Scott Wedige is typically in the middle of everything. Being the starting center for the NIU football team, the Elkhorn, Wis. native finds himself as the lynch pin of the offensive line, barking out orders to his teammates in the trenches. After Tuesday’s...

Andrew Singer: Through four weeks of spring practices, first-year head coach Dave Doeren has been working to put his imprint on the Huskies. The former Wisconsin defensive coordinator concedes the Huskies have a long way to go before they even begin to...

It has come down to only two: either Michael Vick or Peyton Hillis will be on the cover of Madden NFL 12. That's right. Your vote will decide who gets their season cut short via injury. What? You haven't you heard of the Madden Curse? Brett Favre's ‘09...

Tyler Hansbrough's weak-attempt at the "Jordan Rule" on Derrick Rose didn't fly with Luol Deng. Bleedy-McShooty thought he could give Rose a bump in the lane and get away with it during the Saturday matinee between the Bulls and Pacers. Not until Deng...

There's no favoritism from NIU football defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen. Regardless of who makes a play on the defense, regardless of the position of the player, he can't seem to hold back his emotion and rejoice for their success. "We'll get picks...

I won't throw down some wallops on the drum for Derrick Rose to be the NBA's MVP, since it's a forgone conclusion he's had the award wrapped up for months. But Rose shouldn't be the only Chicago Bull to take home some hardware for this season. In his...

The Miami Heat told Eddy Curry what the former Chicago Bulls center couldn't say to all those cheeseburgers he's devoured: no. After seven workouts, Heat president Pat Riley passed on adding the butterball big man to the playoff roster. Seven workouts?...

It seems only fitting that the NIU football team’s newfangled cornerbacks group has a lively position coach in Richard McNutt. The Ohio State alumnus inherits a renovated Huskie secondary, after the departures of starting corners Chris Smith, Kiaree...

Brian Thomas: The NBA playoffs are right around the corner, and the Chicago Bulls have the No. 1 seed in the East locked up. Assuming that they make it through their first two matchups, taking care of the Indiana Pacers in the first round and then presumably...