Big Ten Conference
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NU gets behind its QB for HeismanJul 31, 2011 12:00 am - Northwestern’s roster lists Dan Persa as 6-feet-1. That’s only on the football field. On the Kennedy Expressway, Persa towers several stories above the fray. That’s beca...
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UI’s Ashante Williams suspended indefinitelyJul 30, 2011 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football coach Ron Zook says junior linebacker Ashante Williams has been suspended indefinitely following a violation of team rules. No further det...
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Zook not about to apologize for 8 home gamesJul 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Nobody in the Big Ten boasts an easier schedule than Illinois this fall. The Illini join Michigan as the only schools with eight home games. But while the Wolverines hav...
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Delany delivers message to Big Ten coachesJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Before the Big Ten's 12 head coaches waded into the sea of media at McCormick Place on Thursday, they sat for a Jim Delany lecture. With Ohio State's and Michigan's rece...
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Wisconsin, Nebraska the favorites to win division titlesJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Yes, Wisconsin shared last year’s Big Ten title and made its first Rose Bowl appearance in 11 years. Virtually everything went right for the Badgers. But if ever there w...
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Illini release men’s basketball scheduleJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - The 2011-12 nonconference schedule for the Illinois men’s basketball team was released Monday, and the slate features 10 home games, four matchups with squads that parti...
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Ohio State players left to live with sanctionsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State’s players say they are resigned to make the best of the school’s self-imposed penalties, no matter how hurt or angry some may feel. “There’s ...
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Spellman's Scorecard: Fireworks, Cub-Sox, & DitkaJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Here we go again: A beautiful holiday weekend and your options include: #376; Spending it outdoors with family and friends. #376; Watching the underachievin...
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Conant grad closing in on Olympic dreamsJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - A year of hard work and tough breaks have finally come together for a local pole vaulter with Olympic ambitions. Schaumburg native Darren Niedermeyer will be competing a...
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NU’s Phillips takes on national roleJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - Members of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics have selected Jim Phillips, Northwestern’s director of athletics and recreation, to serve as its...