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HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

On ‘team culture,’ motivational T-shirts and hazing: Does anyone have an original thought in sports?

There’s too much groupthink and mimicry, as the Northwestern scandal shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern athletic director blasts football staffers for 'tone deaf' shirts supporting Fitzgerald

Northwestern athletic director Derrick Gragg blasted assistant football coaches and staff members for wearing shirts supporting fired coach Pat Fitzgerald at practice Wednesday, calling them “inappropriate, offensive and tone deaf” given the hazing and abuse scandal engulfing the football program and other teams

The Independent UK

Northwestern AD Expresses Disappointment in ‘Tone Deaf’ Shirts Worn by Coaching Staff

Wildcats football staffers appeared to honor former head coach Pat Fitzgerald, who was fired amid a hazing scandal within the program.

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Northwestern football staff raise ire with ‘offensive’ and ‘tone deaf’ shirts

Several Wildcats players and coaches were spotted wearing shirts bearing the message “Cats against the World” and the number 51. Fired coach Pat Fitzgerald wore No. 51 as an NU player in the 1990s.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northwestern Interim Coach Has Very Curious Response Asked About Shirts Supporting Pat Fitzgerald

Several Wildcats staffers were seen in shirts that appeared to show support for the fired football coach.

Sports Illustrated

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.

Sports Illustrated

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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Alarming Video Footage Reveals Russian Troops Forced To Strip And Pluck Grass

Video footage shows a Russian brigade commander forcibly stripping soldiers nude and subjecting them to beatings.

Zenger

End hazing where it often starts — in high school sports

Take a lesson from the Northwestern scandal: Every coach, school administrator and district superintendent must make sure no student athlete becomes a victim of hazing.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Black Northwestern players forced into watermelon-eating contests, new hazing lawsuit alleges

One lawsuit also alleges the former Northwestern University football player had his Afro cut off by upperclassmen players at the team’s camp in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Chicago Sun-Times

SI Media Mailbag: What the Yankees Should Say to Brian Cashman

Answering questions about the Yankees, Pat McAfee, Doc Rivers, hazing, ‘The O.C.,’ more.

Sports Illustrated

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

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At Northwestern — aka Cautionary Tale U. — a new investigation launches as football begins

“Northwestern” isn’t just a name on the schedule anymore. It’s also a code word for what not to do.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ohio HS football coach returns from administrative leave amid hazing investigation

Schools officials and the Massillon police investigated an incident alleged to have taken place at practice on June 26.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

2 more lawsuits filed in Northwestern hazing scandal

Warren Miles Long, a former running back, and John Doe 2 join a growing list of former student-athletes coming forward with lawsuits detailing similar allegations.

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Where’s Ted Lasso when we need him?

A not-so-proud Northwestern alum reflects on the hazing scandal.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Titans’ Peter Skoronski ‘definitely surprised’ by Northwestern hazing scandal

Titans OL Peter Skoronski said he was "definitely surprised" by the Northwestern hazing scandal.

WEKU

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hazing led former Northwestern football player to self-harm, lawsuit alleges

Simba Short, who played defense for Northwestern from 2015-2016, and another player filed suits with civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Chicago firm Levin & Perconti.

The Conversation

To get rid of hazing, clarify what people really think is acceptable behavior and redefine what it means to be loyal

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We attended the obligatory goodbye family…

Sports Illustrated

Northwestern Hangs Interim Coach David Braun Out to Dry

Braun was thrown in front of reporters at Wednesday’s Big Ten media days as the school’s first figure to answer questions for a scandal that long predates his tenure.

Sports Illustrated

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

Derrick Gragg has attracted considerable criticism in recent weeks.

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