The Ohio High School Athletic Association has elevated girls flag football to a fully recognized sport for the 2026-27 school year, following a unanimous vote of the OHSAA Board of Directors at its June meeting.
Girls flag football becomes the OHSAA’s 29th recognized sport, including 15 sports for girls and 14 for boys. There are now 23 high school state associations in the United States that sanction girls flag football and a total of 40 states that offer girls high school football programs. Flag football will be included as a new sport in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
After the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted UConn forward Alex Karaban with the 29th pick, they traded him to the Sacramento Kings.
Cleveland received the Number 34 pick in the second round for Karaban and will also receive a future second-round pick in 2032.
National Championship-winning coach Jim Tressel is set to be enshrined on the C-Deck Ring of Honor at Ohio Stadium when the Buckeyes host Ball State in their season opener on Saturday, Sept. 5, at 12:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on BTN.
Eight schools have opted up to Division I for the 2026 Ohio High School Athletic Association football playoffs, which has resulted in a number of shifts to Division I regional assignments that were initially announced on April 23.
All eight schools that opted up to Division I had been initially assigned to Division II. There are no changes to Divisions III through VII. The OHSAA does not move schools up a division to replace schools that opt up to Division I. The changes increase Division I to 80 schools (from 72), while decreasing Division II to 98 schools (from 106).
The Cleveland Cavaliers announced they are exercising their team option for Craig Porter Jr., bringing the undrafted guard back for his fourth season. Porter signed his first standard contract in February, 2024.
Eight University of Akron football players have been named to Phil Steele’s 2026 preseason All-MAC Team, the magazine announced Wednesday, June 10.
Guests never know who they might meet when they visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame — “Football Heaven” — in Canton.
In the Hall of Fame’s 62-year history, that maxim always has been true. Players, coaches and contributors who comprise the membership of the most elite team in sports visit their “second home” for such reasons as speaking engagements, educational programs and other appearances. Guests fortunate enough to cross paths with the Hall of Famers on those occasions take with them an added lifelong memory from their trip to Canton.
Presented by Safelite and Bob’s Discount Furniture, fans can attend fall camp practices and experience the start of the 2026 season.
Seven-time Pro Bowl guard Joel Bitonio remained one of the NFL’s top free agents at this point in the 2026 NFL offseason, but the 34-year-old decided he didn’t want to put on a different uniform after 12 seasons (2014-25) with the Cleveland Browns. Instead, Bitonio retired.
The Indian Valley Braves girls basketball program is turning to a familiar face with championship pedigree to lead them into the future, naming Samantha Dickerson as the team’s new varsity head coach.