Football

Michigan St rests up before Wolverines showdown

Tags: Northwestern Wildcats, Big Ten Conference, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan Wolverines

Favre on Rodgers winning Super Bowl: What took so long?

He's gone, but not forgotten: Brett Favre resurfaced Tuesday on an Atlanta radio station, talking about how he's handling retirement and taking some subtle swipes at Aaron Rodgers, his successor as Packers quarterback. Asked what he thought while...

Tags: Retirement, Radio Industry, Super Bowl, Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

Hawks hoping defense ready for Big Ten play

Tags: Iowa Hawkeyes, Big Ten Conference, Iowa State Cyclones, Kirk Ferentz

Fitzgerald: Execution key to closing for NU

Tribune staff reporter

It should have been the highlight of Jacob Schmidt's Northwestern career. He bulldozed two Illinois defenders to score on a 6-yard run, giving the Wildcats a 35-31 lead with 75 seconds to play. Instead friends asked him afterward if he'd considered...

Tags: Big Ten Conference, Boston College Eagles, Michigan State Spartans, Illinois Fighting Illini, Penn State Nittany Lions

Angelo on Bears' defense: 'We're going to rebound'

Although the Chicago Bears' defense was torched for 29 points and 543 yards of total offense by Carolina, general manager Jerry Angelo attributes it more to the Panthers' talented playmakers than to any shortcomings by the Bears. "Watching the game, I...

Tags: Steve Smith, Carolina Panthers, Michael Vick, Tony Romo, Jerry Angelo

From Addison to Madison

MADISON, Wis. — From the time he learned to read, Alex Avalos' parents told him he would someday go to college to create a better life for himself. The first glimmer of that day arrived last week, although not in the way Avalos expected, as the 14-...

Tags: High School Sports, National or Ethnic Minorities, High Schools, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tour Operations Industry

Safety first, anyone?

The Bears' incessant safety dance has created more headaches than a bad '80s song on loop play. The problem seemed to have been solved last season when Chris Harris and Danieal Manning were reunited four years after starting together in the Super Bowl and...

Tags: New York Giants, Adrian Peterson, Jahvid Best, Oakland Raiders, Lovie Smith

Wisconsin's Bielema likes Big Ten title game despite risk

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema likes the idea of divisional play and a Big Ten championship game, even though they could cost his team a shot at a national title. Wisconsin is coming off a 48-17 victory over Nebraska, but the No. 4 Badgers could face the...

Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Northwestern Wildcats, Joe Paterno, Big Ten Conference, Heisman Trophy

Michigan's defensive turnaround doesn't satisfy Hoke

Don't even try to laud Michigan for being 5-0 with one of the nation's stingiest defenses. First-year coach Brady Hoke will have none of it. "I think we're a long way from being a Michigan football team," he said Tuesday on the Big Ten's weekly...

Tags: Iowa Hawkeyes, Joe Paterno, Michigan State Spartans, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Minnesota Golden Gophers

Home cooking leaves Illinois hungry for success

CHAMPAIGN — On the first day of the season when Illinois wide receiver A.J. Jenkins proclaimed himself the best receiver in the Big Ten, I assumed Jenkins was as good at stretching the truth as he was defenses. But five games later Jenkins looks...

Tags: College Football, David Haugh, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Adlai Stevenson, New Year's Day

Hank Williams Jr. sacked for Obama-Hitler comparison

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama. In an interview...

Tags: Joe Biden, Adolf Hitler, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, John A. Boehner, Hank Williams, Jr.

Bears safety makes salsa, hopes to make moves next Monday