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After costly Sochi shutout, Brittany Bowe regains championship speedskating form

May 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

For all but two weeks of the last two seasons, Brittany Bowe has been a consistent medalist on the world speedskating circuit. The performance gap came at the 2014 Winter...

Northwestern's Selena Lasota (2) drives to the net in Thursday's game with Duke. Despite Lasota's five goals, the Wildcats lost 15-9.

Selena Lasota keeps up hot scoring in Northwestern lacrosse win

June 15, 2018 at 11:16 p.m.

Freshman atttack Selena Lasota scored six more goals as the Northwestern women's lacrosse team beat Marquette 13-6 Saturday in Milwaukee. Lasota, from Campbell River, B.C., has 11 goals in the...

"Our big focus in the offseason was having resiliency when times get tough in Big Ten games," Northwestern captain Maggie Lyon said. We worked on trying to come together instead of falling apart."

Women’s team poised to be Northwestern’s best in nearly two decades

August 19, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

This should have been fun garbage time for the Northwestern women's basketball team, a chance for several of its bench players to get some action for the first time in...

The Flames' Steve Montador celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime on Sharks goaltender Evgeni Nabokov for a 4-3 win.

Former Blackhawk Steve Montador planned to sue NHL over concussions

August 19, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

In the month before he died, former Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador was preparing to sue the NHL over its failure to deal with the issue of concussions and to warn...

Northwestern's Shelby Fredericks, left, attacks against Duke player Erin Tenneson.

Northwestern women’s lacrosse falls 15-9 in faceoff with Duke

June 16, 2018 at 12:14 a.m.

There was more than one area Thursday in which the Duke women's lacrosse team outplayed Northwestern. But in a sport without a shot clock, making possession more than nine-tenths of...

Northwestern's Nia Coffey advances against Nebraska during the second half at the Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Northwestern women assure themselves winning Big Ten basketball record

June 16, 2018 at 6:52 p.m.

This has been a long time coming. For the first time since 1997, the Northwestern women's basketball team will have a winning record in the Big Ten. Wednesday's 59-51 triumph...

The former player behind the $5 million Notre Dame basketball gift

June 16, 2018 at 7:17 p.m.

Muffet McGraw was the coach at Lehigh University when she saw Karen Robinson play and just sighed. McGraw was recruiting one of Robinson's high school teammates, Sherrie Androlewicz, who was...

Diving practice at the 2013 world meet in Barcelona, which was a substitute host for the event.

U.S. very unlikely to take plunge on replacing Mexico as world aquatics meet host

May 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Offering to replace Mexico as host of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships might win the United States big brownie points in the race for the 2024 Summer Olympics – especially...

Russian figure skater trying to get the jump on her competition

May 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Russia's Elizaveta Tukhtamysheva is not standing pat after one of the most remarkable competitive seasons a figure skater ever has had. After victories in the Grand Prix Final and European...

Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw watches the action during the second half against Clemson.

Notre Dame women’s basketball coach job endowed by ex-player

August 19, 2019 at 8:03 a.m.

Notre Dame is the latest university to have a coach with a fancy title. Thanks to two former Irish athletes, Muffet McGraw now is known as the Karen and Kevin...

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