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Blame poor performances on the field for poor attendance in the stands. The Boilermakers were last among Big Ten teams with 35,269 per game last season while suffering through a 3-9 campaign. If their play improves, this could again be a stellar game atmosphere. The south end-zone bleachers were removed to prepare for proposed renovations, and a party patio area was created. Now they just need something to celebrate.

Big Ten looks weak for allowing top Heisman hopefuls to stay home

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

The league whose commissioner Forbes magazine named the most powerful man in college sports appears so weak at times, it can't bench-press the bar. Tuesday was one of those times....

The Wildcats run on the court in celebration after the buzzer-beating basket from Dererk Pardon (5).

5 Northwestern players attend ESPYs, but Aaron Rodgers and Jared Cook nab ‘Best Play’ hardware

June 3, 2018 at 7:42 a.m.

Sometimes "traveling" can be a good thing in basketball. Five Northwestern hoopsters flew from Chicago to Los Angeles on Tuesday in hopes of collecting an ESPY award. Vic Law, Scottie...

Big Ten looks weak for allowing top Heisman hopefuls to stay home

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

The league whose commissioner Forbes magazine named the most powerful man in college sports appears so weak at times, it can't bench-press the bar. Tuesday was one of those times....

Joe Maddon’s celebrity golf outing will ‘try not to suck’

May 16, 2019 at 12:47 a.m.

Most of us suck at golf. We can admit this, right? So Joe Maddon's charity golf tournament has a perfect name, borrowed from his day job: The 2nd annual "Try...

July 6, 1933: The inaugural All-Star game was conceived by former baiduhai sports editor Arch Ward. A crowd of 47,595 gathered at Old Comiskey Park to watch Babe Ruth hit the first home run in the game's history, which the American League won 4-2.

How to make the All-Star Game a must-win (and must-watch)? Think Jerry Maguire

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

I'm that rare species of baseball fan, one who was fine with the All-Star Game result determining homefield advantage in the World Series. That put me in a subgroup as...

Brittany Lincicome and Donald Trump on the golf course.

Golf, politics colliding at U.S. Women’s Open at Trump National

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

You know the guy whose last name adorns the sparkling tower on the Chicago River in BIG BLOCK letters? It's getting mentioned a lot this week as golf and politics...

ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman turns to the crowd after teeing off on the first hole at the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands on June 21, 2017.

Home Run Derby sans Chris Berman means there’s no going ‘back … back … back’

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

Love him, hate him or simply tolerate him, ESPN's Chris Berman was always good for a geography lesson. But at this year's Home Run Derby, there will be no one...

Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant watch during the final seconds against the Suns during a first-round playoff game.

Forget about pizza and hot dogs: Let’s talk Chicago vs. New York in sports

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

Just back from New York, where the locals didn't take kindly to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's railing on the Big Apple's troubled mass transit. Emanuel boasted in a New York Times...

Michelle Wie looks to her ball after she tees off at the second tee of the first round of the 2017 KPMG Women's PGA Championship held at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields on June 29, 2017.

What’s next for Olympia Fields? Perhaps a BMW or PGA Championship

May 23, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

Drama on the 72nd green. Spectators, four deep, craning to get a look on a sunny afternoon. A Sunday birdie to close it out. A marketable, breakthrough champion who happens...

Inside the ‘cutthroat,’ gossipy world of LPGA player-caddie relationships

May 23, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

Cristie Kerr has a one-word explanation for why some LPGA players are so quick to switch caddies. "Hormones," she said. "Honestly. Women are moody. I'm moody. Sometimes when I wasn't...

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