back to being an offensive steamroller.

LIMA - The Lima Central Catholic girls won the Thunderbird Invitational in swimming on Saturday.

ELIDA – The 25th edition of the Tip-Off Classic is in the books and if the annual tournament is any indicator, there is going to be some really good basketball played by local teams this year.

COLUMBUS – Two decisions that helped create the school-record 23-game winning streak Ohio State will take into today's football came at Michigan happened 900 miles from Columbus in a span of nine days in 2010.

The 1969 Ohio State-Michigan game changed the way I watched football forever.No, it did not make me hate Michigan. Nor did it turn me into an Ohio State fanatic.

ELIDA – There will be a new champion of the Tip-Off Classic after Elida knocked off Bath in the second game Friday night at the Elida Fieldhouse by a 54-46 margin.

DAYTON – Sometimes an “ugly” football game can bring the best results.

New BremenNEW BREMAN - Carson Manger had 31 points and Deion Hoehne had 11 as the host Cardinals defeated Allen East 69-47 on Friday night. Matt Shuey led the Mustangs with 11 points.

[HEAD]BATHDivision: IICoach: Greg MaukYears, record at school: 16th season, 281-79

COLUMBUS – The plan has been modified, tinkered with, expanded in some areas and reduced in others.

BATH TOWNSHIP – At the start of every basketball season, the Bath girls are always mentioned as a team to be reckoned with.This season isn't any different.

I always tell anyone that will listen that the older you get, the faster the days go.My Dad first told me that many years ago and I didn't believe him then.I believe him now.

COLUMBUS – Devin Gardner insisted it wasn't a prediction, just confidence.

KENTON – Kenton was tested to the nth degree in last week's thrilling 46-43 regional final victory over Bryan.

DELPHOS – After Delphos St. John's lost to Marion Local in Week 6 of the regular season, the chances of the 2-4 Blue Jays making it into the playoffs looked bleak.

KENTON – It can be difficult to project how a young football player will respond to playing an unfamiliar position.Kenton coach Mike Mauk saw potential on the defensive side of the football for Noah Furbush.

LIMA — At the heart of Lima Senior's impressive 2013 turnaround was an explosive spread offense.And at the heart of that offense was a 5-foot-7, 170-pound dynamite stick named Juniel Liles.

LIMA – Most everyone is familiar with the numbers.Lima Senior football had a 12-68 record since the 2005 campaign, capped by an 0-10 season in 2012.

LIMA — Lima Senior's Rion Thompson fired in 42 points to help the Spartans to a 81-56 girls basketball victory over Celina Tuesday at Lima Senior.

CINCINNATI — Skip Schumaker is returning to the NL Central, completing a $5 million, two-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday that gives them a versatile player off the bench.