Skip Myslenski

It was early in the fourth quarter of Northwestern's September visit to Wisconsin and the Wildcats, down six, were staring at their second straight loss. There were many reasons they...

That's it. Enough, already. It doesn't matter that this college basketball season is still in its infancy, and that this particular brand of torture has been personally endured only once....

Purdue and Indiana play Saturday for the Old Oaken Bucket, a Civil War remnant they first battled over back in 1925. This year, of course, the Boilermakers can pick up...

Last year's record: 10-18, 7-9 in Mid-Continent Conference. Key returnees: C Darrell Johns, sr.; F Tony Jones, sr.; G Terrence West, jr. Key newcomers: G Danny Osby, jr.; F Raheem...

Less than seven minutes remained and lowly Northwestern was poised to upset No. 11 Purdue. This was 13 months ago in West Lafayette, Ind., where the Wildcats were not only...

Finally James Allen gets some time off. Now that Allen is firmly entrenched as the No. 1 running back, he is being taken off special teams, where he has been...

The great ones, no matter the sport, can take the most-difficult activity and make it look easy. Where others sweat and strain and grind their teeth into fine dust, they...

It happens most often in the air, after she has settled into her airplane seat and fallen into conversation with her in-flight neighbor. "What do you do?" Sarah Fisher inevitably...

Mike Robinson, the Big Ten's Player of the Week, is the poster child forplayers who want to refashion their images. The Purdue senior hasemerged as a performer who not only...

The first months of the new millennium have been tumultuous up at Michigan. The Wolverines started strong, winning three of their first four Big Ten games. Then came reports that...