Ohio St. board begins discussing Urban Meyer probe findings

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's board of trustees on Wednesday started deliberating the findings of a two-week investigation into allegations that football coach Urban Meyer and others mishandled domestic assault accusations made against a former assistant coach.

The university hired a special working group to direct their investigation, which has included interviews with Meyer, athletic director Gene Smith and others at the university.

The board chairman, Michael J. Gasser, thanked lead investigator Mary Jo White and others for their "thorough" and "professional" work in a brief public meeting Wednesday morning. White, a former federal prosecutor who has previously spearheaded other…