Mark Znidar comes to Press Pros Magazine after 33 ½ years at The Columbus Dispatch. From 1996 until September 2018, he staffed high school sports, Ohio colleges that included the Mid-American Conference, Ohio State’s upcoming opponents in football and Ohio State baseball. In the previous three seasons he covered the Columbus Clippers triple-A baseball team.
His other beats were Ohio State basketball (1985-88), Clippers (1985-86 and 1989-93), Cincinnati Bengals (1993-95) and NASCAR (1994-2008). He subbed on the Columbus Blue Jackets and Ohio State women’s basketball beats.
In March 2017, Znidar was inducted into the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.
Znidar was born in Cleveland and raised in Richmond Heights. He graduated from Cleveland St. Joseph High School and the University of Dayton. He also worked for The Atlantic City Press, Lake County News-Herald and Baltimore News-American.
He has a daughter, Amanda, and four grandchildren.
Sun Belt Conference member Arkansas State is a 43 1/2-point underdog, and the task for the Buckeyes will be to avoid getting sloppy and losing focus after all the success of Notre Dame week. Columbus, OH – No two Ohio State football home game experiences are alike, and that will hit coaches, players and spectators
The end said that the defense shook off a 54-yard catch and 15-yard penalty on Notre Dame’s first play and dominated because the players have faith in the scheme and new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. Columbus, OH – The very first play run by Notre Dame last Saturday was such a flashback to 2021 that