Sophomore sports management major Tony Keffer enters Bird Arena, home of the Ohio Bobcats hockey team, Saturday with his jersey on and an Ohio University flag attached to a hockey stick in hand.

Although the Ohio Bobcat men's basketball roster is full of familiar names returning from a stellar 2011-12 season, the team has added one new player who also figures to log significant playing time in the 2012-13 campaign.

I'm still not exactly sure what took place on the Peden Stadium turf last Wednesday night.

Earlier this year, my brother had a decision to make. Preparing for his freshman year in college, he needed to select which college to attend. He was considering three different in-state options: Cincinnati, Wright State and Bowling Green. Since I had no vested interest in the matter, it really made no difference to me where he chose.

Coming off a Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament last season, the Ohio Bobcat men's basketball team enters the 2012-13 season with high expectations. Much like the Bobcat football team, the basketball squad has been selected by the media in a preseason poll as the Mid-American Conference East Division favorites, receiving 141 votes to second-place Akron's 122.

Coming off their first loss of the season, the Ohio Bobcat football team prepares for a tough upcoming pair of games against Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green that, including last Saturday's loss against Miami, totals three games in a span of just 12 days.

The Ohio Bobcats blew it.

The Ohio Bobcats blew it. Down 23-20 to their biggest rivals at the Miami seven-yard-line with only nine seconds remaining on the clock, the 'Cats could afford to attempt one pass to the end zone before sending out kicker Matt Weller for a chip-shot field goal that would send the game into overtime.

The athletics director at Ohio University has received a five-year contract extension for Athletics Director Jim Schaus. Schaus' contract extension runs through June 2017.

The Ohio Bobcats football team will take on the Miami RedHawks this Saturday knowing full well that no one on the current roster has lost to their hated rival from Oxford. Whether at home or on the road, the 'Cats have won six consecutive Battles of the Bricks, and the Bobcat seniors do not want this streak to end in their final season.