Skip Myslenski

In the last two football seasons, Northwestern led the Big Ten in total offense and averaged 33.1 points for those 23 games. That's why Kevin Wilson, the offensive coordinator who...

Sam Simmons, Northwestern's leading receiver, has a fractured right ring finger and is doubtful for the Wildcats' home opener Saturday against Michigan State. He sustained the injury and a concussion...

When its home opener against Navy last weekend was canceled, Northwestern faced the prospect of a 10-game schedule that could harm both its ranking and its bowl prospects. But Tuesday...

The decision was going to be made public at 3 p.m. Wednesday, then 4 p.m. Finally, following a day of negotiations, Notre Dame and Purdue announced at 6 p.m. that...

Northwestern middle linebacker Billy Silva chipped a bone in his left wrist, so he merely watched Saturday's scrimmage at the Wildcats' training camp. Silva practiced after getting injured Wednesday, and...

Videotapes of the workout at Northwestern University at which Rashidi Wheeler collapsed and died earlier this month provide vivid images of Wheeler's struggles that day and new details that likely...

Northwestern University officials are investigating whether a number of Wildcats football players, including the late Rashidi Wheeler, took a potentially harmful supplement before a strenuous conditioning test eight days ago....

Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 11th but was smiling in the garage area as if he had won. "Just feeling good, enjoying things" the winner of last week's Pepsi 400 at...

Ryan Newman will be on the pole for the third time this season in Saturday's Busch Series Hills Bros. 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. Newman won the pole at...

It lost at Michigan State by 15 and at Wisconsin three nights later by the same margin, and after that second defeat, Jim O'Brien said it was the worst game...