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USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Terrelle Pryor lawsuit against Ohio State and the NCAA dismissed by judge Friday
Not all lawsuits are created equal, not even in the age of Name, Image and Likeness apparently. Former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor saw his lawsuit against Ohio State, the Big Ten, and NCAA dismissed by Ohio Southern District Chief Judge Sarah D. Morrison on Friday. The news was reported by The Athletic's Ralph D. Russo (subscription may be required) through documents he obtained, pointing to a statute of limitations that had passed. 'Mr. Pryor failed to assert his claims for injunctive relief within the four-year statutory period, wrote Morrison in her ruling. "And he makes no argument to rebut the presumption that allowing his claims to proceed would be unreasonable and prejudicial to Defendants." Pryor brought forth the lawsuit in October, following similar other lawsuits that aimed to take advantage of new NIL advantages current athletes enjoy that some of the past did not. Pryor came to Ohio State as a 5-star prospect who was one of the most coveted in the country. His recruitment and postponement of his commitment announcement were greatly publicized until he eventually committed to the Buckeyes in March of 2008. He chose OSU over Oregon, Penn State, and Michigan. Pryor starred on the field for Ohio State, but his time in Columbus ended in controversy. He was a part of the much-publicized "tattoo-gate," and eventually entered the 2011 NFL supplemental draft rather than face a suspension in 2011, thus ending his OSU career. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
USA Today
4 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
WATCH: Recruiting video of latest Ohio State 4-star receiver commit Jerquaden Guilford
In case you missed the news of the day, Ohio State landed one of its coveted wide receiver targets on Friday when 4-star 2026 wide receiver Jerquaden Guilford announced his verbal commitment to the Buckeyes over a hard-charging Ole Miss program. He makes the fifth receiver recruit for Brian Hartline and OSU, and one that seemed to be teetering on heading away from OSU after his announcement was postponed earlier in the month. Guilford was also a former Penn State commit back in December before opening things back up. We like to share a little film of each Ohio State football recruit by mining for it by checking out our friends at Hudl, and we think you'll like what you see with Guilford when you check out some of the highlights from his junior season. He looks smooth, seems to get separation easily at all three levels of the defense, and clearly has top-end breakaway speed and length that could result in significant development once he gets into a program that can utilize his gifts appropriately. Ohio State would seem to fit that bill. Guilford makes the 21st commitment in the 2026 class for the Buckeyes as they look to put the final touches on another top ten, potentially top five recruiting cycle. Related News: Ohio State football 2026 recruiting commitment tracker Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
USA Today
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Ohio State football asks you to spot the difference between two Carnell Tate photos
It won't be long before we have a ton of content to look at and consume with Ohio State football, but right now, just before Big Ten media days, it's the offseason, and many of the social media accounts and outlets are having a little fun with teasing the upcoming season. One of the things the Ohio State football creative team has been doing is sharing two photos that appear to be the same, but have subtle differences. The latest is a photo of OSU receiver Carnell Tate sitting by his locker and vibing out to some music with a caption, "spot the 4 differences." This is the second challenge of this nature shared on the Ohio State Football "X" account, and I have to admit, this one was a wee bit easier. See if you too can find the four differences as we continue to tread towards fall camp and the eventual start of the 2025 Ohio State and college football season. This isn't the most exciting content, but a fun little exercise to pass the time. If and when more of this type of stuff is shared, we'll bring it to you as it makes sense. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Jim Jordan faces deposition about OSU sex abuse scandal
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of the Republican Party's top inquisitors in Congress, is expected to be deposed Friday about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in lawsuits against the university told NBC News. Jordan, who was the assistant wrestling coach at the university from 1986 to 1994 before he got into politics, has repeatedly and publicly denied any knowledge that the team's doctor, Richard Strauss, was preying on the athletes. It will be the first time Jordan has be questioned under oath by lawyers representing hundreds of former OSU students, both athletes and nonathletes, who are suing the school for damages in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio. Jordan is not a defendant, but he is referred to in some of the lawsuits alleging he was aware of the abuse. Jordan, the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, is known for his combative questioning of witnesses and for avoiding suit jackets during it. Reached for comment, Jordan spokesperson Russell Dye released a variation of the statement Jordan's team has been using since July 2018, when three former OSU wrestlers told NBC News that Jordan was lying when he claimed he did not know that Strauss molested them under the guise of giving physical examinations. 'As everyone knows, Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it,' the statement said. Mike DiSabato, who wrestled for Jordan and was the first former OSU student who publicly accused him of having turned a blind eye to the abuse Strauss inflicted on him and his teammates, said he does not expect Jordan to say any more than he already has. 'I assume he's going to triple down and follow the same script he followed back in 2018 when he went on Fox and denied knowing about any abuse, denied being told of any abuse, never heard the word 'abuse,'' DiSabato said. DiSabato was referring to an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier in which Jordan also insisted that he did not hear any locker room banter about Strauss. Still, said DiSabato, who previously reached a settlement with OSU, he hopes Jordan 'will finally come out and admit that he knew Strauss was doing unnecessary prostate exams, doing unnecessary genital exams, taking multiple showers with athletes, all while being employed by a university funded by the state of Ohio.' Jordan will sit down for a deposition about a month after the release of an HBO Max documentary about the Strauss scandal called 'Surviving Ohio State,' in which one of the wrestlers he once coached flat-out called him a liar. Another Strauss survivor, Steve Snyder-Hill, said he will watch the deposition Friday at his lawyer's office in Columbus. While he is not a former athlete, Snyder-Hill is one of the former OSU students suing the university. 'I expect him to lie under oath,' Snyder-Hill said. 'I don't know a nicer way to put it.' Snyder-Hill said Strauss abused him at a campus clinic in 1995. He said that what the doctor was alleged to have been doing to young men under the guise of giving physical examinations eventually became an open secret throughout campus, extending beyond the athletes' locker rooms. 'Jordan had a locker two down from Strauss, and Jordan claims he didn't know?' Snyder-Hill said. 'That's hard to believe.' Strauss, who died in 2005, worked at OSU from 1978 through 1998. Prompted by allegations from DiSabato and other former OSU wrestlers, the university agreed to an independent investigation by the Perkins Coie law firm, which concluded in 2019 that coaches and athletic administrators knew for two decades that Strauss was molesting male athletes and other students but failed to sound the alarm or stop him. Jordan's former communications director, Ian Fury, insisted in 2019 that the report absolved Jordan. All of the coaches and administrators' names were redacted in the version of the report released to the public. Fury cited as proof a line in the report that said investigators 'did not identify any other contemporaneous documentary evidence indicating that members of the OSU coaching staff, including head coaches or assistant coaches, received or were aware of complaints regarding Strauss' sexual misconduct.' Since the release of the report, OSU has said it has paid out $60 million in settlement money and its former president has publicly apologized 'to each person who endured' abuse at the hands of Strauss. Several of the lawsuits mention Jordan by name. Still facing at least five active lawsuits from 236 men alleging Strauss molested them, too, OSU, which had apologized to Strauss' victims and had reported in 2019 that Strauss committed 1,429 sexual assaults and 47 rapes, walked back its previous position in October 2023 and denied having admitted any wrongdoing. The settlements it paid out were without admission of liability and were reached through mediation. OSU also argued that the statute of limitations in the case against it had run out. But in June 2023, the Supreme Court refused to reconsider a lower court ruling that said former students should be allowed to sue OSU, paving the way for their lawyers to question Jordan and other OSU employees about Strauss. Former Athletic Director Andy Geiger was deposed Wednesday, NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbus reported. Some of the lawsuits refer to Geiger as one of several people whom student-athletes allege they told about the abuse when it was happening. 'We plan to depose every OSU employee alleged to have known about Strauss' abuse, including the employees named in the complaints,' Adele Kimmel, director of the Public Justice Students' Civil Rights Project, said in June 2023. This article was originally published on
NBC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- NBC News
Rep. Jim Jordan faces deposition about OSU sex abuse scandal
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of the Republican Party's top inquisitors in Congress, is expected to be deposed Friday about allegations that he failed to protect the wrestlers he once coached at Ohio State University from a sexual predator, four plaintiffs in lawsuits against the university told NBC News. Jordan, who was the assistant wrestling coach at the university from 1986 to 1994 before he got into politics, has repeatedly and publicly denied any knowledge that the team's doctor, Richard Strauss, was preying on the athletes. It will be the first time Jordan has be questioned under oath by lawyers representing hundreds of former OSU students, both athletes and nonathletes, who are suing the school for damages in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio. Jordan is not a defendant, but he is referred to in some of the lawsuits alleging he was aware of the abuse. Jordan, the powerful chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, is known for his combative questioning of witnesses and for avoiding suit jackets during it. Reached for comment, Jordan spokesperson Russell Dye released a variation of the statement Jordan's team has been using since July 2018, when three former OSU wrestlers told NBC News that Jordan was lying when he claimed he did not know that Strauss molested them under the guise of giving physical examinations. 'As everyone knows, Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it,' the statement said. Mike DiSabato, who wrestled for Jordan and was the first former OSU student who publicly accused him of having turned a blind eye to the abuse Strauss inflicted on him and his teammates, said he does not expect Jordan to say any more than he already has. 'I assume he's going to triple down and follow the same script he followed back in 2018 when he went on Fox and denied knowing about any abuse, denied being told of any abuse, never heard the word 'abuse,'' DiSabato said. DiSabato was referring to an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier in which Jordan also insisted that he did not hear any locker room banter about Strauss. Still, said DiSabato, who previously reached a settlement with OSU, he hopes Jordan 'will finally come out and admit that he knew Strauss was doing unnecessary prostate exams, doing unnecessary genital exams, taking multiple showers with athletes, all while being employed by a university funded by the state of Ohio.' Jordan will sit down for a deposition about a month after the release of an HBO Max documentary about the Strauss scandal called ' Surviving Ohio State,' in which one of the wrestlers he once coached flat-out called him a liar. Another Strauss survivor, Steve Snyder-Hill, said he will watch the deposition Friday at his lawyer's office in Columbus. While he is not a former athlete, Snyder-Hill is one of the former OSU students suing the university. 'I expect him to lie under oath,' Snyder-Hill said. 'I don't know a nicer way to put it.' Snyder-Hill said Strauss abused him at a campus clinic in 1995. He said that what the doctor was alleged to have been doing to young men under the guise of giving physical examinations eventually became an open secret throughout campus, extending beyond the athletes' locker rooms. 'Jordan had a locker two down from Strauss, and Jordan claims he didn't know?' Snyder-Hill said. 'That's hard to believe.' Strauss, who died in 2005, worked at OSU from 1978 through 1998. Prompted by allegations from DiSabato and other former OSU wrestlers, the university agreed to an independent investigation by the Perkins Coie law firm, which concluded in 2019 that coaches and athletic administrators knew for two decades that Strauss was molesting male athletes and other students but failed to sound the alarm or stop him. Jordan's former communications director, Ian Fury, insisted in 2019 that the report absolved Jordan. All of the coaches and administrators' names were redacted in the version of the report released to the public. Fury cited as proof a line in the report that said investigators 'did not identify any other contemporaneous documentary evidence indicating that members of the OSU coaching staff, including head coaches or assistant coaches, received or were aware of complaints regarding Strauss' sexual misconduct.' Since the release of the report, OSU has said it has paid out $60 million in settlement money and its former president has publicly apologized 'to each person who endured' abuse at the hands of Strauss. Several of the lawsuits mention Jordan by name. Still facing at least five active lawsuits from 236 men alleging Strauss molested them, too, OSU, which had apologized to Strauss' victims and had reported in 2019 that Strauss committed 1,429 sexual assaults and 47 rapes, walked back its previous position in October 2023 and denied having admitted any wrongdoing. The settlements it paid out were without admission of liability and were reached through mediation. OSU also argued that the statute of limitations in the case against it had run out. But in June 2023, the Supreme Court refused to reconsider a lower court ruling that said former students should be allowed to sue OSU, paving the way for their lawyers to question Jordan and other OSU employees about Strauss. Former Athletic Director Andy Geiger was deposed Wednesday, NBC affiliate WCMH of Columbus reported. Some of the lawsuits refer to Geiger as one of several people whom student-athletes allege they told about the abuse when it was happening. 'We plan to depose every OSU employee alleged to have known about Strauss' abuse, including the employees named in the complaints,' Adele Kimmel, director of the Public Justice Students' Civil Rights Project, said in June 2023.
