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Righteous Buckeyes: Inside the Life Surge scam taking America by storm
"Surging your life God's way" is where a get-rich-quick scheme meets the Holy Scripture, and numerous Ohio State legends helped funnel financially…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Operation Desperado: The long con of Vivek Ramaswamy
It only takes one compliment to get the former presidential candidate to speak to your favorite football team. What happens next is entirely up to you.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The commencement fiasco emails Ohio State didn't want you to see
The Rooster sued Ohio State in the Court of Claims and won. Here's what we found.
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D.J. Byrnes
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Max Littman
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Embattled Buckeye beat writers face new allegations of pilfering pay from players
Jeremy Birmingham and Austin Ward already admitted to skimming company sponsorship and advertising money meant for athletes who appeared on their…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Sherrod Brown shows he's never had a boss
His last handpicked party chairwoman resigned in disgrace, and Brown has seemingly done the impossible in finding an unqualified replacement that will…
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D.J. Byrnes
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Music Man moves on: Here's Max Miller's latest love interest
Bay Village’s still-married Congressman is moving on with a bodybuilder who finalized her divorce three weeks ago.
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D.J. Byrnes
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Tiara Ross suspected of cheating in Moritz Law Journal competition
"To make ourselves clear, we are not looking for an excuse or explanation of the situation."
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D.J. Byrnes
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A hater's take on the Jim Tressel appointment
Plus some chatter about how our statewide officials sliced the electorate over lunch at the Downtown Athletic Club, while P.G. Sittenfeld (and by…
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"Surviving Ohio State" should end Jim Jordan's political career
"If there's one thing OSU is good at, other than football, it's deceit."
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Inside the idiotic implosion that led to Matt Huffman's coronation
The vote was not nearly as "unanimous" as Huffman's supporters say it was—not that it makes any difference in what happens next.
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D.J. Byrnes
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The looting will continue until morale improves
House Republicans want to rob fiscally savvy schools to bribe property owners.
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Tiara Ross owes $3,795 in unpaid fines on her suspended license
We lost the residency challenge, but we took one unaccountable motorist off the roads for the immediate future.
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