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Former NU quarterback Dan Persa to have second Achilles surgery
Former Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa will have surgery on his right Achilles tendon in August for the second time in two years, but this latest issue has nothing to do with his recent workout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ‘‘This has to do with the …
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NU, Maryland to play in women’s lacrosse semifinals
The Northwestern women’s lacrosse team and its large contingent of New York natives will converge Friday on Stony Brook University on Long Island for the NCAA Final Four. The defending national champion Wildcats (19-2) will play Maryland (19-3) in the second semifinal Friday (7 p.m., …
How Facebook played role in exonerating ex-prep star of a 2002 rape
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The kidnap-rape conviction of a once-promising prep football star was dismissed Thursday following a recantation by his accuser. Brian Banks collapsed in sobs on the counsel table during a court hearing where a prosecutor quickly conceded the decade-old case and moved …
Judge refuses to delay Jerry Sandusky trial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A judge has denied a request from former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to delay the June 5 start of his child sex-abuse trial. Judge John Cleland on Monday denied defense attorney Joe Amendola’s request for more time to prepare his …
Big Ten baseball tourney headed to Target Field
MINNEAPOLIS — The Big Ten has chosen Minnesota’s Target Field for next year’s conference baseball tournament. The announcement was made Friday. This will be the first time the event will be held at a Major League Baseball facility. The home of the Minnesota Twins opened …
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly sent the wrong message
When Brian Kelly used disciplinary authority rarely afforded any Notre Dame coach to clear the way for wide receiver Michael Floyd to return to the Irish football team without missing a game after Floyd’s DUI arrest last year, he neglected one aspect of an otherwise-deft …
Northwestern lacrosse’s Shannon Smith has goals plainly in sight
Regrets? None. Another NCAA lacrosse title? Northwestern senior Shannon Smith is working on it. Smith had one goal and one assist to help the No. 2-seeded Wildcats (18-2) knock off Notre Dame 12-7 at Lakeside Field in a first-round tournament game Saturday. The Wildcats will …
Notre Dame’s Carlo Calabrese told police ‘my people will get you’
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Prosecutors charged Notre Dame linebacker Carlo Calabrese with a misdemeanor count of intimidation Wednesday for allegedly making threatening remarks to a police officer after quarterback Tommy Rees was arrested near an off-campus party. The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office announced its …
Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees pleads not guilty to 4 charges
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges stemming from an incident in which police used pepper spray to subdue him after an off-campus party. Rees, who turns 20 next week, is charged with one count of battery, …
Notre Dame WR DaVaris Daniels cited for underage drinking
The off-the-field troubles for the Notre Dame football team continue. DaVaris Daniels, a 6-2 freshman receiver from Vernon Hills, was cited for consumption of alcohol by a minor after police responded to an ambulance call at a house in Vernon Hills. Daniels, 19, was one …
Ex-Syracuse coach’s wife Laurie Fine says ESPN ‘has destroyed my life’
GENEVA, N.Y. — The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. Laurie Fine held a news conference Wednesday and …
Going to the highest bidder: Bobby Petrino’s Harley of doom
You can buy the motorcycle disgraced Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino was driving when his career crashed and burned. Petrino wrecked the motorcycle, emblazoned with an Arkansas Razorback and the words “Hawg Wild,” last month. The incident led to his firing after it was learned that …
Penn St. ex-coach Sandusky wants sex-abuse trial postponed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach’s child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and that he was still waiting for disclosure of prosecution material. Defense attorney Joe Amendola …
Illinois State hires Vanderbilt assistant Dan Muller
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State has hired longtime Vanderbilt assistant Dan Muller, a former Illinois State player, to be its next men’s basketball coach. The school announced that it will hold a news conference on Tuesday to introduce Muller as the program’s 19th coach. Muller …
Jerry Sandusky can review medical records of his alleged victims
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The alleged victims of the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal are finding there isn’t much in their pasts that the defense isn’t trying to find out. Jerry Sandusky’s defense team wants to know their IQs, how well they did in school …
