Week 2 of the college football season begins Friday night, highlighting NIU’s quest for a 20th boneyard victory against the University of Maryland.
With MAC teams as underdogs and a Mountain West vs. Big Ten matchup on Saturday, here are the Northern...
Week 1 of the college football season has officially kicked off, beginning the most exciting time of the year for football fans at all levels.
With 80 total games throughout the first week of action, there’s a lot to keep track of.
From NIU...
This weekend in college football is championship weekend, the last weekend of games before bowl games and the College Football Playoff begin.
As of right now, the top four teams that would be making the CFP are the University of Georgia, University...
By Ethan Gonzales, Assistant Sports Editor
| November 17, 2022
DeKALB – The NIU community got its night under the college football spotlight as Barstool Sports brought “The Barstool College Football Show” to Fatty’s Pub & Grille ahead of NIU football’s midweek matchup with Miami University on Wednesday.
The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The educational records of a star University of Montana quarterback accused of rape will remain confidential after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case brought by author Jon Krakauer.Krakauer had made a public...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Texas coach Shaka Smart implored his team to play with some grit when it traveled to Kansas State on Saturday.Courtney Ramey answered the call by setting the tone on the defensive end.Then he caught fire at the other end.Ramey...
By LARRY LAGE, REESE DUNKLIN, KATHLEEN FOODY, and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
| February 22, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — University of Michigan officials were warned more than four decades ago that one of its doctors was fondling patients during medical exams, but he continued working there despite a demotion and went on to allegedly abuse again...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State and the family of the late head football coach Joe Paterno announced Friday they have resolved their differences eight years after he was fired following Jerry Sandusky's child molestation arrest, although the statue...
By LARRY LAGE, DAVID EGGERT, KATHLEEN FOODY, and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
| February 21, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — An Olympic wrestler has accused a University of Michigan doctor of touching him inappropriately during medical exams at the school and said the physician's reputation for such conduct was well known among his teammates.Andy...
CHICAGO (AP) — A former University of Wisconsin football player who is the brother of a standout in the 2011 Super Bowl surrendered to Chicago police on Saturday in connection with the deaths of two people who were found with gunshot wounds on a road...
WACO, Texas (AP) — Jared Butler said he wasn't trying to make up for the absence of Baylor's second-leading scorer behind him as the top-ranked Bears chased the Big 12 record for consecutive wins.Maybe it just seemed that way when the junior guard connected...
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MITCH STACY
| February 13, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they held a woman against her will and raped her this month.Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint — who were kicked off the team Wednesday...
