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With the Big Ten announcing Wednesday its football teams will contest eight games starting Oct. 24 and leading toward a Dec. 19 Big Ten Championship, the Buckeyes must be both lucky and good on the field of play and wherever its players might encounter the novel coronavirus in their daily lives. Flip through your calendars and see what flows from that late-October start date: eight weekends to complete eight regular-season games before the title game....

Five-star guard D'Angelo Russell has not yet had his transcript cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center, the Columbus Dispatch reported on Tuesday. MORE: Top 10 point guards | Top 10 shooting guards As such, the McDonald's All-American has not yet enrolled in the university's summer session like the rest of the team's incoming freshmen. The hold-up apparently stems from a standardized test score Russell took earlier this month that, when combined with his high school GPA, failed to meet the NCAA's eligibility requirement threshold....

Fine. OK. We get it. Have fun. But remember one thing before slinging insults: The world, according to Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker (and many others), is better off now than it’s been at any time in history. That’s right. Ever. And I contend it’s because of boomers. Boomers are the greatest generation the world has ever known. The most innovative. The most caring. The hardest-working. That may seem a bit much, but to quote the pitcher Dizzy Dean, “It ain’t bragging if you can back it up....

ESPN’s Darren Rovell found an Academy Sports + Outdoors store in Oklahoma City selling the former Thunder star’s replica jersey for 48 cents — a 99-percent decrease from its normal price of $69.99. It probably has something to do with Durant’s exit to join the Warriors in Oakland. MORE: Ranking the best players who left their teams in their prime Not a bad deal. Here’s another sale he found....

Thunder general manager Sam Presti announced the move Sunday. During his most recent assignment to Tulsa, Roberson helped the 66ers to a 1-1 record while averaging 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. Roberson has played in five games with Tulsa this season and is averaging 15.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.8 steals per game.

While the team was not among the major movers on Day 1 of free agency, it is believed that Sam Presti is looking to bring in role players and trades also remain likely. So ahead of a big summer, here are all the latest OKC updates you need to know. Steven Adams won’t be joining the Boston Celtics Ahead of free agency, the Boston Celtics were linked with a move to sign Steven Adams....

In a 78-19 vote, the House sent HB 4327 to the Republican-controlled state Senate. If signed into law, it would surpass Texas’ six-week abortion ban to become the most restrictive in the nation. Like the Texas law, the bill would allow private citizens to pursue civil actions of up to $10,000 against doctors and others who aid a woman in obtaining an abortion. But it goes further by prohibiting any physician in Oklahoma from performing or inducing an abortion at any stage of a pregnancy unless it is required “to save the life of the mother....

“I looked at my parents and said, ‘You know what? I’m going to watch ESPN from now on,’” Mayfield said. “And I changed the channel. … I loved college football, and from that day forward, it was ‘SportsCenter,’ it was ‘College GameDay,’ it was anything that I could get out of college football. “That’s when I learned the passion for the game, and the love for it. That’s something I pride myself on, and I’ll never lose that....

The Bears are ranked No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff Rankings. They’ve won 14 straight home games (13-1 ATS) between the old Floyd Casey Stadium and the new McLane Stadium. The Line: Baylor -28.5, Total: 67 Line movement: The Wynn opened the Bears as 23.5-point favorites on Sunday, but by midweek, the line was all the way up to -28.5. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....

The Line: Washington -6.5, Total: 56.5 Line movement and notes: The Cactus Bowl opened with Washington as a 6-point favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, and the Huskies fell as low as -5.5 there before rising to the latest number of -6.5. The total opened 55.5 at the SuperBook and jumped slightly to 56.5. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....

Mary Ledbetter alleges that she woke up several times one night in August 2019 with “unknown red bites on her face” and “all over the parts of her body not covered with clothing,” while living in Patchin Hall at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Her legal complaint, filed in November, has come to light as more students allege further bat sightings in the dorms. Her lawyer, Randall Gill, said Ledbetter was “not aware the bites were being caused by bat ticks deeply nested and rooted in her dorm room ceiling from bats living above her bed in the ceiling....

The Mariners will host second-placed Melbourne Victory on Sunday with a fourth win in a row in their sights, and Okon highlighted the importance of his back four and goalkeeper Paul Izzo in Central Coast’s impressive run. Okon has selected the same defensive quintet for the wins over Perth Glory, Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers, with Izzo lining up behind Scott Galloway, Jacob Poscoliero, Liam Rose and Storm Roux....

In short, Obsidian is a studio that many gamers enthusiastically watch to see what it will come up with next. Now, it seems that Obsidian isn’t far away from a new reveal, as an employee has posted a tweet that could be teasing a new game from the company. The tweet is from a concept artist working at Obsidian, who said that it will “be extremely cool when I can finally share what I’ve been working on for the last 2 years....

RELATED: 5-Letter Words Ending With FTY Thankfully, just because they’re faced with a difficult Wordle puzzle doesn’t mean that players should throw in the towel. In fact, they may just need a nudge in the right direction to solve this puzzle a little faster. Below are some clues, tips, and tricks that should help players to do exactly that. What It Means Knowing the meaning of a Wordle solution can allow players to use context clues and other methodologies to make more meaningful attempts at guessing the word instead of wasting their six chances....

Debuted last year during E3 2012, the head-mounted hardware projects stereoscopic 3D gaming images across a field of vision stretching 110 degrees vertically and 90 degrees horizontally. Full motion support – replicating the turning and tilting of the head – follows. Games and their platforms require special programming before they can be used the device, but with manufacturer Oculus VR churning out prototype developers kits since August of 2012, corresponding with a fundraising effort on Kickstarter, it was only a matter of time before a pair became synchronized with a current title on the market....

Tavares, unlike the six-year veteran Kaepernick with a guaranteed $12 million this year, “is trying to make the league. He’s gonna toe the line,” said former agent and NFL team salary cap consultant J.I. Halsell. “To the NFL, those kids are a dime a dozen. They’ll let you know, ‘If you don’t want to toe the line, there are 10 other guys who will toe it instead.'” MORE: Worst of bad Kaepernick opinions...

But we at least can analyze the numbers from previous NASCAR Cup Series races at Bristol and weigh them against the odds for Sunday’s race to make our picks. MORE: Full starting lineup for NASCAR race at Bristol There is one clear favorite for Sunday’s Cup race at Bristol for good reason. Statistically, Kyle Busch is by far the best Bristol driver in the field. And while his team has not been happy with its speed thus far this season, oddsmakers are looking past Busch’s current struggles and back at his past success at this particular track....

Odell Beckham Jr. went down with a non-contact injury to his left knee after dropping a short pass. He remained down on the field for a couple of minutes before walking off with some assistance from the Rams’ medical staff. Beckham was deemed questionable to return from the injury, which occurred with 3:54 remaining in the first half. The injury is another addition to the laundry list of maladies that Beckham has endured during his career....

Beckham Jr. was in Glendale, Ari. and enlisted the help of VISA to try and set the Guinness World Record for most one-handed catches in one minute. With Saints quarterback Drew Brees throwing him passes, Beckham Jr. set a new world record with 33 catches in one minute. MORE: SN Rookie of the Year | OBJ played with two torn hamstrings | OBJ and Watt catch passes together Now no one can deny him at being the best in the world at one-handed catches....