Football Entering Saturday, Northwestern had played everyone close. The Wildcats lost to Michigan by only a field goal. They needed overtime to defeat then-winless Nebraska. Even lowly Rutgers lost...

Football Coming into Saturday, Jonathan Taylor ranked second in the country in rushing. Isaiah Bowser was tied for 463rd. That didn’t matter. In a monumental win for Northwestern, Bowser outdueled...

Football Alex Hornibrook lay stomach-down on the field, Joe Gaziano emphatically fist-punched toward the bench and yet Samdup Miller, mere seconds after his first career sack, only discreetly pointed...

Football In its Big Ten opener Saturday against Wisconsin, Northwestern’s defense knows pretty much what it’s going to get. “Wisconsin is known for having those gigantic offensive linemen,”...