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Ohio State's intercollegiate sports teams are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree, the Buckeye), and participate in the NCAA's Division I-A in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. (The men's hockey program competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, and its women's hockey program competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association). The school colors are Scarlet and Gray, although they were originally black and orange. The colors were not used however, because Princeton already used the colors. The mascot of OSU is Brutus Buckeye. Ohio State currently has almost 400,000 living alumni located around the world. Ohio State alumni include Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize and Medal of Honor recipients, as well as Fortune 500 CEO's and members of the Forbes 400 list of the world's wealthiest individuals. Numerous graduates have gone on to become Governors, Senators and members of Congress. Ohio State alumni have appeared on the cover of Time Magazine twelve times, with the artwork of alumnus Roy Lichtenstein featured on an additional two Time covers. Ohio State alumni are enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Coopertown, the NFL Hall of Fame and the Basketball Hall of Fame. Its athletes have won a combined seventy-two Olympic medals and twice received the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete. Jack Nicklaus, has often been called "the greatest golfer in history" while Jesse Owens, has often been called "the greatest Olympian in history." Twice, Ohio State alumni have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated as its Sportsman of the Year.
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