Vols avoid bowl ban, fined $8M for 200-plus violations
ATLANTA — It looks like the SEC Championship game will remain in Atlanta for a good while longer. How much longer remains to be seen. SEC officials confirmed Friday its intention to keep playing its ultra-popular conference title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium beyond 2026, when the current co…
CHICAGO — Amid fallout from the report of an outside investigation into hazing within Northwestern’s football program, recruits have started to reassess their commitments. Northwestern fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday with a statement from university President Michael Schill. Fi…
MIAMI — Asinine. Juvenile. Unnecessary. Archaic. Embarrassing. Dumb. Humiliating. Dangerous. There are not enough words to describe how strange it is that the shadow-culture of hazing continues to be “a thing” in American sports and beyond, in lockerrooms and also in fraternities and sororit…
ARLINGTON, Texas — Maybe it’s the age, or the injuries, but Texas Tech quarterback Tyler Shough has no problem calling out the way things were versus the things are. He’s been in college since 2018, and in Lubbock since the start of 2021. “Texas Tech, even when I got here, there was this sen…
Report: Northwestern tabs David Braun as interim coach for 2023
CHICAGO — Northwestern University has relieved Jim Foster as head baseball coach days after news surfaced of controversy surrounding him. Foster’s dismissal as coach one year into the job was announced to players on a video call Thursday afternoon with Northwestern University President Micha…
The WNBA All-Star Game will be played before a sold-out crowd Saturday in Las Vegas. The 3-point shooting contest and skills competitions will be Friday.
The only new coaches in the Big 12 are the coaches of the conference's four new teams. Gus Malzahn is back in a Power Five league with UCF getting ready to play in the Big 12. Houston's Dana Holgorsen is leading a team into the league for the second time.
The legal headaches could only be starting for ex-Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald and West Virginia's Bob Huggins.
Crash survivor sues Georgia, Jalen Carter
ORLANDO, Fla. — Pat Fitzgerald and Dr. Larry Nassar. These two names should make us realize just how important dogged, in-depth, local journalism still is in a social media society addicted to clickbait and Twitter litter. They both were in the news for the wrong reasons Monday when Fitzgerald was fired as Northwestern’s head football coach amid an abhorrent hazing scandal while Nassar — the ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Thus far Steve Sarkisian’s greatest accomplishments at Texas are a shiny Alamo Bowl runner-up trophy, and a first-place “finish” in the 2023 Big 12 preseason poll. The last time Texas was picked to finish first in the Big 12 preseason poll was 2009, the year the Horns did win the league, and reached the national title game. Since then, no team in major college sports ...
What is athletic director Derrick Gragg’s role in this tumultuous period for Northwestern athletics?
CHICAGO — The last week of turmoil surrounding Northwestern’s football and baseball programs has thrown a spotlight on one key administrator — athletic director Derrick Gragg. The university fired longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday in the wake of a hazing scandal. Now, the department is facing a similar choice after accusations of a toxic workplace and problematic behavior were ...
CHICAGO — The Northwestern hazing scandal resulted in the termination of football coach Pat Fitzgerald and heaped a ton of bad publicity upon the university. But many questions remain unanswered as Fitzgerald and his attorneys consider their options and the university tries to move forward from one of its worst weeks in memory. Here are four questions to chew on as we await the next round of ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — As a parting gift before exiting the conference, the Texas Longhorns were picked to win the Big 12 in 2023 by a poll of the league’s media. Maybe it’s a case of a school being due. Or maybe, with the Longhorns joining Oklahoma in the SEC next season, it’s more a feeling of now or never. Few schools fail to live up to expectations quite like the modern-era Longhorns. Since ...
Okla. State coach Mike Gundy scorches rival Oklahoma
Two former NFL players and four coaches who have more than 130 combined years of guiding athletes are the latest selections for inductions into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame.
Straight butter: Caitlin Clark dairy-based statue coming to Iowa State Fair
Brett Yormark says the Big 12 being open for business was about more than just potential expansion of the conference. A year into being the Big 12 commissioner, Yormark says that statement last year was also about exploring ways to grow revenue, diversify the conference and do things that had never been done.
Big 12 commish on further expansion: 'We have a plan'
TROY – Troy men’s golf head coach Forrest Schultz has stepped down to accept a position as the assistant men’s golf coach at Alabama, Troy Director of Athletics Brent Jones announced Wednesday.
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AUBURN – After recently completing their sixth seasons with Auburn baseball, assistant coaches Gabe Gross and Karl Nonemaker have been elevated to associate head coaches, Butch Thompson announced Monday.
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 director Derrick Gragg informed the coaches and staff of the decision during a meeting. There was no announcement by the school when it comes to the leadership of the program after Fitzgerald's dismissal. The first game of the season is Sept. 3 at Rutgers. The 48-year-old Fitzgerald was fired on Monday by Northwestern President Michael Schill.
The University of Texas is consistently among the highest earning athletic departments in the country. Since college athletes were allowed to earn money on their Name, Image and Likeness, it turns out the Longhorns players are making millions, too. Longhorns athletes, according to The Austin Business Journal via KXAN-TV, have made $15,698,439 since the NIL Era began in July 2021. That sum was ...
Northwestern to keep assistant coaches for 2023
Northwestern faculty call for release of investigation findings
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Bob Huggins says he has checked into a rehabilitation facility following a drunken driving arrest and disputes that he resigned at West Virginia.
Bob Huggins maintains he's still coach at WVU