Can Rutgers avoid joining 1990-91 Northwestern in Big Ten’s 0-18 club?
Kevin Rankin was a Northwestern freshman in the winter of 1991, a native of small-town Wisconsin stepping into the famous arenas he had seen only on TV. Assembly Hall in...
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Chicago marathoner aims to make history as Winter/Summer Olympian
They meet every weekday morning at 6:15 at the corner of Clark and Wellington. Snow, rain, sleet, ice, blustery wind or extreme heat ... it doesn't matter. A quick greeting...
New Trier grad Maggie Lyon ready for final Northwestern home game
Maggie Lyon never makes eye contact with her parents during Northwestern basketball games. But she always knows they're there. Bruce and Mary Alice Lyon have missed only one game in...
Max Hooper shoots only 3s, but don’t call him a ‘circus act’
Max Hooper is a bit like the Liam Neeson character from "Taken." What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Hooper has attempted 221 shots this season,...
Promising Josh Speidel’s terrible accident brings out best in people
The letters arrive each week on Wednesday or Thursday. The exuberant Tom Brennan pens them on fancy stationery from his Vermont home that overlooks Lake Champlain. "My Boy," they begin....
New Illini AD should learn from school’s No. 1 golf team
Let's say you're Josh Whitman, and you've just been hired to clean up the mess left by former Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas. Where do you start? Here's where —...
Northern Illinois to play Toledo in 2016 football game at U.S. Cellular Field
Northern Illinois will play Toledo in football this fall at U.S. Cellular Field, the Tribune has learned. NIU and Illinois Sports Facilities Authority officials will make the formal announcement Wednesday...
Which Chicago-area college basketball team will (finally) break through?
Had you witnessed the first half of the Illinois-Northwestern game Saturday night, your logical reaction would have been this: WHAT. WAS. THAT. Seven minutes in, the score was deadlocked at...
Though Bulls are struggling, let’s not canonize Tom Thibodeau
Here's what we can all agree on: The Bulls are an unsightly mess. The "why" is up for debate. All parties share in the blame, with the pie cut into...
What ails the Bulls? Former teammate Kyle Korver chimes in
One member of the Hawks traveling party watched his team demolish the Bulls on Wednesday night and wondered, "Is Jimmy Butler that good?" Meaning, can Butler's absence explain why the...