Senator Is the Centerfold

He's now holding the "people's seat" in MA. Poor Teddy, I imagine he's rolling over in his grave.


Senator Is the Centerfold

Long before he was a politician, the Republican candidate vying for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat posed nude for the centerfold of Cosmo. Scott Brown won our “America’s Sexiest Man” contest and appeared in the June 1982 issue. In those days he was a 22-year-old law student at Boston College who was cramming for finals just days before stripping down for our photographer.

“Here at Cosmo we’ve had bachelors go on to be actors, models, and reality show stars, so we’re thrilled that one has gone on to become a politician,” says Kate White, Cosmo’s editor in chief. Obviously we know how to pick ’em. This particular bachelor has always had political ambitions and even admitted to being “a bit of a patriot” when we interviewed him.

Compared to some men in the GOP, this politician looks pretty damn good for his age. We bet he still has an amazing body underneath his suit and tie. There have been plenty of pics of our president running around without his shirt, so now that a precedent has been set, we’re hoping to see Scott shirtless again.

How to um....lose your pension

Man pleads no contest for masturbating in Kohl's store
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 3:18 AM


A former Grove City police sergeant will be sentenced March 9 after he pleaded no contest to a public-indecency charge yesterday.

A security officer at the Kohl's store on Morse Road confronted Steven J. Howard on July 2 after someone complained he was masturbating in the store.

Howard, 54, of Zuber Road in Jackson Township, resigned from the police department before he could be investigated. He was a 26-year veteran whose last assignment involved the supervision of a crime-prevention bureau and school resource officers.

Howard declined to comment through his attorney, Mark C. Collins.

By pleading no contest to the misdemeanor charge, he was found guilty without admitting guilt. He could be sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined $500 by Franklin County Municipal Judge James E. Green.

-- Bruce Cadwallader

bcadwallader@dispatch.com

Nuff Said

2010 starts off with a Rose Bowl with for the Buckeyes!

A game to remember
Terrelle Pryor, Buckeyes make a statement
Saturday, January 2, 2010 3:13 AM
By Rob Oller

The Columbus Dispatch

PASADENA, Calif. -- Ben Bodie's long solo trip -- 35 hours from Ohio to his seat in the Rose Bowl -- in many ways mirrored the difficult journey traveled by the Dublin resident's favorite team the past three seasons.

Like Bodie, who ran into heavy snow during his 2 1/2 -day drive, the Ohio State Buckeyes faced tough sledding in their past three Bowl Championship Series games, losing all three to collect the unwanted label of "Can't win the big one."

Well, they don't get much bigger than the Rose Bowl, and No. 8-ranked OSU shook the monkey off its back with a 26-17 win against No. 7 Oregon as a crowd of 93,963 witnessed the Granddaddy of all bowl games.

No less inspiring than a golden sunset that turned the surrounding San Gabriel Mountains into a rose-colored postcard, the Buckeyes painted their own pretty picture on the passing of sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor and the strength of a defense that handcuffed a high-flying Ducks offense. The result was the offensive player-of-the-game award for Pryor and the Buckeyes' first bowl victory since the 2006 Fiesta Bowl against Notre Dame.

"To win the Rose Bowl is unbelievable," said Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who improved to 5-4 in bowl games and 4-3 in BCS games.

To win it the way the Buckeyes did -- throwing the ball a season-high 37 times -- was equally unbelievable, considering that Ohio State (11-2) had won its last five games by pounding the ball on the ground.

"This game felt like we needed to come in flinging it around, and (we) felt as long as we were doing it well we had a chance to keep doing it," Tressel said. "I thought T.P. made good decisions."

Pryor showed composure in orchestrating the Buckeyes' last two scoring drives. His 36-yard pass to receiver DeVier Posey set up Ohio State's go-ahead field goal in the third quarter, and he led a 13-play drive in the fourth quarter that covered 81 yards and ended with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Posey with 7:02 to play.

Oregon (10-3) made one last push to close the gap but missed a 44-yard field goal with 5:10 left. The Buckeyes then ran out the clock to win their first Rose Bowl since 1997.

"I'm just so glad to be a part of this team, to come out and win for these seniors," said Pryor, who completed 23 passes -- more than he attempted in his previous three games.

Most of those 19 seniors had not experienced a bowl win, so beating Oregon was the end of a long voyage.

Tressel praised those upperclassmen, then gave a shout out to the 50,000 or so OSU fans who turned the Rose Bowl into the Scarlet Bowl.

"Our fans showed up all the way from home," he said.

Bodie was among them. The 31-year-old paid $145 for his ticket and had hoped to make the trip with friends. But they sold their tickets, leaving him to drive the nearly 2,000 miles alone.

No big deal.

"I love Ohio State football," he said. "We have a great legacy."

That legacy just added another sterling chapter.

roller@dispatch.com