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SHOCKING: 3 - What They Never Told You

The Week in Detail: West Coast's blue flip and hazing rituals

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Ex-coach sues Northwestern for $130M for wrongful termination in hazing scandal

Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school, saying it wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department.

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Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald sues school for $130 million

Fitzgerald claims his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the NU athletic department.

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Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing school for $130M for wrongful termination

Former Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald is suing the school for $130 million, saying his alma mater wrongfully fired him in the wake of a hazing and abuse scandal that has engulfed the athletic department

The Independent UK

School bullying gone viral: Wave of teenage suicides forces reckoning in France

There's no need to look as far as Russian troll farms for disinformation and smear campaigns. Too often, it starts at our local schoolyard and ends with tragic consequences. The French are grappling with yet another teen suicide at the start of this school year. Bullying and hazing are as…

France 24

Boston College swimming and diving teams suspended for hazing

The teams were supposed to have their first road meet on 7 October, now many doubt that will happen

The Independent UK

Boston College Suspends Swimming Programs Amid Hazing Inquiry

The school announced the decision Wednesday afternoon.

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Alabama fraternity accused of beating pledge because he refused to snort white powder

The attempts to stop fraternity hazing over the years has had little affect; this SAE pledge sustained a traumatic brain injury

The Independent UK

Northwestern Football’s Cost of Shame

The price—in dollars—of an affair like the Wildcats’ hazing scandal.

Sports Illustrated

Rutgers rolls Northwestern 24-7, as Wildcats play 1st game since hazing scandal shook the program

Northwestern lost to Rutgers 24-7 in the football team's first game since a hazing scandal led to a coaching change, investigations and multiple lawsuits

The Independent UK

Half of San Diego’s Football Team to Be Disciplined Over Hazing Incident

University President James T. Harris III announced the decision Tuesday in a staff letter.

Sports Illustrated

Florida high school football coach fired over hazing video

Viera is set to play their first game of the 2023 season on Friday night at South Fork.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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.

Sports Illustrated

Former Northwestern athletes send letter defending school's athletic culture

Approximately 1,000 former Northwestern University athletes have sent a letter condemning hazing while defending the school’s culture

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Former Northwestern athletes condemn hazing, defend university

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

The Independent UK

Pentagon review calls for reforms to reverse spike in sexual misconduct at military academies

A new report says the U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing, and shift behavior training into the classrooms in order to address an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Sports Illustrated

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.

The Independent UK

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

Zenger

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

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