It is no exaggeration to say the four-gold-medal performance by Ohio State’s Jesse Owens in front of Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games was a landmark event in the history of Ohio State, the Big Ten Conference, the United States, the Olympic Games and of the 20th century. Once known as “The Buckeye Bullet,” and eventually the world’s greatest athlete of his era, … [Read more...] about Ohio State’s Jesse Owens Named Big Ten Icon #3