Saturday is a big day for NIU athletics, for more reasons than may be readily apparent. Chances are that most people are aware of the implications that the football team's game against Temple will have on the look of the MAC this season. I shouldn't have...

Empty bleachers are the norm at the NIU Soccer Complex and the athletics department might have shot itself in the foot.In what might be one of the biggest sports days in Huskie history, the athletic department decided to line up football’s game against...

When Brett Favre tells you that he's just a kid out there, what he means is he's a young and horny teenager without the acne who's really into sexting. Alleged photos of Favre's downstairs and voicemails to Versus's Jenn Sterger, who was a New York Jets...

It's hockey season and after winning the Stanley Cup last year, expectations in Chicago are high for the Blackhawks to repeat. After losing a number of important role players though, it can be questioned just how far this team can go. Korey Peterson:...

Well, Lovie Smith, you should realize that you have a problem now. 24 defenses in the NFL do not have as many sacks as your team gave up this past Sunday night. The Bears nearly lost Jay Cutler for longer than just that game when his helmet smacked off...

Using people as step-ladders to the top is fine with me. Heck, so long as you own up to it, it's basically the American way.Admitting to what you're doing is the key though; something the NCAA simply refuses to do.The long-standing organization completely...

First of all, let me apologize to everyone who, if they knew where I lived, would be throwing rocks at my apartment for saying to start Knowshon Moreno last week. To be fair, I didn't know he'd get hurt. At least we knew in time to make some roster moves....

How do you spell overrated? B-y-f-u-g-l-i-e-n. Yeah, that looks about right. The salary cap forced the Blackhawks to make a ton of moves this offseason, not all I agree with, but trading Dustin Byfuglien lands at the bottom of the list of transactions...

So, apparently Blackhawks fans think their team is making the playoffs this season.Last season, merchandise sales were at a fever-pitch, and now thousands of Dustin Byfuglien fans don't know what to do with their brand new jerseys. The fact of the matter...

Prior to Sunday's home finale, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts discussed the two most dreaded words to Cubs fans-ticket prices-with no decision announced. Usually that means the ownership is raising prices by ‘X' percent in hopes of increasing revenue so...