Bobby Knight Gym is official Plus more on ‘The General’
September 26, 2010

A few thoughts from the week in sports ... "A Night with Knight" lasted a little over 1 1/2 hours at Orrville High School last Sunday evening. Long after most of the 850 fans had heard the legendary Orrville graduate and college basketball's all-time winningest coach speak and left the building, there was one final thing left to do: Name the gym in his honor. Orrville officially honored its most famous alum by dedicating "Bobby Knight Gymnasium" in his honor. "It was supposed to happen...

Knight delivers serious message with humor
September 20, 2010

ORRVILLE -- A flood of memories returned to Bobby Knight early Sunday evening when he entered the Orrville High School Gym where he once starred. The star of "A Night with Knight" was so anxious to start reminiscing that he interrupted a brief introduction that Orrville Boys and Girls Club director Kevin Platz had started and asked for the mic. "Let's get to the heart of this thing," said Knight, who was greeted by laughter and loud applause from the audience of more than 850 people. Many...

Coach Knight takes time to recall his roots
December 24, 2006

With Bobby Knight poised to break Dean Smith's record and become the all-time winningest Div. I-A college basketball coach, I wanted to write a story finding out what he was like growing up in Orrville. I called some people and started researching Knight's roots early in the week. At one point, I thought to myself, "It would be great to talk to Bobby Knight for the story, but that will never happen." National media outlets were interviewing him daily and I knew he must have had a non-stop...

Basketball and intensity: Bobby Knight was known for those things even as a boy growing up in Orrville
December 24, 2006

People in Orrville talked about Bobby Knight when he was a high school star there in the late 1950s much the same way they do now. For as far back as they can remember, Knight has been known most for two things: a love of basketball and a fiery personality. Knight tied Dean Smith's all-time Div. I-A men's basketball record with 879 career wins when Texas Tech defeated Bucknell 72-60 in Lubbock, Texas, Saturday. He can set the record when the Red Raiders host UNLV on Dec. 28. The national...