FILE PHOTO: NCAA Basketball: Nevada at Utah State Ohio State point guard Abel Porter retired from the sport Wednesday due to a rare heart condition. The 6-foot-3 graduate transfer from Utah State said he was recently diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. “While scary, people with HCM generally lead healthy and normal lives but unfortunately this will end my basketball career,” Porter wrote in a statement posted to social media. “This diagnosis has turned my life upside down but having a long-term perspective has been so important as I’ve tried to accept this.” Porter started all 34 games for Utah State in 2019-20, averaging 5.6 points, 3.2 assists and 2.4 rebounds. He averaged 4.3 points, 2.4 assists and 1.9 boards in 94 career games (54 starts) with the Aggies from 2016-20. “For 24 years, I’ve put everything I have into my basketball career,” Porter wrote. “So much time, money, blood, sweat, and…
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