The Northwestern Wildcats survived a sluggish second half to defeat the visiting Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets by six points in the 2018 ACC- Big Ten Basketball Challenge. Coach Chris Collins was pleased with the overall effort, but not the near faltering down the stretch, as Tech cut an early 28 -point second half lead at […]
Northwestern allows 20 unanswered, falls to Michigan
Football is an ecosystem. There are the hunters and there are the hunted. In college football, some schools are the hunters while everyone else is… well, you know the rest. The 1-2 Northwestern Wildcats had a chance to disrupt that ecosystem Saturday night against the number 14-ranked Michigan Wolverines. But alas, the Big Ten’s power […]
Weekend Sports Report – 3/3/17
with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune joins us to talk about Northwestern’s exciting, last-second win over Michigan. Does this buzzer-beating win now ensure their first ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament? Jeff Rich and Steve talk NBA hoops. The Bulls hosted league leading Golden State and won their 18th […]
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Weekend Sports Report – 2/17/17
with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal We are loaded with guests today as Les Grobstein from Sports Radio 670 in Chicago dishes on the Bears, Bulls, Cubs, and White Sox. Plus, Dave Eanet, play-by-play announcer for Northwestern football and basketball on WGN Radio, gives us his take on the Wildcats’ hoops season. John Poulter continues […]
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Maryland Too Melo For Northwestern
Even though they professed no hangover from the stunning win at Madison, the Northwestern Wildcats were not at their best and thus proved to be no match for Melo Trimble and his Maryland Terrapins in a 74-64 defeat in Evanston Wednesday evening. The Arlington, Virginia junior had 32 of the Terps’ 74 points, including four […]
Northwestern Continues Their Run To March Madness
It has been quite the magical season for the Northwestern Wildcats, the only team in a power conference to never make the NCAA Tournament. That run might finally end with the help of a 68-55 win over Indiana at Welsh-Ryan Arena. In a crowd that had quite the large amount of red to go along with purple […]
Weekend Sports Report – 1/27/17
with Packer Dave and Steve Leventhal While Dave recovers from the devastation of the Packer loss to Atlanta, we turn our attention to the NBA, NHL, MLB, and college hoops. Also joining us is Dionne Miller of ABC 7 in Chicago to recap the Chicago Cubs championship season, from Spring Training through their recent visit […]
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Northwestern Destroys Rutgers 98-59
The Northwestern Wildcats were back in Evanston after a 2-game road losing streak on Saturday afternoon and they took out their frustrations on a poor Rutgers squad who left their intensity on the bus. The Wildcats improved to 18 – 11 on the season and 6 – 10 in conference play with their 98-59 win […]
Northwestern Holds Off Illinois, 58 – 56
McIntosh Goes Off in NU’s 70 – 65 Win
The Northwestern Wildcats welcomed in the Wisconsin Badgers to Welsh-Ryan Arena on Tuesday night for the first time in 15 years without being led by head coach Bo Ryan. Ryan retired midseason after his team was runner up in the NCAA tournament last year. In his 15 seasons as the Badgers head coach, Wisconsin made […]
