Big Ten Conference
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BCS changes: Why now? Who wins and who loses?Jun 21, 2012 3:02 pm - College football is headed toward a new era, with a four-team playoff deciding the champion starting in 2014. As the conference commissioners have said over and over dur...
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Big Ten, Ivy to join forces to study head injuriesJun 19, 2012 2:05 pm - The Big Ten and the Ivy League are putting their heads together to address sports concussions. The leagues announced plans Tuesday to combine research efforts devoted to...
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Paterno’s family releases willJun 15, 2012 9:25 pm - BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Joe Paterno’s will left his personal property to wife Sue and established a trust for the remainder of his estate. The documents released by the family...
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Spencer returns as Northwestern lacrosse assistantJun 14, 2012 11:25 am - Danielle Spencer, a two-time All-American in lacrosse and member of three NCAA championship-winning teams as a player at Northwestern (2007-10), will join head coach Kel...
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Illinois linebacker Buchanan breaks jaw in fightJun 13, 2012 5:13 pm - CHAMPAIGN — An Illinois spokesman says defensive end Michael Buchanan broke his jaw in a weekend fight. Illinois sports information director Kent Brown said Wednesday th...
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College presidents to be presented multiple title optionsJun 13, 2012 3:00 pm - The conference commissioners who have been working on a four-team playoff to determine college football's national champion plan to present the BCS presidential oversigh...
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Illinois hires Villanova’s Record as strength and conditioning coach for basketballJun 12, 2012 2:29 pm - Illinois has hired Villanova’s Lon Record as the strength and conditioning coach for the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Record joins the Illini after five season...
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Thirty Big Ten players taken in MLB draftJun 07, 2012 5:42 pm - Thirty Big Ten conference players were taken in the Major League Baseball draft this week, including four from Illinois and one from Northwestern. Right-handed pitcher M...
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Big Ten announces Medal of Honor recipientsJun 07, 2012 5:08 pm - The Big Ten conference announced its Medal of Honor recipients on Thursday. The award, created in 1915, is given to one male and one female student-athlete at each Big T...
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NU’s Thorton voted nation’s best women’s lacrosse playerJun 06, 2012 6:10 pm - Northwestern’s Taylor Thorton received the 2012 Lacrosse Honda Sports Award on Tuesday. The award is given to the best college women’s lacrosse player each season. The ...