Articles filed under Football
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Lincicome: Welcome back to the scandal party, NorthwesternJul 15, 2023 5:00 am - The general agreement, voiced and lamented, is that Northwestern is better than this when obviously it is not. It is just another jock factory when it comes down to it, ...
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Legal headaches could just be starting at Northwestern, WVU with Fitzgerald, Huggins, experts sayJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - The legal headaches could only be starting for Pat Fitzgerald and Bob Huggins - and their schools. Fitzgerald was fired this week as Northwestern's football coach follow...
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Top 25 most important Bears in 2023: No. 9 Braxton JonesJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - We're counting down the top 25 most important Bears for the 2023 season. What makes one player more important than another? That's subjective, of course. But for our pur...
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Jim O'Donnell: A minority of one - without more complete facts, Pat Fitzgerald is being railroadedJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - IN A FORUM AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, Ted Koppel told host Marvin Kalb, "We're so enchanted with our ability to be fast that I think we've sometimes lost connection wit...
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Bears' Virginia McCaskey, Steve McMichael among semifinalists for Pro Football Hall of FameJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - Bears team owner Virginia Halas McCaskey and longtime defensive tackle Steve McMichael are among 60 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024. McCaskey is ...
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Northwestern retains assistants after firing coach Pat Fitzgerald following hazing allegationsJul 11, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern has decided to retain its assistant coaches and support staff for the 2023 season after it fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal. Athletic d...
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Top 25 most important Bears in 2023: No. 11 Khalil HerbertJul 11, 2023 1:00 am - We're counting down the top 25 most important Bears for the 2023 season. What makes one player more important than another? That's subjective, of course. But for our pur...
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McGraw: Nothing surprising about what happened at Northwestern, just a repeat of a sad, familiar storyJul 10, 2023 1:00 pm - For better or worse, I'm at a stage of my sports journalism career where the revelations about the Northwestern football team weren't shocking, weren't surprising. They ...
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Northwestern fires football coach Fitzgerald after hazing allegations; baseball coach also accusedJul 10, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's reputation i...
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Northwestern president says he 'failed' in Fitzgerald punishment after hazing probeJul 09, 2023 1:00 am - More than six months after Northwestern began investigating allegations of hazing within its football team, and two days after announcing that coach Pat Fitzgerald had b...