John is a Medill freshman from North Potomac, Maryland, and he really enjoys Star Wars. He currently works as a web editor and as a reporter for the sports desk. You can contact him through his email.
John Riker, Web Editor
| Jan 20, 2021 | Rapid Recap: No. 10 Wisconsin 68, Northwestern 52 (Story) |
| Jan 17, 2021 | Rapid Recap: No. 5 Iowa 96, Northwestern 73 (Story) |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Men’s Basketball: Northwestern can’t complete rally in loss to No. 21 Ohio State (Story) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Women’s Basketball: Game against Rutgers postponed due to COVID (Story) |
| Jan 07, 2021 | Rapid Recap: No. 12 Illinois 81, Northwestern 56 (Story) |
| Jan 03, 2021 | Men’s Basketball: In 19-point loss, No. 19 Northwestern outpaced by No. 16 Michigan’s hot 3-point shooting (Story) |
| Dec 26, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Cats edge No. 23 Ohio State, improve to 3-0 in Big Ten for first time since 1968 (Story) |
| Dec 25, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Audige’s second half explosion leads Wildcats to perfect Big Ten start (Story) |
| Dec 10, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Pittsburgh wins on last-second dunk, deals NU first loss (Story) |
| Dec 03, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Transfer Chase Audige makes impressive NU debut in blowout win (Story) |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Reel Thoughts: Mandalorian Season Two sends Star Wars hurtling forward (Story) |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Women’s Basketball: Pulliam named media’s Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year (Story) |
| Oct 18, 2020 | Northwestern to serve as host school for 2026 NCAA regional (Story) |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Reel Thoughts: HBO documentary “Class Action Park” provides thrills and chills (Story) |
| Aug 16, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Kopp, Nance look to make Wildcats conference contenders (Story) |
| Aug 16, 2020 | Cross Country: Northwestern looks to capitalize on reworked training regimen (Story) |
| Aug 16, 2020 | Riker: With or without games, this fall will be the most important season in NCAA history (Story) |
| May 18, 2020 | Cross Country: Wildcats find “mental escape” in distance training (Story) |
| May 05, 2020 | Swimming: Wildcats translate competitive mindset to new terrain (Story) |
| Mar 07, 2020 | Rapid Recap: Northwestern 80, No. 20 Penn State 69 (Story) |
| Mar 06, 2020 | Women’s Basketball: Abbie Wolf joined Northwestern without her own post-up game. Now she’s the anchor inside for the Big Ten champs (Story) |
| Mar 05, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Wildcats’ offense falters in road loss to Wisconsin (Story) |
| Mar 02, 2020 | Baseball: Northwestern suffers weekend sweep to South Florida (Story) |
| Feb 28, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Fighting Illini complete season sweep of Wildcats (Story) |
| Feb 23, 2020 | Rapid Recap: Minnesota 83 Northwestern 57 (Story) |
| Feb 16, 2020 | Lacrosse: Behind Dwyer’s record performance, Cats roll Arizona State (Story) |
| Feb 13, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Wildcats’ offense falters in 25-point home loss to Michigan (Story) |
| Feb 11, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Northwestern hopes to rebound, pull off home upset of Michigan (Story) |
| Feb 02, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Purdue steals win in final seconds, hands Northwestern 10th Big Ten loss (Story) |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Rapid Recap: Michigan State 79, Northwestern 50 (Story) |
| Jan 26, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Boo Buie takes another step in injury comeback against Ohio State (Story) |
| Jan 22, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Northwestern fumbles away late lead to Maryland (Story) |
| Jan 18, 2020 | Rapid Recap: No. 24 Illinois 75, Northwestern 71 (Story) |
| Jan 16, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Northwestern aiming to upset No. 24 Illinois (Story) |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Wildcats run out of gas, fall to Iowa at home (Story) |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Rapid Recap: Northwestern 62, Nebraska 57 (Story) |
| Jan 09, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Wildcats look for first Big Ten win against Nebraska (Story) |
| Jan 05, 2020 | Men’s Basketball: Down to seven-man rotation, Northwestern can’t keep up with Minnesota (Story) |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Men’s Basketball: Scoring drought dooms Northwestern as Wildcats fall to Radford (Story) |
| Nov 18, 2019 | Cross Country: Northwestern “hungry for more” after strong effort at NCAA Regionals (Story) |
| Nov 15, 2019 | Cross Country: Northwestern plans to “put it all out there” in their possible final race of the season (Story) |
| Nov 05, 2019 | In season’s ‘most important race of the season,’ NU stumbles to bottom of standings (Story) |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Cross Country: Northwestern faces tough test at Sunday’s Big Ten Championships (Story) |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Cross Country: McCardell, O’Brien, Nicholson lead Cats to 5th in NCAA Pre-Nationals (Story) |
| Oct 16, 2019 | Cross Country: Northwestern aims for progress at NCAA Pre Nationals (Story) |
| Oct 06, 2019 | Volleyball: Northwestern comes up short against rivals No. 17 Purdue, Indiana (Story) |
| Oct 03, 2019 | Volleyball: Northwestern looks to get back on track against No. 17 Purdue, Indiana (Story) |