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Football
CLEVELAND -- Sophomore quarterback Tom Zetts was selected to the Division I-AA Athletic Directors Association Academic all-star team.
Zetts completed 154-of-258 passing attempts (59.7 percent) for 1,949 yards this season. He had 14 touchdowns and six interceptions. In his career, he has completed 310-of-516 passes for 3,797 yards and 30 touchdowns.
Track and field
INDIANAPOLIS -- Senior Jarrod Davis earned Horizon League athlete of the week honors for men's indoor track and field for his performance at the Golden Flash Gala.
Davis broke the school record in the weight throw with a fourth-place mark of 61 feet, 5 1/2 inches.
LOCAL
Correction
Leetonia High basketball player Jeff Selway's name was misspelled in Thursday's editions. The Vindicator regrets the error.
REGION
Indians TV deal
CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Indians on Thursday confirmed a deal to put some of their games on free television, reaching agreement with WKYC on airing 20 games next year.
The Indians are believed to be nearing a television deal with Time Warner Cable that would be the largest in team history and could include the club's own sports network.
Cavs College Night
CLEVELAND -- Tonight's Cleveland Cavaliers game against the Indiana Pacers has been designated as College Night.
Students with a valid college I.D. can purchase any $35 or $25 seat for only $15. The special discount (one ticket per I.D.) is good only after 5 p.m. at the Quicken Loans Arena Box Office. Seating is based on availability.
Women's rugby team poses for calendar
OBERLIN -- Members of a women's rugby club at Oberlin College who posed semi-nude for a 2006 calendar hope to challenge the way people think about women playing a traditionally male sport.
"We aren't trying to sell ourselves, but we wanted to address important issues, like how women athletes are depicted sexually, and gender roles in sports," said team member Alia Kate. "It's about our empowerment as both women and athletes."
Sixteen of the club's 30 members posed for the self-published calendar, which was released Monday as a fundraiser. About 350 of the 1,000 calendars have been sold.
Photos show the women posing with rugby balls, pompoms and other props. Each photo also is accompanied by a statement about teamwork, confidence, courage and safety.
"We hope people will be drawn in by the photos, then think seriously about the statements," Kate said.
Team members checked with faculty and college administrators before beginning the project to be sure they weren't violating any rules.
Rafael Capo, a sophomore majoring in sociology, said the calendar was done in good taste, but questioned its intent. "I thought it was just a joke and didn't understand the messages they were trying to send," Capo said.
Buckeye suspended
COLUMBUS -- Ohio State fifth-year senior offensive lineman Andree Tyree has been suspended and will not play in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2 for violating team rules, the school said.
No other details were released about the suspension.
Hurt by injuries and playing behind other players, Tyree has been in 12 games in his career at Ohio State, including five this year.
NATION
Middleweight champ welcomed back
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Jermain Taylor took the microphone, thanked the crowd for its support, then brought the house down with a bold promise.
Taylor hopes his next fight will be in front of his home fans in Arkansas, and if that happens, he's pretty confident about the result.
"Whoever comes to Little Rock, I'm knocking him out!" Taylor said.
The middleweight champion received his long-awaited welcome home Thursday night at Alltel Arena, where he signed autographs and posed for pictures before being honored at an Arkansas RimRockers' game. Taylor, who is from Little Rock, defended his WBC and WBA championships Dec. 3 with a win over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas.
The RimRockers held a midcourt ceremony at halftime of their 107-96 loss to the Tulsa 66ers. Taylor was greeted by a group that included Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey, North Little Rock Mayor Patrick Hays and Rep. Stephen Bright of Maumelle.
Taylor initially won the middleweight title by beating Hopkins in July. After that fight, 5,500 flocked to a downtown parade and rally in Little Rock despite temperatures over 100.
This homecoming was a little different. Taylor signed autographs downstairs at a private reception, then moved up to the concourse level, where members of the public stood in line to meet him. The RimRockers drew a crowd of 4,571.
Vindicator staff/wire reports