College Sports
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Jim O'Donnell: While Northwestern is being battered, Fitzgerald should be screaming his innocenceJul 19, 2023 1:00 am - THE LEGAL WAVES BASHING UP on The Enchanted Lakefront are approaching storm surge. Northwestern University is under growing siege as reports of systemic hazing aimed at ...
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Former Northwestern football players hire civil rights attorney to investigate hazingJul 17, 2023 1:00 am - Eight former Northwestern football players have retained attorneys following a hazing scandal that led to the firing of coach Pat Fitzgerald and criticism of university ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Some readers rage, while some support the decision to fire Pat FitzgeraldJul 16, 2023 5:30 am - NINE DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL SALVO involving Pat Fitzgerald exploded at Northwestern, intense analysis of the disposition of the matter by university president Michael Sc...
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Lincicome: Welcome back to the scandal party, NorthwesternJul 15, 2023 5:00 am - The general agreement, voiced and lamented, is that Northwestern is better than this when obviously it is not. It is just another jock factory when it comes down to it, ...
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Legal headaches could just be starting at Northwestern, WVU with Fitzgerald, Huggins, experts sayJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - The legal headaches could only be starting for Pat Fitzgerald and Bob Huggins - and their schools. Fitzgerald was fired this week as Northwestern's football coach follow...
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Northwestern fires baseball coach Jim Foster after reports of abusive, bullying behaviorJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern has fired baseball coach Jim Foster, according to several reports. University president Michael Schill and athletic director Derrick Gragg informed the team...
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Jim O'Donnell: A minority of one - without more complete facts, Pat Fitzgerald is being railroadedJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - IN A FORUM AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, Ted Koppel told host Marvin Kalb, "We're so enchanted with our ability to be fast that I think we've sometimes lost connection wit...
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Northwestern retains assistants after firing coach Pat Fitzgerald following hazing allegationsJul 11, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern has decided to retain its assistant coaches and support staff for the 2023 season after it fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal. Athletic d...
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McGraw: Nothing surprising about what happened at Northwestern, just a repeat of a sad, familiar storyJul 10, 2023 1:00 pm - For better or worse, I'm at a stage of my sports journalism career where the revelations about the Northwestern football team weren't shocking, weren't surprising. They ...
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Northwestern fires football coach Fitzgerald after hazing allegations; baseball coach also accused
Jul 10, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's reputation i...