Fantasy football is back, baby.Wide receiver is probably one of the more difficult positions to draft unless you’ve picked up Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green or Dez Bryant. They’re wildly inconsistent, especially if they play on teams quarterbacked by...
If women’s soccer is going to make it past the first round of the MAC Tournament it will have to get comfortable on the road fast.After last season’s winless road campaign, the Huskies have started out this season 0-4 on the road. Although four games...
Hawaii wasn’t quite the paradise women’s soccer had hoped for.The Huskies (0-4) fell 3-2 in a tightly contested match with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (1-2) early Friday before getting outmatched by the Seattle Redhawks (2-1), 4-1, on Sunday.HawaiiAgainst...
There’s a lot of ways to get over a pair of losses, but none are better than a chance to do it in Hawaii.Women’s soccer (0-2) will take part in the OHANA Hotels and Resorts No Ka Oi at Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Stadium in Honolulu. The Huskies will...
Women’s soccer played two games in high humidity and heat over the weekend, but if a group of a college soccer coaches have their way that could be a thing of the past.A contingent of men’s soccer coaches is pushing to introduce a split-season plan....
The heat drained women’s soccer’s offensive attack, as the team was punch-less in the first two games of the 2014 campaign this weekend.The Huskies (0-2) lost to the Illinois State Redbirds (2-0), 4-1, Friday in Normal. Sunday, the Huskies were shut...
The arrival of the College Football Playoff marks the end of an era dominated by the top five conferences, particularly the SEC — or does it?Only the top four teams in the country are eligible for a shot at the national championship, which isn’t a...
With NFL training camps ready to get underway, four NIU alumni are hoping to make it through to the final 53-man roster in the NFL.Jordan Lynch, Jimmie Ward, Ken Bishop and Joe Windsor head into some tough position battles this week.Lynch faces the toughest...
The Midsummer Classic is the biggest all-star game in the world, but it’s so hard to take seriously.For all the good things that come out of Major League Baseball’s All-Star game, the final result of the game ruins the whole affair. Only in baseball...
The Chicago Bulls lined up a nearly wide-open jumper for free agent Carmelo Anthony, but their shot resulted into nothing but an air ball.Anthony opted for the monster contract – sorry, Phil Jackson’s vision – over the chance to win a ring. This...
On the Fourth of July the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland Athletics pulled off the year’s biggest trade, shaming firework displays and front office blustering across the country.The Cubs sent pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Athletics in...
Changes are coming to the Chicago Bulls — big changes that’ll at least spell an end to those feared scoring droughts.The Bulls traded away the No. 16 and No. 19 picks and a future second-round pick to the Denver Nuggets for the No. 11 pick, John R....
