Report: Tressel sent emails to QB's mentor

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel forwarded emails to Terrelle Pryor's mentor that accused the star quarterback of selling memorabilia to a man under federal investigation.

Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper reports Friday that Tressel sent the information to Ted Sarniak, a businessman in Pryor's hometown of Jeannette, Pa.

Ohio State director of compliance Doug Archie tells the paper that Sarniak and Pryor are longtime friends and that Sarniak was the player's primary contact during recruiting.

Tressel will sit out the first five games next season and was fined $250,000 by the university for failing to notify the school about emails he received last April involving two players and questionable activities involving the sale of memorabilia.