Teddy Greenstein – Page 18

Glenbard West senior Greyson Metz on Jan. 9, 2020, in Glen Ellyn. Metz will attend Northwestern in the fall and join the football team as a preferred walk-on linebacker.

He’s the 12th-ranked football player in Illinois — but he didn’t get an offer from Northwestern. Here’s why he turned down scholarship offers from others to walk on with the Wildcats.

January 18, 2020 at 12:41 a.m.

Walk into the family home of Greyson Metz, and the first thing you notice is a washer/dryer covered with magnetized baseball and football cards. There's one of little Greyson, perhaps...

Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees throws against Navy on Oct. 29, 2011, in South Bend, Ind.

Brian Kelly promotes Tom Rees to Notre Dame offensive coordinator, citing the former Irish QB’s ‘humble approach’

January 14, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

In the end, Tom Rees might not have needed to sell himself too hard to land the Notre Dame offensive coordinator job. His work was on display for all to...

Northwestern's A.J. Turner and Nebraska's Dachon Burke Jr. battle for the ball during the first half Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11, 2020 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

‘We wanted it super bad’: Northwestern hangs on for its first Big Ten win, 62-57 over Nebraska in Fred Hoiberg’s return to the Chicago area

January 11, 2020 at 6:27 p.m.

Sorry, Fred Hoiberg, but Northwestern needed this win in your return to Chicagoland. The analytics site KenPom.com had Saturday's game against Nebraska as the only remaining one (of 16!) the...

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, right, chats with his predecessor, Jim Delany, at conference headquarters in Rosemont on Dec. 13, 2019.

‘They pay me to have an opinion,’ says Kevin Warren, the new Big Ten commissioner. 10 takeaways from his 1st interview in the job.

January 12, 2020 at 8:38 a.m.

Kevin Warren begins each day on his knees with a morning prayer. "I thank God for another day and thank God for a wonderful wife," he says. "I pray to...

Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck, right, hugs wide receiver Tyler Johnson after a victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, 2020, in Tampa, Fla.

There’s no more mocking Minnesota. And is that the best Michigan can do? Our final Big Ten football power rankings.

January 7, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

Meaningless bowl games, you say? Don't mutter that around P.J. Fleck. Or Mohamed Ibrahim. Or Tyler Johnson. Not after what transpired in the Outback Bowl. Minnesota thumped Auburn 31-24, taking...

Northwestern's Pat Spencer tries to hold off the defense of Minnesota's Marcus Carr on Jan. 5, 2020.

Northwestern down to 7 healthy scholarship players as the Wildcats fall to Minnesota 77-68

January 6, 2020 at 11:56 a.m.

This was never going to be a Northwestern season that ended with a bracket. It was going to end with a young team taking its lumps. But recently there were...

Wildcats wide receiver Bennett Skowronek makes a one-handed catch during a 2018 game against Notre Dame.

Ben Skowronek, who made an iconic catch to help clinch the Big Ten West in 2018, is leaving Northwestern for Notre Dame. Here’s what it means for the programs.

January 2, 2020 at 5:06 p.m.

Pat Fitzgerald has a saying: We're not going to recruit you twice. The Northwestern coach mentioned that in 2016, when linebacker Anthony Walker mulled whether to return for a fifth...

White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko hits a grand slam in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Sunday, October 23, 2005.

Column: Why I didn’t vote for Paul Konerko on my Hall of Fame ballot

December 31, 2019 at 7:28 p.m.

In New York, this is the Derek Jeter ballot. The Yankees' all-time hits leader oozed class and cool during his 20 years in pinstripes, making his election a formality. In...

Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins fails to hang on to a pass as he crosses the goal line, as Clemson defensive end Justin Foster watches during the first half.

7 takeaways from Ohio State’s controversial 29-23 playoff loss to Clemson, including a terrific — and terrible — night for J.K. Dobbins

December 29, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Chris Olave sat at his locker, dazed. As his Ohio State teammates showered and changed, he remained motionless in his No. 17 jersey. "I put that game on me," he...

Ohio State players celebrate a touchdown catch by tight end Jeremy Ruckert (88) from quarterback Justin Fields (1) during the Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin on Dec. 7, 2019, in Indianapolis.

The Big Ten hasn’t scored a point in the College Football Playoff the last 4 seasons. Here are 4 reasons this year will be different.

December 27, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

It's such a sad, startling fact that even the man at its core had trouble believing it: The Big Ten has not scored a point in the College Football Playoff...

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