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.
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Friday, 26 March 2021 / Published in OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Singing Sweet Home Bill Davis Stadium

Back in the friendly confines...Mitch Okuley (below, left) homered, Garrett Burhenn pitched a gem, and the Buckeyes returned to Bill Davis for the first time in two years Friday with an 8-2 win over Iowa. Mark Znidar writes for today's Press Pros.
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Ohio State Dietician Aids Players In Properly Fueling Up

Caila Olson even goes on grocery trips with players to make sure the candy bars and potato chips stay on the shelves.  This is point of spring practice where everyone is taught to prepare and recover. Mark Znidar reports from spring practice.
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Monday, 22 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Murphy Stops Rutgers, Helps Buckeyes Salvage Series

Graduate transfer from Marshall, by way of Canton Central Catholic, pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief, and his best work was getting out of a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the fifth. Mark Znidar writes for today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 21 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Ohio State Can’t Figure Out Rutgers Lefties Once Again

Seth Lonsway and Joe Gahm limited Rutgers to one hit, but the Buckeyes got only five hits of their own and fumbled two scoring opportunities to lose Game 2 of series 2-0.
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Saturday, 20 March 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Charitable Donations Help Rutgers Dump Ohio State In 11 Innings

Buckeyes took a 5-4 lead in the top of the ninth inning, but a combination of hit batsmen, wild pitches, errors and a passed ball spelled doom in Game 1 of a three-game series in Piscataway, New Jersey. Mark Znidar writes for Press Pros.