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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren speaks during a Big Ten NCAA college football media days press conference, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
Big Ten says schools will decide on COVID-19 protocols

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 22, 2021 01:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 22, 2013, file photo, Derrick Gragg speaks to reporters after he was named Tulsa athletic director during a news conference in Tulsa, Oka.. Northwestern hired Gragg as its athletic director on Friday, June 4, 2021, the Big Ten school's second time filling the position in a little more than a month. Mike Polisky, a longtime deputy AD at Northwestern, was promoted to the job May 3 but stepped down amid backlash because he was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the school by former Wildcats cheerleaders. (Tom Gilbert/Tulsa World via AP, File)
Northwestern hires NCAA executive Derrick Gragg as AD

By Ralph D. Russo Jun. 04, 2021 11:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, Rutgers NCAA college football head coach Greg Schiano speaks at an introductory news conference in Piscataway, N.J. Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, and said it plans to begin its season the weekend of Oct. 23-24. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Reverse: Big Ten will try to play fall football after all

By Ralph D. Russo Sep. 16, 2020 09:28 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012, file photo, Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany answers a question during a news conference, at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J. Delany, one of the most influential figures in college athletics for three decades, will step down as Big Ten commissioner when his contract expires June 30, 2020. The Big Ten announced Delany’s plans on Monday, March 4, 2019. The 71-year-old has been commissioner since 1989. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany will step down in June 2020

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 04, 2019 12:34 PM EST