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The Chicago Bears signed former Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Teo to their practice squad on Tuesday.

Defensive end Samdup Miller, safety Travis Whillock, quarterback Aidan Smith and tight end Jason Whittaker have opted out of Northwestern’s pandemic-shortened season, the school announced Friday.

Illinois appears poised to make a statement in the Big Ten. And coach Lovie Smith sees no reason why his team can’t.

An Illinois State football coach abruptly quit the team Thursday, leaving a note on the door while exiting the facility.

Notre Dame’s game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine.

Players were pumped. Coaches were stoked. Fans seemed relieved. Even the president was pleased.

The Big Ten Conference, already in court and under pressure from players and parents over its decision to cancel fall football, is now hearing from President Donald Trump.

DePaul has hired DeWayne Peevy as its athletic director to replace the retiring Jean Lenti Ponsetto.

Two protests Saturday focused on the relationship between schools, students and armed police officers. One was held at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The other was held at Whitney Young Magnet High School. There, speakers talked about the inequalities they've experienced at CPS.

Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters Friday while an attorney in Nebraska demanded Commissioner Kevin Warren turn over material illustrating how the decision was made.