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Northwestern lacrosse struggling for first time in a decade

December 23, 2018 at 5:11 p.m.

It was near the end of practice Thursday morning at Lakeside Field, and the Northwestern women's lacrosse team was struggling through 100-yard wind sprints into a frigid, blowing rain. "You're...

Naperville’s Cordes: two swim records, third straight NCAA title

December 23, 2018 at 5:13 p.m.

Naperville's Kevin Cordes broke his own American record in the 100-yard breaststroke twice while winning his third straight NCAA title in the event Friday in Austin, Texas. Cordes, a junior...

A joyous Mao Asada during her world-record short program Thursday at the World Championships in Saitama, Japan.

Japan’s Asada tops a dazzling night in world figure skating

June 17, 2018 at 3:53 p.m.

It would take a surfeit of superlatives to describe accurately just how good the leading women were in Thursday night's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama,...

DePaul women ride fast-paced offense into Sweet 16

August 24, 2021 at 10:26 p.m.

Doug Bruno often is a lion tamer without a chair or a whip. "That's OK," Bruno said. "Too many coaches think they need to have total control." The DePaul coach...

Japan’s Asada tops a dazzling night in world figure skating

November 3, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

It would take a surfeit of superlatives to describe accurately just how good the leading women were in Thursday night's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama,...

Japan’s Asada tops a dazzling night in world figure skating

September 9, 2018 at 1:41 a.m.

It would take a surfeit of superlatives to describe accurately just how good the leading women were in Thursday night's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama,...

Jeremy Abbott after his fall in the individual short program at the Sochi Olympics.

As figure skating career ends, Abbott won’t act the fall guy

June 18, 2018 at 11:09 a.m.

The most surprising thing about Jeremy Abbott's profane outburst after the men's figure skating final at the Sochi Olympics was there had never seemed to be an edge about Abbott...

International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta of Italy during a press conference at the 2002 Olympics.

Figure skating boss proposes radical changes to sport

August 19, 2019 at 6:40 a.m.

International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta of Italy is suggesting radical changes in figure skating, including the abolition of the short program and making the individual performances in all five...

Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride is out of the shadows

August 24, 2021 at 10:24 p.m.

For three years, Kayla McBride had been the Notre Dame player most overshadowed by the outsized presence, in both style and substance, of her former teammate Skylar Diggins. So it...

As figure skating career ends, Abbott won’t act the fall guy

November 3, 2021 at 8:31 p.m.

The most surprising thing about Jeremy Abbott's profane outburst after the men's figure skating final at the Sochi Olympics was there had never seemed to be an edge about Abbott...

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