Big Ten Conference
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Wildcats downplay talk of in-state rivalry with IlliniJul 28, 2012 9:26 pm - New Illinois coach Tim Beckman has not been shy about proclaiming Northwestern as the Illini’s top rival. But the feeling doesn’t appear to be entirely mutual. Northwe...
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Illini look to senior quartet for leadershipJul 28, 2012 5:52 pm - When Tim Beckman was hired as the new head football coach at Illinois, the first players he had to recruit were in Urbana-Champaign. They had already been playing for th...
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Indiana player once choked by Knight dies at 36Jul 26, 2012 9:17 pm - SANTA MARIA, Calif. — Neil Reed, the former Indiana basketball player who coach Bob Knight was caught on tape choking in 1997, has died after collapsing in his central C...
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Illini would welcome Penn State transfersJul 26, 2012 7:29 pm - In the wake of Monday’s NCAA sanctions allowing Penn State University football players to transfer immediately, every coach in the Big Ten was asked Thursday at the conf...
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PSU coach O'Brien: Team will stay togetherJul 26, 2012 12:00 pm - Bill O'Brien is looking straight ahead. It's the only choice he really has at Penn State. The questions keep coming and he doesn't flinch: How will he handle what has be...
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O’Brien: Penn State program far from deadJul 24, 2012 7:27 pm - The mere suggestion that NCAA sanctions against Penn State were worse than receiving the so-called death penalty were enough to make first-year coach Bill O’Brien raise ...
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Penn State loses one sponsor, others could followJul 24, 2012 3:43 pm - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is thr...
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Big Ten to offer ticket reservations for conference championship gameJul 24, 2012 1:28 pm - Tickets for the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game go on sale Saturday, but fans won’t have to shell out the cash for a full-price ticket five months before the game and jus...
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Reflections on a weekend of bad newsJul 23, 2012 11:00 am - A certain old-time lyric seemed relevant the past few days. “The world is a bad place … a bad place … a terrible place to live.” It began echoing Friday morning with the...
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Paterno statue removed; NCAA sanctions pendingJul 22, 2012 8:00 am - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The NCAA announced Sunday that it will issue sanctions against Penn State in the wake of a scathing report that found that top university officials ...