Articles filed under Big Ten
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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 ...
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Big Ten may give commish power to fire coachesJul 19, 2012 2:00 pm - In the wake of the scandal at Penn State, the Big Ten Conference is considering a plan to give its commissioner the power to punish schools with financial sanctions, sus...
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Penn State to rule on Paterno statue in 7-10 daysJul 17, 2012 2:00 pm - STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State spokesman says a decision on the fate of a statue of late football coach Joe Paterno will be made within days. Critics have called for...
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NCAA boss won’t rule out death penalty for Penn StateJul 17, 2012 10:03 am - NEW YORK — The president of the NCAA says he isn’t ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child se...
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Big Ten relocating headquarters to RosemontJul 16, 2012 11:00 am - The village of Rosemont and the Big Ten Conference have finalized a deal that will bring the conference's headquarters, along with a conference center and interactive mu...
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Joe Paterno symbolizes hypocrisy of college footballJul 14, 2012 11:11 am - Joe Paterno is the symptom; college football is the disease. Another example that college football is bloating even further is the playoff system that university preside...
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Big Ten, Pac-12 suspend scheduling agreementJul 13, 2012 3:49 pm - The Big Ten and Pac-12 announced Friday that they were scrapping plans to schedule games against each other in all sports, with Pac-12 officials saying there were too ma...
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Can’t help but be happy for good guy OlczykJul 13, 2012 6:00 am - The only thing cooler than hearing that Chicago’s very own Eddie Olczyk will soon be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame was hearing his heartfelt, emoti...
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Paterno name means only one thingJul 12, 2012 8:00 pm - The question is so ludicrous it would border on humorous if the subject matter weren't so truly horrific. But it was asked over and over again Thursday, as if there were...