define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); michael o’brien – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Attorney: Davis Will Sue The Chicago Sun-Times http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/07/attorney-davis-will-sue-the-chicago-sun-times/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/07/attorney-davis-will-sue-the-chicago-sun-times/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:06:15 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=23231

The battle…is now truly joined.

Late on Friday, an attorney representing Anthony Davis, Sr. told the Chicago Tribune that a lawsuit will be filed next week against Michael O’Brien and the Chicago Sun-Times.

According to the story at the online version of the Tribune, Mr. Davis’ attorney, Georgette Greenlee, told the paper that “It boggles our mind where O’Brien got his information from.”

The Sun-Times knew they could face legal action if they persisted with the story that the elder Davis had made a $200,000 deal with the Kentucky program in exchange for a commitment by [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/07/attorney-davis-will-sue-the-chicago-sun-times/feed/ 2 Sun-Times Fires Back On UK/Davis Situation http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/06/sun-times-fires-back-on-uk-story/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/08/06/sun-times-fires-back-on-uk-story/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:05:24 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=23208

Not only did the Chicago Sun-Times not back down, they’ve responded with vigor.

Not even two days after the University of Kentucky sent a letter to the S-T jumping on the paper’s accusation of them having given stud recruit Anthony Davis $200,000 to sign with the school, Michael O’Brien, the author of the original controversial article, stepped back up with another piece that claims:

“Sources from three separate universities told the Sun-Times that Davis, Sr. asked for money in return for his son’s commitment, with the amounts ranging from $125,000 to $150,000.”

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