Skip Myslenski

Don't be misled as you watch this week's Big Ten/ACC Challenge. That is just a grandiose title that barely brushes up against reality. This is no challenge at all, no...

MONDAY 6 p.m., ESPN2 WAKE FOREST (3-0) at IOWA (4-2) The Demon Deacons are not only short on talent, they also compete with heavy hearts after the sudden death in...

It is that time of the season when games come wrapped in varied ribbons. Some are made-for-TV spectaculars. Others fill out tournaments both legitimate and contrived. A whole slew are...

Eric Gordon is as smooth as sweet cream spilling across a waxed floor. He lurks, hovers and never exhibits a desperate sense of urgency in a maelstrom of surging bodies....

A 6-6 regular season in the books, Northwestern's football team is taking the week off. But with a bowl bid still a technical possibility, the Wildcats will practice next Tuesday,...

It was, to paraphrase a literary classic, a long day's journey into the off-season. It was, as if to honor the slasher movies of Wes Craven, a two-thumbs-up, four-stars-shining horror...

It was another of our annual celebrations, National Hyperbole Day. It was the single date in the entire year favored most by peddlers of rose-colored glasses. It was an afternoon...

Northwestern yet breathes, bowl-eligible but needing a victory Saturday at Illinois to guarantee itself a game in December. It yet survives, guaranteed at least a break-even season but still annoyingly...

Nov. 25 Arizona at Kansas Former Marquette, Tennessee and Northwestern coach Kevin O'Neill signed back on to assist Lute Olson with the Wildcats. His mission: restore the defensive toughness they...

(People and places to keep an eye on outside of the Big Ten, that is) ... 1. UCLA The Bruins have been to the last two Final Fours, and it...