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Mel Tucker's attorney: Michigan State doesn't have cause to fire suspended coach over phone sex

Mel Tucker’s attorney says Michigan State does not have cause to fire its suspended football coach after Tucker acknowledged having phone sex with an activist and rape survivor because he did not “engage in unprofessional or unethical behavior” or violate his contract

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Larry Nassar survivor says Michigan State's latest mess shows it hasn't learned from past

Michigan State has stumbled from scandal to scandal, including the sexual abuse attacks by sports doctor Larry Nassar

The Independent UK

Where Things Stand With the Northwestern Hazing Scandal

With the Wildcats’ season-opener just over two weeks away, the number of lawsuits is only expected to continue to grow.

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Former Northwestern athletes condemn hazing, defend university

More than 1,000 former Wildcats athletes signed an open letter.

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Northwestern sued again over troubled athletics program. This time it's the baseball program

Three former Northwestern baseball staffers filed a lawsuit against the university alleging their contracts were discontinued as retaliation for reporting misconduct in the program

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College Football World Stunned by Northwestern Coaches’ Shirts That Seem to Honor Pat Fitzgerald

The longtime Wildcats coach was fired amid the program’s hazing scandal.

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If colleges won’t confront problem of abuse against student athletes, Congress must step in

Northwestern’s hazing scandal is just one example among many. If coaches and university officials cannot be trusted to protect vulnerable young athletes, lawmakers in Washington must do so.

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As hazing scandal plays out at Northwestern, some lawyers say union for athletes might have helped

A decade after Northwestern found itself at the center of the push for college athletes to form a union for the first time, the spotlight is once again shining on the prestigious private school

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Dan Webb on Northwestern hiring Loretta Lynch in hazing investigation: ‘a total waste of the university’s financial resources’

The former U.S. attorney, representing fired football Coach Pat Fitzgerald, says firing him violated his employment contract and his deal for a two-week suspension.

Chicago Sun-Times

Racist Northwestern hazing included shaving words ‘Cinco de Mayo’ on his head, former football player says

The experience led Ramon Diaz, now 36, to try to kill himself by overdosing on painkillers in 2006. “My experience playing football at Northwestern University haunts me to this day,” Diaz told reporters Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Latino player alleges racist head-shaving in 10th hazing lawsuit against Northwestern University

Ten athletes are now suing over alleged hazing incidents at Northwestern University

The Independent UK

Northwestern hires former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to review how it reports hazing

Lynch will make her findings public after examining the university’s accountability mechanisms, the university announced Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

As hazing lawsuits mount against Northwestern, experts hope for a shift in attitudes

With allegations of hazing within several sports programs at Northwestern University, experts say that other U.S. universities should use this time to change their own cultures.

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Northwestern AD Gives First Interview Since Hazing Scandal, Pat Fitzgerald Firing

Derrick Gragg has attracted considerable criticism in recent weeks.

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NU president gives student newspaper first interview amid hazing scandal

Michael Schill fired football coach Pat Fitzgerald only after the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, published details of the hazing. This week, he granted the newspaper his first public interview on the scandal.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘To all the young athletes out there, I urge you to stand up.’ 4th lawsuit filed in Northwestern hazing scandal

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke about the new lawsuit Monday afternoon on behalf of former student football player Lloyd Yates, Last week, Yates said that sexualized hazing was commonplace on the team.

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Civil rights attorney Crump set to announce another suit against Northwestern over alleged 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

Chicago Sun-Times

Of course race is a factor in lawsuits against Northwestern

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

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3rd lawsuit filed in Northwestern hazing scandal

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.

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ACC Commissioner, Former Northwestern AD Responds to Being Named in Hazing Lawsuits

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

Chicago Sun-Times

NU hazing scandal could be biggest ever in college sports, attorney says

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.

Sports Illustrated

Former Northwestern Player Goes on Record About ‘Absolutely Disgusting’ Hazing Rituals

It continues to get ugly for the Wildcats’ football program in the wake of Pat Fitzgerald’s firing.

Chicago Sun-Times

With names and faces now attached to the hazing allegations, life just got harder for Northwestern

Whistleblowers risk a lot by coming forward.

Al Jazeera

US athletes allege hazing abuse at Northwestern University

Student-athletes say hazing at the prominent Illinois university included ‘physical, sexual and emotional abuse’.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Northwestern football players go public with claims of a ‘culture’ of hazing, abuse

“We’re talking about probably hundreds, if not thousands of events of abuse, harassment or sexual assault during his tenure,” attorney Parker Stinar said at a Wednesday morning news conference.

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