Hero and Zero of the Week

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For the ZERO of the week, how about Rutgers President Robert Barchi?!   No doubt all of you have kept up at least a little with what has gone on there recently.   First the AD lost his job because of the abusive behavior of the Basketball Coach, (who was also fired.) Then the replacement, Eddie Jordan, [...]

Oh, Susannah! Sports Vixen Releases Statement About Firing

Former CSN reporter Susannah Collins, fired for....what?

  “As most of you know by now, I had a slip-up last week on the air while covering the Blackhawks playoff series. As a result of the attention it received, an old web-based sports comedy series I participated in several years ago came to light. The intention of that show was to present a [...]

Hero & Zero of the Week – JR Smith and Stephen Curry

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For the ZERO of the week, how about Knicks super-sub JR Smith.    I hate picking an ‘almost UNC player’, as Zero, and in fact, he’d played so well recently he was in contention for a Hero selection.   However at the end of their game 3 win over Boston, he elbowed a Boston player in the [...]

Chris Collins Takes Charge of Northwestern Wildcats (with audio)

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New Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins has had a large shadow cast over him all his life, that of his six-foot, eight inch dad, Doug.  The current coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and a first overall selection in the 1973 NBA draft, finally took a back seat to his son Chris, a prep star at [...]

Bears Bolster Offense With Free Agents Bennett and Bushrod

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Just like the Bears training center is under construction this offseason, so is the team It wasted no time during free agency jumping into the pool of available players by signing a Pro Bowl offensive tackle in Jermon Bushron, a former Saint, and Martellus Bennett who migrates from Broadway to the Second City. The could [...]

Carmody In or Out After Going 4-13 in Big 10?

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(Evanston, IL) A school record four consecutive postseason appearances in the NIT.  189 victories in 13 years, or 14.50 per season, the second-most in school history. Two All-Big 10 players in John Shurna and Drew Crawford. Sounds okay for a Big 10 coach, maybe? Especially at a school more revered for academics than athletics for more decades than the coach [...]

My Favorite Michael Jordan Moment – It Might Surprise You

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Unless you’re not a sports fan,  this past week you haven’t been able to avoid the hoopla surrounding Michael Jordan’s milestone fiftieth birthday. I have been very fortunate to have seen Michael play first hand, both in Chapel Hill, and in Chicago, where I moved to in 1986.  How many people can claim to have [...]

Chicago Bears’ Brandon Marshall on the Packers Rivalry

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It’s been quite some time since there was a player in a Bears uniform that made going to the weekly media sessions fun and entertaining. Brandon Marshall has been outspoken, usually choosing his words carefully, but providing good fodder for the media. Last week, he insinuated that there were players in the NFL using Viagara [...]

Wildcats’ Loss To Butler Tough Pill To Swallow

(Evanston) It was a tough, tough night for the Northwestern Wildcats as the sloppy game got physical, as shots didn’t fall, and ultimately, a 75-64 loss to the Butler Bulldogs, two years removed from their trip to the Big Dance in Houston. A victory on Saturday would have given the Cats at least eight wins through [...]

Gator Bowl Awaits Northwestern Wildcats Following Lincoln Trophy

Northwestern Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Land of Lincoln Trophy. Which Bowl game awaits? We find out Sunday, December 2

  Northwestern University’s Wildcats are bound for Jacksonville, Florida for the 2013 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl.  The coveted Bowl Trophy, which Northwestern hasn’t won in eons, would be the second trophy the Wildcats have won this season. How lucky can they get this season? Already, they are the bearers of the Land of Lincoln Trophy, won [...]