Northwestern football players hire lawyers amid hazing scandal
Northwestern also fired its head baseball coach, Jim Foster, after an investigation alleging he created a toxic culture during his first and only season with the school.
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Northwestern also fired its head baseball coach, Jim Foster, after an investigation alleging he created a toxic culture during his first and only season with the school.
Assist at least eight football players are taking legal action in a hazing scandal that he alleges included physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn talks with CBS Sports college football writer Tom Fornelli about where the Northwestern Football program goes from here in the wake of the hazing scandal.
Jim Foster, who had been on the job only one season, was fired amid claims of bullying and abusive behavior.
One day after Northwestern University fired baseball coach Jim Foster amid claims of bullying and abusive behavior, two players are speaking out. Foster, who had been on the job only one season, was fired just three days after Northwestern fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald over a hazing scandal.
It’s been a difficult few weeks for the Northwestern University Athletic Department after the school fired its longtime football coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday, and on Thursday, head baseball coach Jim Foster was also out of a job.
Multiple assistants left after one year and at least 15 players entered the transfer portal.
Days after Northwestern fired head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal, the school has now reportedly fired head baseball coach Jim Foster, according to 670 The Score.
Existing players may not be far behind as the dust only begins to settle on what the future of a Fitzgerald-free program will look like.
The ripple effects of Pat Fitzgerald's firing as head coach of the Northwestern football team continued on Wednesday due to a hazing scandal. Read more
Northwestern professor Susan Pearson and five other faculty members co-authored a memo to university president Michael Schill and athletic director Dr. Derrick Gragg.
CBS 2 tried to get Northwestern University's president and athletic director to do an on-camera interview to no avail.
Both the praise and criticism have been loud over Northwestern University's handling of a hazing scandal within its football program, including the firing of longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald.
While Northwestern University leaders remained quiet on Tuesday, one Illinois lawmaker was voicing his support for stronger anti-hazing laws. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey dug into the proposed College Athlete Bill of Rights.
A former Northwestern football player is speaking out about the environment on the field and in the locker room in the wake of the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald after an investigation into hazing allegations within the program. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was in Evanston trying to get more answers from Northwestern officials.
A former Northwestern football player is speaking out about the environment on the field and in the locker room in the wake of the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald after an investigation into hazing allegations within the program.
The university's president had said he may have erred in only suspending Fitzgerald for two weeks after an investigation into the hazing allegations.
Fitzgerald, once a star linebacker for the Northwestern Wildcats, had led the team for 17 seasons.
Northwestern University has fired its head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid claims of hazing in the Wildcats program made at the end of the 2022 season, the school announced Monday. University President Michael Schill made the announcement in a letter saying he informed Fitzgerald he was being relieved of his duties.
Northwestern University has fired its head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid claims of hazing in the Wildcats program made at the end of the 2022 season, the school announced Monday. University President Michael Schill made the announcement in a letter saying he informed Fitzgerald he was being relieved of his duties.
"I focused too much on what the report concluded he didn't know and not enough on what he should have known," the president said.
It includes a practice known as "running," which involves freshman being restrained while older players engaged in a sexualized act.
An investigation was launched last December after a complainant alleged players engaged in hazing often in the locker room.
Northwestern University officials say they are taking action after claims of hazing. The claims were largely supported by people involved in the Wildcats football program made at the end of the 2022 season.
The claims were largely supported by people involved in the Wildcats football program made at the end of the 2022 season.
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The team is on a comeback and a come-up ahead of Saturday's pivotal rematch with the Packers.
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