Mike McGraw
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Persa to Ebert helps Wildcats feast on RiceNov 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Northwestern’s nonconference win over Rice would have been a yawner if not for a senior pitch-catch combination that produced a pair of career performances. Quarterback ...
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Big Ten tries to get back to football this weekendNov 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Traumatic doesn’t even begin to describe the week in Big Ten football. The details hardly need repeating. Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been charg...
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College basketball preview: UICNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Howard Moore got a late start to his initial season as head coach at UIC. The former Wisconsin assistant didn’t take over until August and the Flames had a tough season,...
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College basketball preview: Northern IllinoisNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - As coaching resumes go, Mark Montgomery owns a pretty good one. He spent the past 10 years as an assistant to Tom Izzo at Michigan State. Before that, he was a four-year...
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College basketball preview: DePaulNov 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The uphill climb from the bottom of the Big East was already daunting. Then Oliver Purnell began his second season at DePaul with three pieces of bad news. Third-leading...
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For Moser, perspective key to rebuilding LoyolaNov 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Porter Moser can probably relate to the career resurrection of actor Neil Patrick Harris. Harris portrayed a kid doctor on the TV series, “Doogie Howser,” stayed under t...
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Speedster Lewis takes NIU to a new levelNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Everyone knew Northern Illinois had a dangerous offense. But one star of last week’s 63-60 win at Toledo probably caught many by surprise. True freshman Tommylee Lewis r...
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Glen Ellyn couple has three kids on 3 Division 1 teamsNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Roughly four years from now, expect release of the first book from Richard and Mary Pat Watt of Glen Ellyn, a collaboration titled, “Inside I-80: A Mile-By-Mile Guide of...
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No overconfidence for NorthwesternNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Should Northwestern be concerned about feeling overconfident after the 28-25 upset of No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday? Coach Pat Fitzgerald hopes not, and he had a warning fo...
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Freeze frame: Lakes tops GrantNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - Eight weeks passed, but not much changed the second time Lakes and Grant squared off on the football field. Back on Sept. 9, Lakes moved the ball like a steamroller in f...