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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Stay on top of Ohio State"s football"s scholarship situation with the updated chart below.
We"ll update this every time the Buckeyes have a roster move: Players graduating, leaving early for the draft, transferring, being dismissed from the team and committing to the next recruiting class.
A reminder that Ohio State is allowed 85 scholarship players each season.
Below is the scholarship chart as it stands right now. Here"s a breakdown by class:
Seniors: 6
Juniors: 20
Sophomores: 17
Freshmen: 42
* WR Torrance Gibson has been suspended for the fall semester, but he is still included in the scholarship count for now.
Total scholarship players for 2016: 85
Commitments in the Class of 2017: 18
You can see the numbers are off for fitting in Ohio State"s 2017 recruiting class. We discussed that situation in an episode of our Buckeye Talk Podcast:
Earthquake in Fairbury, NE Updated Sept. 3, 2016 8:06 p.m. ET
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Oklahoma on Saturday, damaging buildings and tying for the strongest temblor ever recorded in the state, which has experienced a rash of earthquake activity in the past decade that U.S. seismologists have tied to the underground disposal of wastewater from oil and gas drilling.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said via Twitter TWTR 0.26 % on Saturday afternoon that state regulators were contacting operators of 37 disposal wells in a 500-square-mile area and asking them to shut down following the quake.
The earthquake took place around 7:02 a.m. central time near Pawnee, Okla., a town of about 2,200 people roughly 55 miles northwest of Tulsa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was felt widely through the middle of the country, with reports coming from as far as Houston and Kansas City, according to the USGS.
There were no reports of serious injuries, but officials reported damage to some buildings in Pawnee. It wasnt clear whether the temblor was natural or triggered in part by human activity.
An assessment deemed six buildings in the Pawnee Nation reservation uninhabitable, Gov. Fallin wrote on Twitter. In rural Pawnee County, three homes were damaged and a homeowner was taken to the hospital after suffering minor injuries in the quake, she wrote.
Staff from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management were in Pawnee assessing damage to buildings, said Keli Cain, spokeswoman for the department.
Residents in Oklahoma City and Stillwater, a city southwest of Pawnee that is home to Oklahoma State University, have also reported building damage via social media, Ms. Cain said.
Were monitoring social media, and weve seen some reports, she said. The department hadnt received reports of serious injuries.
Chunks of a 100-year-old building fell two stories to litter the sidewalk near the Pawnees main street, officials said.
Thats one of our historic buildings, said Lou Brock, a city councilman.
Mr. Brock said he was awake and was wishing a friend happy birthday when the rumbling started. This was not the gift I wanted to give them, he said. He felt the ground moving for over a minute.
One of those incredible feelings, he said.
The city asked residents to report any structural problems or smells of gas, he said.
Right now the situation is that as long as we get the most information from our wonderful city people I think were going to be just fine, Mr. Brock said.
Gov. Fallin, a Republican, said on Twitter that structural engineers found very minor issues and none concerning structural problems with state highway and Oklahoma Turnpike Authority bridges following the quake. Oklahoma Corporation Commission staffers were also reviewing oil and gas wastewater disposal wells in a 725 square-mile area of interest around the quake area, she added.
So far, the commission has ordered at least 37 wells to be shut down within a week to 10 days. This is a mandatory directive, she wrote, adding that state regulators are working with the Environmental Protection Agency in Osage County. The governor didnt say why the state ordered the wells to close.
Representatives for the governor didnt respond to requests for comment.
The shutdowns are a direct response to the earthquake and seek to minimize further seismic activity around the fault line, said Matt Skinner, spokesman for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
The commission focused on wells that dispose wastewater into a rock formation deep underground called the Arbuckle. Seismologists are in broad agreement that the Arbuckle formation is linked to earthquakes in Oklahoma, Mr. Skinner said.
This is the quickest action weve taken after an event, said Mr. Skinner, adding that state regulators are working with Environmental Protection Agency in Osage County, which is under federal control.
The shutdown order is the latest action the commission has taken against the oil and gas industry since 2013, when it asked some wastewater-well owners to reduce disposal volumes, he said. Since then, the commission has taken action against around 700 Arbuckle wells. There are about 4,000 wastewater wells across the state, he said.
Oklahoma has a history of seismic activity, and earthquakes in the state aren"t unheard of. But it has stepped up regulation of the wastewater injection wells after seeing a dramatic increase in seismic activity over the past decade. In 2015 the USGS recorded 2,500 quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or higher in the state, up from just three in 2005.
The USGS in March released maps that for the first time show the potential risk of man-made as well as naturally occurring earthquakes, and they listed some parts of Texas and Oklahoma now at the same danger of temblors as California, due largely to the injection-well trend.
The strongest quake previously recorded in Oklahoma was also a 5.6 magnitude event, and took place near Prague, Okla. in 2011, buckling roads and destroying 14 homes. It spurred several lawsuits from homeowners who claimed energy companies burying wastewater nearby had helped trigger the quake.
When energy producers extract oil and gas from wells, thousands of barrels of salty water laced with heavy metals come up along with the fuel. The water often is injected back underground under high pressure into special disposal wells.
But government and academic researchers have found that the practice may help trigger movement along geologic fault lines. The oil-and-gas industry has acknowledged the validity of the studies and cooperated with regulators, but has said that more research is needed to link specific wells to specific incidents.
After Oklahomas Corporation Commission began taking stronger actions to police the location and volume of injection wells, the number of quakes in the state fell by roughly 25% compared with a year earlier, state officials said in June.
The Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Neb., experienced minor tremors from the earthquake and declared an unusual event at 7:10 a.m., according to a press release. There is no threat to the public or plant personnel, and the station continues to operate safely, the release said.
The quakes epicenter was roughly 25 miles north of Cushing, Okla., one of the worlds major oil hubs. The town holds some 64 million barrels of crude in about 400 massive, aboveground tanks.
A representative of Enbridge Inc., ENB 3.59 % one of the top pipeline and storage companies in Cushing, said no damage had been reported at its sites there.
Following the earthquake, Enbridge employees were directed to conduct visual inspections of tanks, manifolds and other facilities. The Cushing Terminal is currently operating normally, the company said.
Bruce Heine, a spokesman for Magellan Midstream Partners LP, which is another tank farm owner in Cushing, said in an email, We have no damage to report at this time.
The quake was the largest one in the continental U.S. this year, according to Lucy Jones, a quake expert and seismologist formerly with the U.S. Geological Survey. Only Alaska has had a larger quake this year, she said in a flurry of Twitter responses she typically unleashes after a significant quake.
Scientists have linked the increase in the rate of quakes in the region of Saturdays temblor to the rise of the oil and gas industry, especially the injection of wastewater into the ground. But it is more difficult to link specific quakes to those processes.
Some scientists have suggested man-made quakes cant produce shaking as intense as naturally occurring quakes, possibly because the faults havent reached maximum stress levels before the injections weaken them and cause a break.
Dr. Jones said Oklahomas longest fault is long enough to produce a magnitude 7 quake.
Dan Molinski and Tammy Audi contributed to this article.
Corrections & Amplifications: Oklahoma Corporation Commission staffers were reviewing oil and gas wastewater disposal wells in a 725 square-mile area of interest around the quake area. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the area was 725 square meters. (Sept. 3, 2016)
Write to Miguel Bustillo at miguel.bustillo@wsj.com
JACOB WETTERLING REMAINS FOUND (ONE DISAPPEARANCE FINALLY SOLVED!)
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Jacob Wetterling was 11 when he was abducted Oct. 22, 1989.
September 03, 2016 03:18 PM
The 1989 abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling from a deserted road has intrigued Minnesota residents and others around the country for more than two decades. Despite extensive searches, tens of thousands of leads and a reward offer, Jacob was never found. Now, sources tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the suspect in his disappearance led investigators to Jacob"s remains.
Here are things to know about the case:
What Happened
Jacob was riding his bicycle with his 10-year-old brother, Trevor, and a friend on Oct. 22, 1989, when a masked gunman abducted him near his home in St. Joseph, about 80 miles northwest of Minneapolis. The gunman was on foot, and no car was in sight. Authorities said the man held onto Jacob and threatened to shoot the other two unless they ran into the woods.
Sheriff"s deputies, National Guard troops and hundreds of volunteers scoured the area but found no clues. The FBI released a personality profile of the type of person who may have kidnapped the boy - probably a previous s*x offender, a white man 25 to 35 years old and likely someone who worked at an unskilled job.
A Frustrating Search
Jacob"s disappearance generated more than 50,000 leads. Despite extensive publicity, repeated aerial and ground surveys and an initial reward of more than $100,000 after the kidnapping, state, local and federal authorities were frustrated by the lack of evidence. The seemingly unsolvable case remained open.
In 2010, authorities spent two days searching and digging at a farm near where Jacob was last seen, but forensic tests on the items showed no link to the crime.
Attention on Children
In 1990, Jacob"s parents, Patty and Jerry Wetterling, founded what is now known as the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, which works to help communities and families prevent child exploitation. She later would chair the board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Patty Wetterling would continue to speak passionately about making the world a safe place for children. And in 1994, Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Act, legislation for a s*x offender registry.
"Person of Interest"
Last year, authorities re-examined the case and said Danny Heinrich, of Annandale, was a "person of interest" in Jacob"s disappearance. He faces federal child p*********y charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty, but has denied any involvement in Jacob"s abduction, and has not been charged with that crime.
John Saunders, one of the familiar on-air faces of ESPN for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 61.
Saunders hosted studio and play-by-play programming. He covered college football, basketball and the NHL for the network, in addition to anchoring SportsCenter. He was also host of The Sports Reporters.
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The death of ESPN broadcaster John Saunders, announced Wednesday, prompted an outpouring of grief on Twitter.
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"This tragic news brings us unspeakable sorrow," Saunders" family said in a statement. "John was the patriarch of our family, and we can"t believe he is gone. We are sincerely touched by the outpouring of support and sadness, which is a reflection of the character and integrity that defined him.
"While we don"t yet have all the specifics, John wasn"t feeling well physically in recent days and sadly, he was unresponsive earlier this morning. We appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers for our cherished father, husband, brother and uncle."
Born in Canada, Saunders was an all-star defenseman in the junior hockey leagues of Montreal. He played at Western Michigan and Ryerson Polytechnical in Toronto before becoming one of the most prominent broadcasters of his time.
Saunders was a founding member of The V Foundation for Cancer Research and served on its board of directors.
"John was an extraordinary talent and his friendly, informative style has been a warm welcome to sports fans for decades," John Skipper, ESPN president and Disney Media Networks co-chairman, said in a statement. "His wide range of accomplishments across numerous sports and championship events is among the most impressive this industry has ever seen.
"More importantly, John was a beloved and devoted family man who cared deeply about people and causes, as evidenced by his long-standing efforts as a passionate board member for The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
"He was one of the most significant and influential members of the ESPN family, as a colleague and mentor, and he will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this extremely difficult time."
Chris Berman, left, John Saunders and Bob Ley, right, during the SportsCenter 30th anniversary special in 2009.John Atashian/ESPN Images
Saunders joined ESPN in December 1986 to anchor SportsCenter. He also became a regular voice on college basketball and the WNBA and hosted ESPN"s coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs from 1993 to 2004. He also worked on coverage of the World Series and Major League Baseball"s All-Star Game.
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of John Saunders," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement. "As the studio host of NBA Shootaround, a play-by-play announcer for nationally televised NBA and WNBA games and one of the Toronto Raptors" first television voices, John was a vital member of the NBA family for more than two decades and was a friendly and familiar face to our players and fans.
"His achievements in journalism are matched only by his commitment to his community, particularly his service as a founding member of the V Foundation."
d**k Vitale, a longtime colleague of Saunders, said his friend "represented everything that was good in a human being."
"He was all about family and helping people," Vitale said. "He was as good as it gets, and he had deep loyalty and love for others. His work with The V Foundation was so special. He loved Jimmy V and poured his heart and soul into the cause. He was always willing to share and give, and he played a vital role in the success of helping so many. I can"t believe this stunning and horrible news. He will be forever in our thoughts."
Chris Berman, who worked with Saunders during his entire 30 years at ESPN, said it was easy for anyone to relate to his former colleague.
"John Saunders was our friend, and he was your friend. You were immediately comfortable with John in 30 seconds," Berman said. "I was fortunate enough to be comfortable with him for 30 years. We knew him for his understated demeanor and understated smile, but we also knew him for his firm commitment to getting things right and treating people right. John was old school, even Old World. Maybe because he was Canadian. Maybe because he was John.
"Professionally he was always willing to be out of the limelight, but make no mistake, with John Saunders, you knew you were in special company. His mark on ESPN is indelible. His mark on all of us even more so."
Other on-air colleagues of Saunders at ESPN took to social media to express their sorrow.
Western Michigan honored Saunders as well, as did retired NBA star Kobe Bryant.
Saunders" survivors include his wife, Wanda, and daughters Aleah and Jenna.
Alabama"s first game day of 2016 started with a jolt as a 5.6 magnitude earthquakewas felt in the team hotel Saturday morning. The shaker, centered in central Oklahoma, was felt across the Midwest and southwest.
The Crimson Tide are in suburban Dallas, about 250 miles south of the epicenter. The ground shook just after 7 a.m. CT -- 12 hours before Alabama kicks off against USC. No damage was reported in the Dallas area.
At least two Tide players tweeted about the experience.
