Northwestern’s women’s basketball team will have to forfeit two of the games on its schedule after not traveling to Los Angeles during the devastating wildfires in January.
The Big Ten Conference announced Wednesday that Northwestern’s games against UCLA on Jan. 12 and USC on Jan. 15 won’t be rescheduled and instead will count as losses for the Wildcats and wins for the Southern California-based programs.
The Sunset Fire burns in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2025. (Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The fires impacted multiple sporting events in the Los Angeles and Anaheim area during the month of January, including a playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings, and Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers NBA games.
The city’s local sports teams donated more than $8 million to support victims of the wildfires. Those teams included the Anaheim Ducks, Angel City FC, LAFC, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Sparks.
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Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He previously worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.
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