Former Ohio State coach is awarded &#36;2.2M
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Ohio State must pay former basketball coach Jim O'Brien about $2.2 million plus interest for firing him for giving a recruit $6,000.
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Last season, Ohio State was a team filled with stars. Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith at quarterback, All-America receiver Ted Ginn Jr., receiver Anthony Gonzalez, and running back Antonio Pittman, the latter three of whom later departed a year early for the NFL.
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Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Salomon Torres' two-year contract will pay him &#36;2.6 million, including a &#36;200,000 signing bonus.
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Former Ohio State basketball coach Jim O'Brien sued the school, claiming he is owed at least &#36;3.4 million because his firing violated terms of his contract.
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The NFL Coach of the Year named by the Associated Press, as selected by a nationwide media panel:
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Ohio State middle linebacker James Laurinaitis won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy on Monday night, awarded to the nation's best defensive player by the Charlotte Touchdown Club.
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Kelvin Sampson briefly reflected on his two seasons as Indiana's basketball coach after the Hoosiers' victory over Purdue.
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The Reds accomplished one of their top offseason priorities Tuesday by agreeing to an &#36;8.2 million, two-year contract with right-hander Paul Wilson.
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Andy Geiger is stepping down as athletic director at Ohio State, citing burnout after almost two years of NCAA investigations into the school's football and basketball programs.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Former Ohio State basketball coach Jim O&#39;Brien is suing the school, claiming he&#39;s owed at least three-point-four (M) million dollars because his firing violated terms of his contract.
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Holtz replaces John Thompson, who was forced out about two weeks ago after a 3-and-20 record in two seasons with the Pirates. Holtz has spent six years as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach at South
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SBC Communications has agreed to pay more than &#36;1 million for the naming rights to the Ohio State-Michigan game for the next two years.
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Larry Coker looked up from his lunch and posed a hypothetical question. Suppose an athletic director was told he could have a football coach who would win a national championship, average 10 victories over six seasons, send a few dozen players to the NFL and improve the program's graduation rate.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State football standout Maurice Clarett is looking at a minimum of 3 1/2 years in prison after agreeing to a plea bargain.
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Former Nebraska coach Frank Solich was introduced as Ohio's new football coach Thursday, returning to the state where he grew up and promising to rebuild a program that has gone 11-35 over the past four seasons.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim O'Brien won an appeal Thursday and can return to the college sidelines after he had been fired by Ohio State and essentially banned from coaching by the NCAA for paying a recruit.
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Former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams was ordered Friday to repay the team more than &#36;8.6 million for breaching his contract when he suddenly quit before training camp.