Ohio State

If Urban Meyer had a say in the matter, the University of Cincinnati would get an invitation to join the Big 12. Meyer was asked Sunday during his media day news conference about the momentum UC seems to be gaining as a candidate to join the power-five conference.

COLUMBUS: The questioner thought the answer was obvious, presuming that senior H-back Dontre Wilson is the Buckeyes’ fastest man. But according to Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, that distinction goes to sophomore cornerback Denzel Ward of Nordonia High School. “Denzel Ward’s probably the fastest on the team,” Meyer said Sunday during OSU media day at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. …

Big Ten football media days just completed a two-day run in Chicago, where the only thing deeper than the pizza was the manure coming from coaches’ mouths.

COLUMBUS: Ohio State has dismissed running back Bri’onte Dunn from the football team for a violation of team rules. Coach Urban Meyer announced Dunn’s dismissal in a statement Monday that did not specify the violation. Dunn, a running back from GlenOak High School, had one season of eligibility remaining. He graduated in May with his degree in sports industry. He …

Former GlenOak star running back Bri’onte Dunn has been dismissed from Ohio State for a violation of team rules, the school announced in an email. With Ezekiel Elliott off to the NFL, Dunn was expected to have a large role in OSU’s offense during his senior season. He was competing for carries with freshman Mike Weber, junior Curtis Samuel, senior …

Alabama is the pick to win another Southeastern Conference title. The Crimson Tide received 223 of 331 total votes by the league’s media one year after winning the league and national titles. LSU received the second-most votes with 59 while Tennessee had 29.

What looked to be a giant white egg in a corner of a room in Ohio State’s Woody Hayes Athletic Center cracked open the other morning, a soft-blue light shining forth before linebacker Craig Fada arose from within and stepped out. He had just spent 30 minutes in the sensory-deprivation device, a tub whose shallow pool of water contains about …

Ohio State single-game tickets for the 2016 football season will go on sale to the general public July 11 at 10 a.m. They will be available for all seven home games, although those for Nebraska and Michigan are limited. Prices are as follows: Bowling Green and Tulsa, $70; Rutgers and Indiana, $80; Northwestern, $90; Nebraska, $135; Michigan , $195. Sale …

IRVING, Texas: Ezekiel Elliott ran with the first team in offseason practices for the Dallas Cowboys this week. That’s at least partly because Darren McFadden was out for personal reasons. As for how the depth chart will look at running back in three months going into the opener against the New York Giants, the Cowboys are tiptoeing around the question …

IRVING, Texas: Ezekiel Elliott ran with the first team in offseason practices for the Dallas Cowboys this week. That’s at least partly because Darren McFadden was out for personal reasons. As for how the depth chart will look at running back in three months going into the opener against the New York Giants, the Cowboys are tiptoeing around the question …