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Collins can benefit from Fitzgerald's experience
Chris Collins and Pat Fitzgerald both grew up as sports stars in suburban Chicago. Both Collins and Fitzgerald are 38 and born in 1974 — Collins eight months earlier in April. Both enthusiastically view each day as an opportunity to improve and...
Tags: Basketball, Bill Carmody, College Football, Big Ten Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Brust's play brings joy to family, Wisconsin fans
When Wisconsin's Ben Brust hit the shot of the Big Ten season Feb. 9, a running 3-pointer at the buzzer from nearly half-court to take Michigan into overtime, Mike Weinstein reacted like so many others inside the Kohl Center. Weinstein's mouth dropped...Tags: United Center, Michigan Wolverines, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference
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Northwestern athletic director did what he had to do
Jim Phillips began the toughest day of his tenure as Northwestern athletic director at 8 a.m. Saturday by telling the father of his son's seventh-grade basketball coach how much he respected him. The meeting with Bill Carmody lasted long enough to...
Tags: Northwestern Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, College Basketball, Illinois Fighting Illini, Basketball
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Football recruiting | Ole Miss offers Garrett; Weishar enjoys Michigan visit
Plainfield South junior outside linebacker Clifton Garrett made an unofficial visit to Ole Miss over the weekend. The Rebels are looking to add another prospect from Illinois after landing Crete-Monee's Anthony Standifer (2012) and Laquon Treadwell...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, Bowl Championship Series, College Football, Big Ten Conference
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...Tags: Donald Cook, The Pennsylvania State University, Miami Hurricanes, Big 12 Conference, Texas Longhorns
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Ignore the haters: NIU belongs in BCS
Of all the insulting misconceptions spread since Northern Illinois qualified for the Orange Bowl, the most uninformed suggests the Huskies will use the unfair opinions of the Kirk Herbstreits of the college football world for motivation. None needed. To...
Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Northern Illinois Huskies, Bowl Championship Series, Big 12 Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Badgers' Ball back in running for Silver Football
The accent has been removed from the second "e" in Montee Ball. Apparently it was slowing him down. Before the season, Wisconsin's star tailback asked that his name be pronounced "Mon-TAY" to reflect what's on his birth certificate. But he got...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, College Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference
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Key to tournament success: Be yourself
When packing for Illinois' trip to Austin, Texas, to play Colorado in Friday's NCAA tournament matchup, Illini coach John Groce will skip the cowboy hat and boots. He cannot vouch for his wife, Allison. "I'll leave that to her,'' Groce said Sunday...
Tags: Doug McDermott, Otto Porter, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Ohio State Buckeyes
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You have to love Groce
Nothing on Valentine's Day says "I love you'' like a private jet whisking your date away to an exotic locale where you have dinner reservations. Still, Illinois coach John Groce realized asking his wife, Allison, to accompany him Feb. 14 on the...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, ESPN (tv network), Michigan Wolverines, Illinois Fighting Illini, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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College hoops has already been hit with a heavy dose of madness
If March represents the madness that is college basketball, then February is the fever leading up to it. The season is in full swing and with less than a month until Selection Sunday, you don't have to be Gus Johnson to know it's been an exciting one....
Tags: NBC (tv network), Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Miami Hurricanes, North Carolina Tar Heels
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Wisconsin recruits weighing options; Stover picks Wyoming
Bret Bielema's resignation last week from Wisconsin caught a handful of recruits from Illinois, some of whom made official visits to the school last weekend, by surprise. Bielema, whose teams were 68-24 in his seven seasons as the Badgers' head coach,...
Tags: Michigan Wolverines, Illinois Fighting Illini, Big Ten Conference, Penn State Nittany Lions, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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SEC swipes at Big Ten undermine spirit of compromise
Their teams have won six straight national championships. So Southeastern Conference football coaches and presidents have earned the right to be a little chirpy. But some of the blather coming from last week's SEC meetings in Destin, Fla., stunk worse...
Tags: Auburn Tigers, Bowl Championship Series, College Football, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference
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