Terry Bannon

Northwestern will have a particularly young look at defensive end this season. Coach Randy Walker said Monday he plans to start redshirt freshman Kevin Mims and sophomore David Ngene, but...

Kimi Raikkonen, driving for McLaren, won the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul for his fifth victory of the season. Raikkonen earned two points more than second-place finisher Fernando Alonso,...

Northwestern has replaced Air Force on its future football schedules with a three-game series against Eastern Michigan, including a game at Detroit's Ford Field in 2007, EMU has announced. Air...

The Northwestern career of defensive end Loren Howard ended Saturday when he said he would leave the school after having season-ending knee surgery. Howard will return to his hometown of...

After just one college season at cornerback, Hubbard High graduate Kelvin Hayden of Illinois was drafted in the second round (No. 60 overall) by Indianapolis. "I'm overwhelmed, overwhelmed," Hayden said....

It's the year of the defensive lineman for NFL prospects with Chicago-area ties. Iowa's Matt Roth from Willowbrook High School, Notre Dame's Justin Tuck and Northwestern's Luis Castillo all could...

Four linemen with Chicago-area ties were selected Saturday. The big surprise was Illinois and Hubbard product Kelvin Hayden going in the second round. The rest are all hoping for a...

No first-round draft pick comes without some risk. And when a team has the fourth pick, it's incumbent it minimize the risk as much as possible. The Bears could have...

Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris says he didn't need a history lesson when he was told that teammates had voted him the winner of the team's rookie Brian Piccolo Award....

Fifth in an eight-part NFL draft series looks at defensive linemen. Shawne Merriman, 6-4, 275, Maryland Big enough to play end but was stand-up linebacker, so development is key. Erasmus...