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USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Max Homa offered food, head covers to local high school golf team before Memorial
Max Homa offered food, head covers to local high school golf team before Memorial PGA Tour player Max Homa loves him some Chipotle, so much that he can't help but spread the queso wealth with younger golfers. Homa played Santa Cilantro on May 27 by treating Memorial Tournament volunteers to lunch, then gifted members of the Olentangy boys and girls golf teams with Chipotle food and limited edition foil-wrapped Chipotle-themed headcovers that he autographed. As part of the promotion between Chipotle and Cobra golf, Homa appeared at the Powell Chipotle to make teen golfers' gastrointestinal dreams come true. "Aw, man, he is such a genuine guy and the great personality he has online is truly the same way he is in person," Olentangy coach Kelly Holly said of Homa. "He's such a good dude. I'm pulling for him at the Memorial." Homa is a Chipotle fanatic, so he felt right at home slipping away from Muirfield Village Golf Club to snack with his younger self. "Any time you get to meet up-and-coming golfers, it's awesome," Homa said. "One, it puts you back in their shoes and you realize now how much there is to learn and enjoy with golf, whether you play professionally or not. Then, also just to feel like, it still makes me laugh that a kid will be excited. I mean, you know how it is. It's like 16-year-olds are too cool for school, so when they get excited to get Chipotle and take a picture with me, I have to pinch myself a little bit." Homa pinched himself black and blue for another reason, too. "It's a dream to play on tour. It's probably a bigger dream for me to be friends with the CEO of Chipotle, to be quite honest," Homa said, referencing company CEO Scott Boatright. "Since college (at California), I have been going to that place just religiously. So it's crazy to think we're doing things together." Sports columnist Rob Oller can be reached at roller@ and on at@rollerCD. Read his columns from theBuckeyes' national championship season in "Scarlet Reign," a hardcover coffee-table collector's book from The Dispatch. Details at
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Ohio State men's tennis doubles team qualifies for 2025 French Open
It's always nice to see former Ohio State athletes doing some pretty special things. Yes, football kind of runs things in and around the banks of the Olentangy, but it's a big athletic department at OSU. After all, if Ohio State wasn't known as a football school, it very well could be known as a tennis school. It has been one of the best tennis programs in the country since head coach Ty Tucker took over. And on that note, the former Ohio State doubles duo of Robert Cash and JJ Tracy are going to be taking part in one of the most prestigious ATP Tournaments this year, the French Open. The annual Grand Slam event takes place next week, and Cash and Tracy are in the top 75 doubles teams in the country, thus qualifying for the event. Advertisement The team has been on a bit of a tear after winning a doubles national championship last May. They have won two events on clay, winning the ATP Challenger clay court title in Sarasota, Fla., in early April and then winning in France in late April to win another title, beating No. 58 Theo Arribage and No. 33 Hugo Nys in the final. But it's not just been on clay. Cash and Tracy have won six professional titles and reached the final in two other events over the past year. They also won a match in their US Open debuts last August. We know we will be rooting for the duo, and we'll provide any noteworthy moments that come from Roland-Garros next week. This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Former Ohio State men's tennis duo qualifies for 2025 French Open
USA Today
16-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler breaks down the game of transfer Christoph Tilly
Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler breaks down the game of transfer Christoph Tilly The Ohio State basketball team you see next season will be significantly different than the one you watched this past year. Several players have left the program through the transfer portal, and that has led to some significant additions coming to the banks of the Olentangy as well. One of those incoming newcomers is center Christoph Tilly. He came to the Buckeyes after playing for the Santa Clara Broncos the last three years. He's a big man, but one that can step outside and use his athleticism to stretch the defense. When the Buckeyes signed him out of the portal, it didn't make a big splash in college basketball, but don't tell that to OSU head coach Jake Diebler. He is excited about what the seven-footer can bring to the team next season as the Buckeyes look to rebound from a very disappointing season. Diebler took to social media to discuss what Tilly can do for Ohio State on the court, and after you watch the short video, you too might be feeling rather optimistic about his chances to enhance the team's chance of making some noise this winter. Let's hope Diebler is right and that Tilly brings a different dimension to Ohio State this season. The team sorely needs a turnaround and some momentum to get back to where many believe the program should be. 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
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Olentangy schools defends LGBTQ+ anti-bullying policies in federal court
LEWIS CENTER, Ohio (WCMH) — A central Ohio school district returned to federal court last week to defend its anti-bullying policies protecting LGBTQ+ students that were challenged by a national conservative organization. All 16 judges on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati heard arguments Wednesday in the case challenging Olentangy Local School District's policies against misgendering, the act of referring to another person by using pronouns that don't align with their identity. A group called Parents Defending Education has long argued the policies violate the First Amendment rights of religious students who 'don't want to be forced to affirm' transgender classmates. 'Common sense says that Olentangy's policies aren't helping students by compelling their peers to parrot words they don't really believe,' said Cam Norris, the organization's attorney. 'They are harming them by teaching them that different world views should be silenced and banned, not understood and rebutted.' Ohio higher education bill one step closer to law Olentangy schools noted the policies haven't been used to discipline a student, and argued they're meant to protect all, not just those who are trans, from experiencing harassment. The district argued the policies are part of their duty to foster 'a secure environment conducive to learning' and that they do not impede student discussions on their views of identity. 'The only thing they can't do is repeatedly make comments about these issues that are directed to a particular student, including be repeatedly and intentionally misgendering,' said Jamie Santos, Olentangy's attorney. 'Just because a student should be able to say that the body positivity movement is harmful and encourages obesity, doesn't mean a school has to allow that student to call a classmate fat.' Still, several members of the 16-judge court were reluctant to agree that the policies are necessary given bullying and harassment are already prohibited by the district's code of conduct. When Judge Chad Readler asked why Olentangy needed specific pronoun policies, Santos said they allow the district to 'proactively make sure something doesn't rise to the level of a [classroom] disruption.' Could a ballot measure overturn Ohio's same-sex marriage bans? Santos pointed to studies that show misgendering is harmful to trans students. Research from The Trevor Project found 49% of LGBTQ+ youth in the U.S. experienced bullying in the last year, and trans youth that said their school is gender-affirming also reported lower rates of attempting suicide. Ohio Solicitor General Elliot Gaiser spoke on behalf of 22 U.S. states who support Parents Defending Education, and reiterated concerns Olentangy could use the policies to punish students with opposing viewpoints. Gaiser said the district can't 'treat one side of the debate as harassment or silence dissenters by labeling them bullies,' and claimed students who use 'biological pronouns' for trans classmates do so in the 'most respectful way.' Parents Defending Education filed the complaint against the district in May 2023, which was initially rejected by a U.S. district court in August of that year. The group then appealed to the Sixth Circuit where a three-judge panel also rejected the suit in August 2024 and said the organization hadn't convincingly argued that the policies should be blocked, and noted students who don't want to use their classmates' preferred pronouns may refer to them using first names. DeWine attends signing of executive order to dismantle Department of Education Shortly after, Parents Defending Education was joined by the 22 states in asking the Sixth Circuit to rehear the case. The Sixth Circuit then decided in early November it would revisit the suit with all 16 active judges on the court. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio also weighed in, filing an amicus brief last December that argued 'neither the school nor the parent group got things entirely right,' and said it agrees that the district cannot categorically ban or punish all instances of a student using a classmate's non-preferred pronouns. However, as a group committed to protecting LGBTQ students, the ACLU said some instances of misgendering are not immune from school discipline when they cause a disruption or create a hostile environment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
