Articles filed under Football
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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...
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Sports bettors 'are very pro-Bears,' bullish on Fields' MVP odds ahead of 2023 seasonJul 09, 2023 1:00 am - The Bears appear to be one of the darling teams in the eyes of sports bettors. Since the odds opened on Super Bowl LVIII, the Bears have gone from 100-1 to 50-1 to win t...
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Top 25 most important Bears in 2023: No. 13 Jaquan BriskerJul 08, 2023 5:00 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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Ex-Northwestern player details 'vile and inhumane' hazing allegations within programJul 08, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern released what it called an "executive summary" of the football hazing investigation on Friday. It contained this sentence: "While the investigation did not ...
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Wheaton North's Barna part of Illinois recruiting class rejuvenated under BielemaJul 07, 2023 1:00 am - There's a buzz around University of Illinois football recruiting. Wheaton North's Joe Barna is part of that. Adding future depth to coach Bret Bielema's defensive line, ...
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Northwestern suspends coach Pat Fitzgerald for 2 weeks without pay after hazing investigationJul 07, 2023 1:00 am - Northwestern suspended coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay Friday after an investigation into alleged hazing within the football program. The school said an i...
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Top 25 most important Bears in 2023: No. 16 Kyler GordonJul 05, 2023 1:00 am - Shaw Local is 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...
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Top 25 most important Bears in 2023: No. 18 Gervon DexterJul 01, 2023 8:00 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...