Articles filed under Football
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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...
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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...