AP source: Michigan State planning to hire Pat Fitzgerald as football coach
Michigan State plans to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.
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Michigan State plans to hire former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.
Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald has reached a settlement in his wrongful termination lawsuit against the university, in the wake of the program’s hazing scandal.
Northwestern University and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald have reached a settlement agreement regarding his wrongful termination lawsuit, after he was fired over a hazing scandal in 2023.
Those plaintiffs include a former linebacker and the initial anonymous "whistleblower" who first reported the hazing and sparked the investigation. Visit
Fitzgerald has accused the university of wrongfully firing him over the football program's hazing scandal, claiming he wasn't aware of any hazing.
An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his firing.
Ben Bryant returned after missing four games due to injury and led touchdown drives on each of Northwestern's first three series against his former coach to help the Wildcats defeat Wisconsin 24-10 on Saturday.
Fitzgerald's attorneys are doing more than asking for money. They are downplaying the amount of hazing victims say occurred.
Fitzgerald's attorneys said they will seek out-of-pocket economic damages of roughly $130 million for wrongful termination. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
Fitzgerald was fired in July over the Northwestern Wildcats football program's hazing scandal. CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye reports.
Approximately 1,000 former Northwestern University athletes have sent a letter condemning hazing while defending the school's culture.
With Northwestern's football program still embroiled in a hazing scandal, some coaches and staff showed their support for fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Wednesday at practice, a move athletics director Derrick Gragg called "offensive and tone deaf."
"This is a clear promotion of the indisputably racist watermelon stereotype and anti-black racist trope," the lawsuits both state.
"This shows that it isn't just men," said Parker Stinar, one of her attorneys. "It isn't just football players."
More former Northwestern University football players are saying they were victims of hazing and abuse while playing for the Wildcats as attorneys prepare additional lawsuits against the school.
"It's a tainted athletic department," attorney Parker Stinar said.
Assist at least eight football players are taking legal action in a hazing scandal that he alleges included physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
Both the praise and criticism have been loud over Northwestern University's handling of a hazing scandal within its football program, including the firing of longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald.
A former Northwestern football player is speaking out about the environment on the field and in the locker room in the wake of the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald after an investigation into hazing allegations within the program. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was in Evanston trying to get more answers from Northwestern officials.
A former Northwestern football player is speaking out about the environment on the field and in the locker room in the wake of the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald after an investigation into hazing allegations within the program.
Northwestern University has fired its head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid claims of hazing in the Wildcats program made at the end of the 2022 season, the school announced Monday. University President Michael Schill made the announcement in a letter saying he informed Fitzgerald he was being relieved of his duties.
Northwestern University has fired its head football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid claims of hazing in the Wildcats program made at the end of the 2022 season, the school announced Monday. University President Michael Schill made the announcement in a letter saying he informed Fitzgerald he was being relieved of his duties.
"I focused too much on what the report concluded he didn't know and not enough on what he should have known," the president said.
"I focused too much on what the report concluded he didn't know and not enough on what he should have known," the president said.
It includes a practice known as "running," which involves freshman being restrained while older players engaged in a sexualized act.
Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders introduced to the world.
A Chicago bus driver is out of a job after he was caught on camera with his hands off the wheel and his eyes glued to his cell phone.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
An eagle-eyed drone pilot helped spot a missing foster puppy who had been out in the cold for more than two weeks in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
The city of Aurora is kicking off Black History Month by honoring a living legend, one of the last remaining Negro Leagues baseball players.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
The 2026 Grammy Awards recognized the best of the best in music from last year, with big wins for Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny. Here's the full list of winners and nominees.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders introduced to the world.
A Chicago bus driver is out of a job after he was caught on camera with his hands off the wheel and his eyes glued to his cell phone.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
An eagle-eyed drone pilot helped spot a missing foster puppy who had been out in the cold for more than two weeks in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
Police in Chicago's south and southwest suburbs are teaming up to target thieves targeting video gambling machines, which have become an increasingly popular target for burglary crews.
An eagle-eyed drone pilot helped spot a missing foster puppy who had been out in the cold for more than two weeks in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
A source close to the investigation said the woman worked for the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
A federal judge in Chicago has ruled key evidence in the Marimar Martinez shooting, including bodycam video and text messages, can be released.
Chicago helped shape the nation in so many ways, including the pioneering of skyscrapers – the big, beautiful buildings the city of big shoulders introduced to the world.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are underway after the lighting of the Olympic cauldrons and the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
Caleb Williams certainly had plenty of big throws to celebrate in 2025, but it wasn't hard to pick his most memorable one after he launched a 46-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore to beat the Packers in overtime in Week 16.
Brandon Ingram scored 33 points, Immanuel Quickley had 24 and the Toronto Raptors beat the new-look Chicago Bulls 123-107.
Chicago Bears guard Joe Thuney was named the NFL's top offensive lineman of 2025 on Thursday, winning the inaugural Protector of the Year Award.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
A Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
Six months after a well-known charter boat captain was found dead at DuSable Harbor in downtown Chicago, a man has been charged with his murder.
