Former West Branch High School standout and ODU assistant coach Reese Leone has been appointed as the interim head coach for the Ohio Dominican University men’s basketball team. Leone, a local scoring record-holder, takes over the NCAA Division II program following the resignation of former head coach Casey Kaufman.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming fall sports tournaments in girls and boys golf, girls tennis, girls and boys soccer and girls volleyball.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected Meleek Thomas, a guard for the Arkansas Razorbacks, with the 34th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
The 19-year-old averaged 15.6 points per game his freshman year with Arkansas while making 41.6% of his 3-point shots. The former Razorback and five-star was selected for the McDonald’s All-America team in 2025 while playing for the Overtime Elite Academy in Georgia, and earned SEC All-Freshman honors in 2026.
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.