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OSU makes playoff

The Buckeyes tried to make a statement in Saturday night’s 59-0 win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game and the College Football Playoff selection committee heard them.

Along came Jones: (5) OSU 59, (13) Wisconsin 0

Third-string quarterback Cardale Jones threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns, Ezekiel Elliott ran for a career-high 220 yards and two scores and No. 5 Ohio State made an emphatic statement with a 59-0 rout over No. 13 Wisconsin in Saturday’s Big Ten championship game.

CBJ 3, Lightning 1

Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves to help the Blue Jackets beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night for their third straight win.

MBK: (14) OSU 70, Colgate 50

D’Angelo Russell scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half and Marc Loving added 17 points to lead No. 14 Ohio State to a 70-50 victory over Colgate on Saturday night.

Remembering the missing

A Columbus woman who has been missing for nearly 12 years will serve as a symbol for all the missing adults from central Ohio on Saturday when almost 100 people will search the area where she was last seen once, hoping to find some clue to her whereabouts.

Kasich appoints police-community relations task force

A day after the U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report on Cleveland’s police force, and amid rising tensions between law enforcement agencies and minority communities, a statewide task force is being appointed to improve community-police relations.

Jingle Bell time

One of the city’s most popular holiday-themed fundraising events will send about 4,000 runners and walkers through downtown streets, though the weather forecast suggests they6 may be dodging raindrops instead off snowflakes.