Northwestern issues coach Pat Fitzgerald two week suspension after hazing investigation
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 claims were largely supported by people involved in the Wildcats football program made at the end of the 2022 season.
It is about to be Friday Night Lights in Evanston, and the Northwestern Wildcats are officially in game week mode as they prepare to open the season against Michigan State.
Northwestern Wildcats football Coach Pat Fitzgerald has his work cut out for him after losing a lot of the players that won the Big Ten West Division.
Coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Northwestern Wildcats will have a lot to be thankful for this week.
"I understand there's 40,000 experts on Twitter that can call plays for me. My email address is #IDontCare, so shoot that out."
Northwestern Wildcats and the Fighting Illini were spotlighted at Chicago's Big 10 College Football Media Day
Fitzgerald is 77-62 in his 11 years leading the Wildcats, who went 7-6 and won the Pinstripe Bowl in 2016.
"We're a damn good football team," Fitzgerald said, envisioning even better in 2016.
Riley Lees from Libertyville, Ill., and Bennett Skowronek of Fort Wayne, Ind., headline the Wildcats' 2016 recruiting class.
This look is ... interesting, to say the least.
The Cornhuskers can truly prove themselves Saturday in East Lansing.
Brady Hoke's seat is scalding hot.
The Big Ten is down -- and perhaps out of the College Football Playoff already.
"We're an embarrassment," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald says.
Michigan State-Oregon is must-watch TV, plus 10 Big Ten thoughts and power rankings.
For all Pat Fitzgerald's flashy words, the Wildcats haven't had much success lately.
Venric Mark cited "personal reasons" for leaving.
At 315 pounds himself, Brandon Sherff has famously cleaned 443 pounds three times.
Northwestern AD Jim Phillips will soon find himself at the forefront of a controversial issue.
Wisconsin has a most favorable 2014 conference schedule.
In a wild scene on campus Friday, Northwestern football players voted whether to unionize.
Northwestern football players cast secret ballots Friday in an on-campus hall adjacent to their home stadium on whether to form the nation's first union for college athletes. Just don't expect results any time soon.
On April 25, Northwestern's scholarship football players will vote on the potential formation of a union, the first of its kind in college athletics.
This is time for the kind of innovation and pioneering of which they speak.
Northwestern players are set to vote April 25 on whether to unionize.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A shooting in a parking lot in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood left a man dead and a woman injured on Thursday night.
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed inside a car in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood overnight.
Explosions were heard near a U.S. base in Iraq, and Iran said it targeted Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as the 21-week war intensifies.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission voted on Thursday to publish a report outlining details of the investigation that led to state Rep. Harry Benton (D-Chicago) to resign his post earlier this month.
Voters in Chicago will have a chance to decide in November if the city should go after the federal government for money spent dealing with the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown and Operation Midway Blitz.
The Secret Service said a member of Vice President JD Vance's detail is under investigation for "compromising operational and information security."
The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, after four Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
Cubs Matthew Boyd is back from a fluke injury and is pitching well for the Cubs. Off the field, Boyd is also doing charity work with an assist from one of his teammates.
Patrick Kane, 37, signed a two-year, $16 million contract to return to the Blackhawks on Thursday, according to the team.
Jimothy, a Seattle raccoon with a birth defect is viral on social media, and Google is joining in on the fun. When you google "Jimothy" an animated Jimothy runs across the screen.
Today Show Co-Anchor, Savannah Guthrie shared part of the ransom note for her mother on a crime podcast.
CBS News Chicago congratulates Mike Sypien on his retirement! Thank you, Mike!
Police are investigating after a hidden camera was found inside the bathroom of a marijuana dispensary in southwest suburban Worth.
More than a million people are expected to attend the 54th annual Fiesta del Sol, which kicked off Thursday in the Pilsen neighborhood.
Mexico has requested criminal charges in the deaths of 17 Mexicans who died either in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
The biggest stars of the WNBA are arriving in Chicago for this weekend's All-Star Game, but before that, dozens of kids took to the court to learn from some former pros on the South Side.
Patrick Kane, 37, signed a two-year, $16 million contract to return to the Blackhawks on Thursday, according to the team.
Chicago's Colin Rea (7-7) allowed four runs on six hits while striking out five in five innings.
Chase Meidroth went 4 for 4 while he and Andrew Benintendi had a pair of run-scoring singles apiece and Anthony Kay pushed through five innings for his first win in more than a month as the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-2.
The Liberty erased a 12-point deficit in the final five minutes.
Madison, Wisconsin remains one of the only cities of its size without a police body camera program, leaving key moments of a fatal officer-involved shooting unrecorded.
A man was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting on Thursday evening in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago.
A man and a woman were found shot and killed inside a car on Thursday evening on the University of Chicago campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Madison's chief of police says an officer in Wisconsin's capital city shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest.
Three men have been convicted of a string of violent robberies targeting liquor stores, convenience stores, and bars in Chicago in 2023 and 2024.
