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Alex Hickey

Alex Hickey

Alex Hickey is an award-winning writer who has watched Big Ten sports since it was a numerically accurate description of league membership. Alex has covered college football and basketball since 2008, with stops on the McNeese State, LSU and West Virginia beats before being hired as Saturday Tradition's Big Ten columnist in 2021. He is an Illinois native and 2004 Indiana University graduate.

Recent Stories

College Football Hickey: In battle of nation’s best players, Jalen Hood-Schifino steals the show

• Feb 25, 2023

College Football Hickey: In battle of nation’s best players, Jalen Hood-Schifino steals the show

• Feb 25, 2023

College Football 8 under-the-radar teams that could make a surprise NCAA Tournament run

• Feb 25, 2023

College Football 8 under-the-radar teams that could make a surprise NCAA Tournament run

• Feb 25, 2023

College Football Hickey: With echoes of Deron Williams, Illinois restores order to Northwestern rivalry

• Feb 24, 2023

College Football Hickey: With echoes of Deron Williams, Illinois restores order to Northwestern rivalry

• Feb 24, 2023

College Football Ranking the top 7 B1G nonconference games in 2023

• Feb 23, 2023

College Football The 5 biggest Big Ten games of the penultimate week of regular season

• Feb 22, 2023

College Football Hickey: Look out, Fran — Mick Cronin poised to be the B1G’s most hated basketball coach

• Feb 21, 2023

College Football NCAA seed reveal bodes well for Indiana — and maybe the rest of Big Ten

• Feb 20, 2023

College Football Hickey: Months after ugliness, Michigan and Michigan State show strength of sports

• Feb 19, 2023

College Football Big Ten Baseball: Preseason power rankings and preview for 2023 season

• Feb 17, 2023

College Football Party like it’s 1933 — Northwestern is Purdue’s biggest Big Ten title threat

• Feb 15, 2023

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