The Brooklyn Nets are the favorites to win the NBA Championship, but former NBA champion and seven-time All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is not expected to play until he gets vaccinated against COVID-19.  Irving went live on Instagram earlier this week...

The Chicago White Sox failed to advance past the first round of  playoffs for the second straight season, losing to the Houston Astros in the American League Divisional Series 3-1.  After years of tanking and trading away star players for future...

Despite injuries at key positions in recent weeks, NIU’s depth players showed off their abilities in a conference matchup against the Bowling Green State University Falcons Saturday. In the first half, redshirt junior quarterback Rocky Lombardi only...

Unwritten rules in sports are the last thing the older generations of fans and coaches can hold onto while the game changes right in front of their eyes.  Whether it's swinging at a 3-0 pitch in baseball or running a play when they should have taken...

In this year’s NFL draft, the Chicago Bears secured their future by drafting quarterback Justin Fields from the Ohio State University.  Fields was the fourth quarterback selected in the draft and fill in the spot the Bears needed with the departure...

What a surprise, the NFL is trying to suck more fun out of football.  Before the start of the 2021 season, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his competition committee made sure that officials would emphasize stopping players from taunting one another,...

The NBA preseason ends this week, and the regular season will kick off on Oct. 19.  Coming out of preseason, there are four teams that make a strong case to raise the NBA championship trophy at the end of the year, those being the Chicago Bulls, the...

The Chicago Blackhawks are looking to bounce back after an underperforming season that saw them missing key players and failing to capitalize on late game opportunities. With a new year comes new questions about the potential of head coach Jeremy Colliton’s...

In a season marred with quarterback controversy and questionable coaching, the Chicago Bears made a midseason splash by making an agreement that signals a departure from its longtime home at Soldier Field. On Sept. 29, the Bears and Churchill Downs...

Head football coach Thomas Hammock made it clear last Tuesday at NIU’s weekly press conference that they aren’t playing for style points. “Like I tell the player we’re not trying to win a beauty pageant,” Hammock said. “I think that’s...

Food isn’t typically a priority for a head coach during a football game, but the conventional is thrown out over the course of a two-hour and 45 minute lightning delay. Head coach Thomas Hammock praised those like Daniel Koenen, director of Dining...

From flying the “W”  looking like title contenders for years to come with a core of players in their prime or about to hit it. To rebuilding and returning back to lovable losers form only in a span of five years is not what the Cubs organization...