Teddy Greenstein

They celebrated last season by blaring "Sweet Home Chicago" over the Memorial Stadium loudspeakers. The scoreboard flashed: "The State of Illinois' Undefeated Big Ten Team." If that wasn't subtle enough,...

As the clock melted to zeros Saturday at Michigan State, Pat Fitzgerald removed his headset and threw his arms around a man wearing a Northwestern baseball cap. They held each...

The Heisman Trophy race is up in the air. Same for the Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the Big Ten's best player. Or so we assume. The coaches vote,...

Beating Texas Southern, Mississippi Valley State, Fairleigh Dickinson and Delaware State at home beats the alternative — losing to them. But now phase 2 of the non-conference season begins, and...

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany will tell you it's about what's best for the league, not him. But Delany, in his home state of New Jersey on Tuesday to welcome...

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany expressed skepticism Tuesday about a report that said Maryland and Rutgers would play in the Leaders division, with Illinois moving to the Legends. "I have...

The Big Ten knew what it was getting by adding Penn State — a dominant football program. Same with Nebraska. Now expansion is all about demographics, population shift, TV sets,...

The Big Ten is now a conference of Legends, Leaders and East Coasters. The league on Monday added Maryland, and Rutgers will join Tuesday. At a news conference on Maryland's...