July 8, 2026

The Latest: Ohio State back at full football practices

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ The Ohio State football team is resuming full practices again in preparation for Saturday’s game at Michigan State. Ohio State said in a one-sentence statement that the team would “resume organized team activities” on Tuesday afternoon. The Buckeyes will do so while managing COVID-19 issues, and will be without coach Ryan Day, who tested positive last week. Defensive line coach Larry Johnson is assuming head coaching duties for the week and for Saturday’s game in East Lansing. Ohio State chose to cancel its game at Illinois last week because of an unacceptable number of COVID cases among players and staff in the program. No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, CFP No. 4) needs to play this week and next week against Michigan to have enough games in to be eligible for the Big Ten title. ___…

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