hazing

My husband and I spent a late August day several years ago settling in our oldest child, Andrew, for the start of his first year at college. We went to Walmart to buy a mini fridge and rug. We hung posters above his bed. We attended…

RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press Georgia coach Kirby Smart remembers having his head shaved when he was a freshman football player at his alma mater back in the mid-1990s and busing tables after…

LARRY LAGE and CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press CHICAGO — Allegations of hazing in Northwestern's athletic programs broadened Wednesday as attorneys said male and female athletes reported…

LARRY LAGE Associated Press A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school's leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press The legal headaches could only be starting for Pat Fitzgerald and Bob Huggins — and their schools.Fitzgerald was fired this week as Northwestern's football coach…

ASSOCIATED PRESS EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's…

DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press More than six months after Northwestern began investigating allegations of hazing within its football team, and two days after announcing that coach Pat Fitzgerald…

By ANDREW SELIGMAN Associated Press Northwestern suspended coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay Friday following an investigation into alleged hazing within the football program.The…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill that strengthens state laws against hazing.The “Sam Martinez Stop Hazing Law,” was signed Monday, The Seattle Times reported. The Legislature unanimously…

PELL CITY, Ala. (AP) — Parents are suing an east Alabama school district after they say their son received a concussion when older baseball teammates hazed him by beating him with pillows.Local news outlets report the…