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Football: Ohio vs Akron Preview Podcast Featuring Rob Guliano
By: Pat Chiesa, Rob Guliano
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The Ohio Bobcats will look to improve to 7-0 and crack the AP top 25 for the first time in 44 years as they take on the Akron Zips on Saturday at Peden Stadium. Showcase football reporters Pat Chiesa and Mark Pierce break down the matchup along with special guest, former SportsBeat host Rob Guliano.

Five-Part Series: Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss
By: Rob Guliano
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As the Elite Eight evaporates into the Final Four, the sting of Ohio's heartbreaking loss to North Carolina may still be apparent. However, grieve no more Bobcat fans, here is a five-part column that takes you through the five stages of loss and sets you up for what could be an even sweeter run next… Read More

Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss From The Sweet 16 – Acceptance
By: Rob Guliano
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Editor's note: This is a five-part column designed to take Bobcat fans through the five stages of loss, as described by plenty of psychology textbooks. Acceptance. This is where you, as Ohio fans, are 23 flavors of fortunate. You don’t really have to accept Friday night’s loss. At least not to the extent that most… Read More

Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss From The Sweet 16 – Depression
By: Rob Guliano
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Editor's note: This is a five-part column designed to take Bobcat fans through the five stages of loss, as described by plenty of psychology textbooks. Depression. Put down the Prozac. Lift up your chin. Friday’s loss to North Carolina is hardly grounds for your family physician to start dishing out Zoloft scripts. In retrospect, there… Read More

Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss From The Sweet 16 – Anger
By: Rob Guliano
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Editor's note: This is a five-part column designed to take Bobcat fans through the five stages of loss, as described by plenty of psychology textbooks. Anger. Annihilate the anger. Save the scorn. Forget the frustration. Here are a few things Ohio fans may have been initially irritated by followed by why its best to just… Read More

Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss From The Sweet 16 – Bargaining
By: Rob Guliano
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Editor's note: This is a five-part column designed to take Bobcat fans through the five stages of loss, as described by plenty of psychology textbooks. Bargaining. Here is where we talk about why the “what if?” thing just isn’t going to cut it. This one is simple. “What ifs” go both ways. For every “what… Read More

Debunking The Five Stages Of Loss From The Sweet 16 – Denial
By: Rob Guliano
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Editor's note: This is a five-part column designed to take Bobcat fans through the five stages of loss, as described by plenty of psychology textbooks. Denial. Ohio fans should not deny what happened Friday night in St. Louis. They should embrace it. The Sweet 16 is not just an achievement for the players. It’s a… Read More

Men’s Basketball: 42 Could Be The Magic Number Against UNC
By: Blake Brodie, Grant Burkhardt, Matt Archibald, Rob Guliano
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"Shot Ready." That's what Ohio guards Nick Kellogg and Walter Offutt said they will be Friday night when No. 13 Ohio takes on No. 1 North Carolina in the Sweet 16 in St. Louis. The three-point shot is said to be the great equalizer and has been just that for teams before in the NCAA… Read More

Men’s Basketball: St. Louis Contrasts Between The Little Guy And The Big Guy
By: Rob Guliano
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No need to adjust your television screens Friday night during Ohio’s tilt with number-one seed North Carolina. TBS may be cutting in to the predictable monotony of the Seinfeld/Friends/painfully-close-to-being-funny Tyler Perry sitcom loop they have made a living off to bring fans some March Madness. But the contrast lies on the court – in the… Read More

Men’s Basketball: Is Ohio A True Cinderella?
By: Grant Burkhardt, Rob Guliano
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(This is an actual email exchange, from two different sides of a Gatlinburg, Tennessee McDonald's…we're on spring break, after all) Grant Burkhardt (Tuesday, 3:07 p.m.): As many of these do between us WOUB reporters, this discussion began…in a car. Is there a better place to begin a fruitful, friendly conversation about the only thing that… Read More