The Latest Breaking News from Hazing

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is set to announce another lawsuit against Northwestern University over hazing allegations in its athletic programs, with the latest suit touted as containing “damning new details” of sexual hazing and abuse in its football program

Not lost on some, how convenient that this decades-old pattern and practice is investigated and goes public during Derrick Gragg’s rare tenure as one of the few existing Black men overseeing a D1 program

Former Northwestern athletes went public with allegations of widespread hazing in the school’s athletic program, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced he will step down as president of Rainbow PUSH, and this week’s $1 billion Powerball jackpot was the seventh highest in U.S. history.

A former football player at Northwestern, identified only as John Doe 3, alleges Northwestern University and its leadership fostered a culture of hazing and abuse.

The biggest professional leagues in the U.S. have mostly avoided high-profile hazing scandals over the past decade with the notable exception of the NFL’s Richie Incognito.

A former player has accused Northwestern’s associate head coach of witnessing player mistreatment, according to a new report.

The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with hazing issues over the past decade

Phillips, Northwestern’s athletic director from 2008 to ’21, was named as a defendant in two lawsuits regarding allegations of hazing.

Attorneys Parker Stinar and Patrick Salvi Jr. said they have heard from Northwestern athletes who describe abuse that is far worse in women’s sports than in the football program formerly run by fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald.

The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has led to the firing of Pat Fitzgerald and multiple lawsuits from former players

From high school to the professional leagues, hazing is ingrained in teams sports in the United States