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Brian Hofmann

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Digital Director at NBC4i.com in Columbus, Ohio | Longtime journalist. Father of four. I'm always busy | Go Herd

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Pretty bold. Ohio State has only ever beaten Oberlin by 128 points.

08.09.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't sleep, I dream

03.07.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A movie that takes place where you're from.

I'm from there, too!

16.04.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is my hometown! I'm watching Glenn Wilson. I remember him in later years. But I was too young for Sam Slater. I just know the name

28.01.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From those I experienced

NHL: Doug MacLean
NFL: Matt Millen

And that's not a knock on either as a person. But the vibe, the results during those years, so hard on a fan.

27.01.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did a double-take on this. I grew up near here. Volcano burned to the ground in 1879 and was never rebuilt. There's a nice public park near the ruins. Its address is Volcano Road.

02.12.2024 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You and Todd are my go-to during yardwork, but it's always you who's the reason my wife asks me why I'm laughing so hard when raking leaves

26.11.2024 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I preferred sailor hat Marco, to be sure, but I'm sure I owned something with this on it at one time #GoHerd

26.11.2024 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When he retired, it opened the way for my first full-time role.

Anniversaries of tragedies remind us not only of the lives lost but of those who continued and all they got to accomplish that the others never did.

Miss you, LC.

#WeAreMarshall #75Week

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instead, he became one of the many could-haves from that tragedy, like Ken Griffey Sr. (it's true) -- yet something rarely acknowledged. His life didn't end. LC continued telling stories and developing others in the craft (me included). He left behind children and grandchildren.

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Except for a swap. By driving, the other writer could drop off his wife at his in-laws, cover the game and get her on the way back. He was never going to be on that plane. Lowell would have flown.

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LC was humble, hard-working and skilled, and under a different yet probable set of circumstances, he could have been a victim of the Marshall plane crash.

In 1970, he and another writer rotated going to the away football games, and the East Carolina game was his --

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unlike his wonderfully warm and bombastic contemporary, Ernie Salvatore, a New England transplant who hovered over the West Virginia sports scene for decades and was portrayed by an actor in the We Are Marshall movie, LC was Appalachian to the core.

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former H-D sports writer Lowell Cade dies at 88 Longtime Herald-Dispatch and Huntington Advertiser sports writer Lowell Cade died Tuesday. He was 88.

🧡It's Nov. 14, a reflective day for us #GoHerd fans, and earlier this week, we happened to lose one of the great Huntington sportswriters, a former colleague and the man who taught me so much about sports agate, Lowell Cade.
www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/forme...

14.11.2024 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Former H-D sports writer Lowell Cade dies at 88 Longtime Herald-Dispatch and Huntington Advertiser sports writer Lowell Cade died Tuesday. He was 88.

🧡It's Nov. 14, a reflective day for us #GoHerd fans, and earlier this week, we happened to lose one of the great Huntington sportswriters, a former colleague and the man who taught me so much about sports agate, Lowell Cade.

herald-dispatch.com/sports/former-…

14.11.2024 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you're on Chrome, add the extension Sky Follower Bridge. It was a huge help for me

13.11.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Will confirm. I had it on Atari, a friend on Intellivision. His was better.

23.10.2024 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@sarahszilagy.bsky.social @sarahedon.bsky.social Time to start sharing Bluesky jokes with each other!

07.09.2023 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to Columbus!

06.09.2023 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello, Bluesky! I think I'm doing this right. #GoHerd

23.08.2023 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ohio State pauses activities in football program for week after positive COVID-19 tests COLUMBUS (WCMH) β€” Ohio State is pausing team-related activities in its football program for a week because of an increase in positive tests for COVID-19. The decision was made after a round of PCR …

JUST IN: Ohio State is pausing team-related activities in its football program for a week because of an increase in positive tests for COVID-19

nbc4i.co/3v8OFRZ

09.03.2021 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bless you, boys.

My 2020 needed this. #Crew96 #MLSCup

13.12.2020 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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College Football Rivalry Finder | College Football at Sports-Reference.com Find outcomes of all historical matchups between two schools using the College Football Rivalry Finder Tool by Sports-Reference.com

In researching the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry, was amazed to see that they have played EVERY YEAR since 1918. Not even WWII interrupted the series. But COVID might.

cfbref.com/tiny/sMCk7

07.12.2020 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Facebook pulls Trump post calling COVID β€˜far less lethal’ than seasonal flu Facebook pulled down a post from the commander in chief on Tuesday after President Donald Trump falsely described the coronavirus as β€œfar less lethal” than the seasonal flu.

Facebook pulls Trump post calling COVID β€˜far less lethal’ than seasonal flu

nbc4i.co/34uzciH

06.10.2020 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the second half, #OhioState righted what it had gone wrong against Wisconsin, but will it be enough in the eyes of the College Football Playoff selection committee for the No. 1 seed?

From @brdispatch

buckeyextra.com/sports/2019120…

08.12.2019 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Farewell, Columbus @AFLDestroyers. The Arena Football League officially announces that it is shutting down

dispatch.com/sports/2019112…

27.11.2019 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did you expect to see #OhioState back atop the College Football Playoff rankings?

From @joeyrkaufman

buckeyextra.com/sports/2019112…

27.11.2019 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#OhioState will get Chase Young back in time to play Penn State and Michigan. He'll miss the Rutgers game to finish a two-game suspension over a private loan.

buckeyextra.com/sports/2019111…

13.11.2019 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Goodbye, Columbus @DestroyersAFL? They have suspended operations, along with the five other teams, as the league looks at whether it can continue in light of a lawsuit filed against it.

dispatch.com/sports/2019102…

29.10.2019 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fox reports that Justin Fields' lower right back was bothering him. Seemed to be where he took the hit at the goal line. He's back on the sideline. #OhioState

26.10.2019 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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