Big Ten Conference
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Trump speaks with Big Ten commissioner, pushes conference to play football this fallSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he spoke with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren "about immediately starting up Big Ten football." The Big Ten postponed the 2...
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Big Ten parents at protest want details on no-play decision
Aug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference's Chicago-area headquarte...
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Wheaton North's Mueller brothers missing out at NorthwesternAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - When Xander Mueller was in middle school, the journey to play football with his older brother seemed much farther away than the distance between Wheaton North's bleacher...
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Big Ten pulls plug on football, fall sportsAug 11, 2020 12:00 pm - Big Ten players and coaches spoke, and the administrators didn't listen. The conference officially canceled football and all fall sports on Tuesday afternoon, a move tha...
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Before Big Ten news, Smith made final pitch to save seasonAug 11, 2020 12:00 pm - Before the Big Ten announced its decision to postpone football season, Illinois took the field for its regularly-scheduled practice in Champaign on Tuesday. Then coach L...
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Northwestern starts practice after brief COVID scareAug 07, 2020 3:00 pm - Even with the college football season hanging by a thread, you'd figure Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald as someone who would be fired up about the challenge a...
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Illinois footballl begins practice with aggressive COVID testing planAug 06, 2020 4:00 pm - Illinois football had an interesting reply to the Big Ten's COVID-19 guidelines. Just this week, the conference announced protocols that require at least two coronavirus...
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Big Ten football season set to begin on Labor Day weekend
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Northwestern pauses football workouts due to COVID-19 concernsAug 03, 2020 4:00 pm - Northwestern became the latest Big Ten team to pause football conditioning workouts due to COVID-19 concerns. The school released a statement Monday that read, "Northwes...
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Big Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemicJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conf...