Rise and shine, Buckeye Nation! Each morning, we get you caught up on the latest news and information regarding the Ohio State Buckeyes and the college athletics world. Here is your headline for August 17, 2020. Conley Leaves NBA Bubble Utah Jazz point guard Mike Conley left the Orlando bubble at Disney World Sunday morning and returned to Columbus for the birth of his son, Elijah. He and his wife, Mary, now have two boys and reside in Central Ohio during the offseason. Utah occupies the No. 6 seed in the playoffs and is scheduled to begin its first-round series Monday afternoon against fellow Buckeye alum Keita Bates-Diop and the Denver Nuggets. Conley will obviously miss that contest but hopes to rejoin the Jazz at some point. For approved departures (such as this), if a player leaves for fewer than seven days and tests negative on each day that he…
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