Preview: Iowa at Northwestern
TV/radio: 11 a.m. Saturday; ABC-7, WGN-AM 720. Line: Iowa by 1. Records: Northwestern 5-1, 1-1 Big Ten; Iowa 6-0, 2-0. Last meeting: Iowa won 48-7 on Nov. 1, 2014, in...
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Long-suffering Northwestern basketball learning from Cubs’ patient approach
Even the Cubs' 106-year championship drought isn't as fruitless as Northwestern's list of invitations to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Try never. Third-year coach Chris Collins said he is trying...
Young Cubs come through on the big stage
Tom Ricketts described the scene as "baseball fantasy" after watching so many of the Cubs' young stars contribute significantly in Tuesday night's National League Division Series clincher over the Cardinals....
Pat Fitzgerald salutes retiring Steve Spurrier as ‘a legend’
Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald took time during his weekly turn on the Big Ten football coaches teleconference Tuesday to salute retiring South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. Spurrier, 70, surprised his players...
Cubs ace Jake Arrieta labors but picks up win as bats pick him up
Cubs hitters said they owed Jake Arrieta one. Arrieta had carried the Cubs so many times this season, especially during his historic second half. But Monday night, Arrieta was on...
Northwestern cornerback Matthew Harris sidelined indefinitely
Northwestern will be without starting cornerback Matthew Harris indefinitely, coach Pat Fitzgerald said Monday. Harris suffered bone fractures in his face while making a tackle against Michigan late in the...
Cardinals ready for anything in 1st playoff game at Wrigley Field
The first postseason game between the Cubs and Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the 123-year history of the rivalry promises to create its own peculiar brand of quirkiness. The Cardinals...
Grading Northwestern’s performance vs. Michigan
Northwestern truly met its match in Michigan, falling 38-0 Saturday in front of 110,452 fans at the Big House. The Wildcats (5-1, 1-1 Big Ten) now prepares to host unbeaten...
Michigan has Northwestern on its heels from very start to finish
Northwestern players insisted the moment wasn't too big for them. But from the opening kickoff Saturday, Michigan seized the moment and the momentum en route to a thorough 38-0 thrashing...
Low of losing 1984 NLCS overwhelms high of Walter Payton rushing record
In the good news/bad news category that defines Chicago sports history, no date epitomized the intersection of agony and ecstasy more profoundly than Oct. 7, 1984. The lead stories in...