In 25 years of working with newspapers and magazines, Paul Batterson has had the pleasure of being a bar with Billy Martin, almost being run over by Paul Newman and being snubbed by David Hasselhoff. He was born in Columbus, graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia and spent three years in Frankfurt, Germany before returning to Columbus. He lives here with his wife, Nancy, and children Alicia and Grant.

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Scenes from a football game
05 September 2015

Junior offensive guard Pat Elflein has a word of warning for the 19 freshmen out-of-staters who are experiencing an Ohio State football game for...

Photo of lacrosse player
06 August 2015

Defensive midfielder Dominique Alexander says the Ohio Machine is made up of many parts. How well those parts fit together has lifted the Delaware...

Kei Kamara (left) battles for a header against LA Galaxy defender Leonardo. (Photo courtesy of Crew SC)
03 July 2015

When he first came to Columbus Crew SC in the 2006 season, Kei Kamara was only a footnote in the Gold & Black’s offense. Kamara, a forward...

Photo of smiling guy in a suit
04 June 2015

When the Ohio State men’s lacrosse team faced perennial powerhouse Duke in the first round of the NCAA tournament on May 9, it felt a little bit...

Photo of Ben Swanson in uniform
03 May 2015

As they took roll on April 22, teachers at Grove City High School noticed that Ben Swanson’s seat was empty… again. But the junior had another...

Kara Hines swinging a lacrosse stick
16 April 2015

When he signed up to play lacrosse at Ohio State, Tate Stover never anticipated weekends like the one he had in the fall of 2013. Stover should’ve...

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