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Homer Glen's Becca Mann on the breaststroke leg of a 2014 individual medley race.

Homer Glen’s Mann, NU’s Wilimovsky win U.S. open water swim titles

June 15, 2018 at 6:40 p.m.

Homer Glen's Becca Mann won a second straight U.S. title in the 10-kilometer open water event Friday at Miromar Lakes, Fla. And Northwestern junior Jordan Wilimovsky won his first. The...

Becca Mann swims the breaststroke as she competes in the Women's 400m IM prelim during day two of the Arena Grand Prix.

Book it: Precocious world-class swimmer Mann, 16, has write stuff

June 16, 2018 at 5:54 p.m.

This story was published on July 31, 2014. Becca Mann says "The Stolen Dragon of Quanx" is close to being published, perhaps early next month. And she might have completed...

Chris Chelios with his daughters Caley (left) and Tara.

Chris Chelios’ lacrosse-playing daughters: ‘tough and mean’

June 16, 2018 at 6:20 p.m.

In her first three years on the Northwestern lacrosse team, Caley Chelios played in just 12 of the Wildcats' 66 games, almost never with the outcome still in doubt. That...

Jonathan Toews smiles on the bench with Marian Hossa after his goal against the Nashville Predators.

The art and science of hockey bench management

August 19, 2019 at 8:25 a.m.

It is a ballet. And a kind of speed chess. It has a basic pattern. But it also has improvisation, created by the coaches' tactical decisions. It has straightforward movement...

Women at the water jump in the steeplechase at the 2014 World Junior Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.

In surprise, Eugene gets 2021 world outdoor track championships

May 22, 2019 at 7:14 a.m.

In a decision both surprising and unexpected, Eugene, Ore., was named host of the 2021 World Outdoor Track and Field Championships. So the place known as "TrackTown USA" will be...

Michael Phelps swims the 100 meter butterfly fly before the American Short Course Championships got underway at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center.

Does punishment fit crime for Justin Gatlin, Michael Phelps?

May 22, 2019 at 7:14 a.m.

In the novel "Crime and Punishment," Dostoyevsky wrote that intelligence was not enough to act sensibly. That seems clear from what British Olympic sprinter and Harvard alum Chris Lambert said...

Notre Dame guard Lindsay Allen is stopped by Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart during the first half.

UConn tops Notre Dame again for NCAA women’s tournament title

August 19, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

TAMPA, Fla. — Thirty years ago, Geno Auriemma took a coaching job in a Connecticut backwater that isn't even a place of its own but a village within a town...

Notre Dame's Brianna Turner, left, answers a question, as teammates Michaela Mabrey, Lindsay Allen, Taya Reimer, Jewell Loyd and head coach Muffet McGraw listen.

Women’s NCAA championship: Who has the edge?

August 19, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

Notre Dame (36-2) vs. Connecticut (37-1) 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, ESPN Offense: What can you say about a team that had the most prolific 3-point shooter in NCAA history (Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis)...

South Carolina's Tiffany Mitchell tries an unusual hand check position against Notre Dame's Jewell Loyd in the NCAA semifinal.

Notre Dame figures it is in good hands with basketball in Jewell Loyd’s

June 16, 2018 at 6:16 p.m.

TAMPA, Fla. – At the end of Sunday's NCAA women's basketball semifinal against South Carolina, during the nearly four minutes when a comfortable Notre Dame lead had become a nervous...

Madison Cable shoots against South Carolina in the second half.

Notre Dame women earn another shot at championship

August 19, 2019 at 8:21 a.m.

TAMPA, Fla. — Madison Cable knew how tough a spot her Notre Dame team was in. They had gone forever without a point. Starting point guard Lindsay Allen and forward...

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