Bruce Hooley was sports editor of the Troy Daily News from 1983-86 and has covered Ohio State athletics for more than 25 years. Bruce was the OSU beat reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland from 1987-2005.  From 2005-2011 he hosted the afternoon show on  ESPN radio 1460 AM,  in Columbus, before taking on a similar ESPN talk position with WKNR, 850 AM, in Cleveland.  Most recently Hooley has served as the beat reporter for Ohio State football and basketball for Sports Illustrated.com.  The author of "That's Why I'm Here:  The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story, he returns for his second chapter as Buckeye beat reporter and columnist at large with Press Pros.
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Saturday, 04 July 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

Don’t Apologize For Loving The America You Knew, And Want To Preserve

There's nothing wrong with having grown up with some privilege - of living in a community safe from harm and secure with people who cared about you.  It's the America we remember, and the one we celebrate on our nation's birthday.
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Monday, 22 June 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

Are You Ready For Some Football…And Activism With It?

If there are fall sports you may actually need a program, not to know who's playing, but to know the issues being protested...that might supersede the game. Bruce Hooley writes for today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 14 June 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

Bruce Hooley: Football Can’t Unite Us…!

We're headed for a fall where half of Americans show their love for this country and the values upon which it was founded, and another half with an entirely different idea.  Sadly, football won't bring the two together. Bruce Hooley writes in today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 31 May 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

Hooley: Crisis, Chaos, The New Game In College Sports

Eye on the ball, and the bottom line...Cuts in revenue due to the pandemic are meaning cuts in college sports. And if there's no football in the fall expect a veritable bloodletting of some sports. What to do? Read Bruce Hooley in today's Press Pros feature.
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Monday, 25 May 2020 / Published in Features, Home Features

Bruce Hooley: What If Tressel Hadn’t Been Fired…?

Nine years ago today, the course of Ohio State football history, and college football history changed with the firing of Jim Tressel as head coach at Ohio State.  Take a moment to reflect as Bruce Hooley writes the details...in today's Press Pros feature.