Devon Mcdonald

Ohio State exploring changes on kickoff team By Jim Naveau - jnaveau@limanews.com the new spirit mark (logo) for athletics at Ohio State University Slug - OSU Credit: Ohio State University. COLUMBUS — There might be changes in personnel coming on Ohio State's struggling kickoff coverage teams when Ohio State plays at Iowa on Saturday afternoon. OSU coach Urban Meyer, who had called his team's kickoffs "a joke" earlier this week referred to "the kicking debacle" on the Big Ten football coaches teleconference on Tuesday and said changes are coming. "We're going to make some changes in personnel. We just have to keep re-evaluating," Meyer said. Meyer said he is watching for signs of a letdown after last week's huge comeback to beat Penn State 39-38 but does not expect that to happen. "I'll watch that very closely. If it were a young, immature team I'd be more panicky than I am," he said. "They're ...

Minnesota basketball fans came to the Timberwolves' sparkling lair Friday night hoping to christen a memorable season, and they were treated to a fourth-quarter barnburner they won't soon forget. Woe and two was no way to treat a tormented base that has had to choke down more patience over the past decade-plus than Job. Not after the Wolves' curiously disjointed performance in Wednesday's season-opening loss at San Antonio. So when Jamal Crawford buried his game-winning 3-pointer with 28 seconds remaining, the newly renovated Target Center erupted in euphoria and relief as the latest new-look Wolves refused to go down the same old way. Their 100-97 victory over the Utah Jazz and returning crowd favorite Ricky Rubio was the right tonic at the right time, a sneak preview, perhaps, of more convincing wins and thrilling comebacks this balanced and hungry roster can finally deliver. "We did enough to win," grunted Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau. They also did ple...