Article: Ohio State fires coach for gift COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Article: Ohio State Fires Men's Hoops Coach O'Brien
AP Online;  June 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... announced the firing of basketball coach Jim O'Brien. Ohio State fired O'Brien on Tuesday, saying the program committed NCAA ... Kay Hawes said the NCAA is investigating O'Brien and the Ohio State basketball program. O'Brien's contract ...

Article: O'Brien, Ohio State a Perfect Fit
AP Online;  March 9, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Online 03-09-1999 O'Brien, Ohio State a Perfect Fit COLUMBUS ... after years of decline, Ohio State has become a powerhouse and O'Brien couldn't be happier ... ever coached a game at Ohio State, O'Brien showed the door to three ...

Article: O'BRIEN IS A BIG-TIME SUCCESS AT OHIO STATE
The Boston Globe;  December 10, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... is so much passion," said O'Brien, whose first season at Ohio State was hardly a success, as the Buckeyes ... including recruits who had given O'Brien verbal commitments. Penn followed O'Brien to Ohio State, recruit Sean Connolly of Peabody ...

Article: Ohio State quiet about search committee; School ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 29, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... of dollars to former Ohio State player Boban Savovic ... that she believed O'Brien had knowledge of the ... grades to be changed by Ohio State assistant coach Paul ... leading candidate for the Ohio State job when O'Brien was hired in 1997 ...

Article: Other universities get behind Ohio State in ...
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  November 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... court brief supporting Ohio State's appeal of Jim O'Brien's successful lawsuit ... says. Clark found that Ohio State could have fired O'Brien if the NCAA had found ... year battle between O'Brien and Ohio State. The schools that filed ...

Article: O'Brien to visit Ohio State AD Talks could ...
The Boston Globe;  March 31, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Geiger about the Ohio State job and indicated "It went good." O'Brien, however, could ... spoken with O'Brien since learning of Ohio State's intention of ... right now." If O'Brien were to take the Ohio State job, he would follow ...

Article: Hello, Columbus: O'Brien takes over Work begins at ...
The Boston Globe;  April 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... said as he handed O'Brien a scarlet-and-gray necktie dotted with the Ohio State logo. "Here's a couple ... you." With that, O'Brien, who wore a Buckeye ... here." Last night O'Brien made his first recruiting pitch for Ohio State, flying to Allentown ...