The Latest Breaking News from Hazing

Northwestern’s Highest-Ranked Incoming Recruit to Enter Transfer Portal

The team is set to lose its first player since the coach was fired over allegations of sexual hazing and racism within the program.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 18, 2023

Former Northwestern football players retain lawyers for expected legal action in hazing scandal

Eight former Northwestern University football players who say they were subjected to hazing are being represented for expected legal action by prominent attorney Ben Crump and the Chicago firm Levin & Perconti.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 17, 2023

Eight former Northwestern football players hire lawyer for possible hazing lawsuit

“Sadly, our research suggests that this kind of abuse of student athletes may be far more common on college campuses than we know, because there is tremendous pressure to keep quiet,” attorney Ben Crump said. “It’s time for a reckoning to protect young athletes.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 17, 2023

Keep blowing the whistle on hazing, racism in high school and college sports

Northwestern’s controversies over hazing and racism in its sports programs took me back to the time my brother laughed off a high school football coach’s racist digs toward him and his friend.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2023

Will Northwestern football recruits stay or decommit? ‘College football coaches and teams are opportunistic.’

CHICAGO — Amid fallout from the report of an outside investigation into hazing within Northwestern’s football program, recruits have started to reassess their commitments.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 14, 2023

Northwestern baseball coach Jim Foster is fired days after football hazing scandal

In an announcement posted to Northwestern University's athletics page, head baseball coach Jim Foster was "relieved of his duties effective immediately."

WEKU · Jul 14, 2023

Outlander season 7 episode 5 recap: An intense, looming threat

Claire and Jamie find their footing at Fort Ticonderoga while Bree faces hazing at her new job.

WhatToWatch · Jul 14, 2023

Greg Cote: 100-plus deaths later, why can’t we finally end bizarre culture of college & sports hazing?

MIAMI — Asinine. Juvenile. Unnecessary. Archaic. Embarrassing. Dumb. Humiliating. Dangerous.

Miami Herald · Jul 14, 2023

Amid hazing scandal, Northwestern has another conflict on its board of trustees

I don’t understand how anyone schooled in journalism can toss aside the press hat they wore for decades while the press covers a story that’s right under their nose.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2023

Northwestern’s hazing scandal and the limits on accountability

A fraternity found guilty of such behavior would be banned from campus — because fraternities don’t bring millions of dollars to the university’s treasury, like the football team.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 13, 2023