Teddy Greenstein’s Big Ten football picks
The only thing that could make the Kansas-Rutgers game worse is if Charlie Weis parachuted in to coach the Jayhawks. Kansas dumped Coach Arrogance after two-plus dreadful seasons (3-22 against...
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Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany: No regrets about adding Rutgers
The football coach was warned not to contact a professor about a grade change —– and did so anyway, using a private email account to try to evade scrutiny. He...
Good luck finding an appetizing Big Ten game this week
This week's Big Ten buffet features, well, soggy French toast, canned peaches and burnt bacon. All 14 teams will suit up, but only Michigan is playing a ranked opponent —...
Everything clicks for Jason Day, who wins BMW, takes over as golf’s No. 1
Jason Day first hit balls at age 6 with a 3-wood that his father, Alvin, recovered from a trash heap in Australia. He was breaking par six years later, and...
Ohio State quarterback situation no clearer after Northern Illinois game
Here's what we know about the Ohio State quarterbacks: One is named Cardale Jones, the other J.T. Barrett. Here's what we don't know: Why they're struggling, how they're getting along,...
Grading Northern Illinois’ performance vs. Ohio State
NIU's final chance to topple Ohio State on Saturday ended when Huskies quarterback Drew Hare rolled right and fired to Tommylee Lewis. But the pass fell incomplete, allowing Ohio State...
Northern Illinois falls short but makes real game of it at Ohio State
From the moment Northern Illinois' no-nonsense coach, Rod Carey, emphatically instructed a player to turn his ballcap forward in the postgame news conference, this much was clear: He took no...
Teddy Greenstein’s Big Ten football picks
So how can a sportswriter with reasonable (I suppose you could fight me on this) knowledge of Big Ten football go 3-8 against the spread? Here's how: I needed Minnesota...
Preview: Northern Illinois at Ohio State
TV: 2:30 p.m. Saturday; ABC-7, WIND-AM 560, WLBK-AM 1360. Line: Ohio State by 341/2. Records: Northern Illinois 2-0; Ohio State 2-0. Last meeting: Ohio State won 35-12 on Sept. 2,...
Jason Day has one shot left at a round for the ages in BMW Championship
Thursday's storm delay sent Jason Day into the Conway Farms locker room, where his fellow competitors and chums tried out their best material. Among their questions, according to Day: "Are...