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Baseball: Northwestern looks ahead to Notre Dame, future

Baseball: Northwestern looks ahead to Notre Dame, future

May 14, 2018

Baseball: Northwestern loses two of three in opening series against Nebraska-Omaha

Baseball: Northwestern loses two of three in opening series against Nebraska-Omaha

February 20, 2018

Negro Leagues baseball player Ray Knox receives key to city

Nora Shelly, Reporter

February 9, 2016

Filed under City, Local

Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presented Monday night a key to the city to Ray Knox, a former Negro Leagues baseball player. Knox began playing in the Negro Leagues at age 14 in 1949, and is one of just a few dozen former players who are still alive. The Negro Leagues originated in 1...

Baseball: Portland, Magallones selected in MLB draft

Bobby Pillote, Sports Editor

June 11, 2015

Filed under Baseball, Sports

Baseball Pitchers Matt Portland and Brandon Magallones were chosen in the MLB draft Wednesday. Portland, a junior southpaw, went in the 17th round (519th overall) to the Kansas City Royals, and Magallones, a seniorÂ...

Former Negro League baseball player celebrated in Evanston

Edward Cox, Reporter

February 23, 2015

Filed under City, Latest Stories, Local

Inside his South Evanston apartment, former Negro League player Ray Knox flipped through a calendar with black and white photos of baseball players, reminiscing in his deep, gravelly voice on the friendships he forged in the...

Goodman: Why I became a Cubs fan

Goodman: Why I became a Cubs fan

May 22, 2014

Baseball: Luke Farrell evolves from great story to great pitcher

Baseball: Luke Farrell evolves from great story to great pitcher

May 15, 2013

Baseball: Zach Morton talks being the other Morty, sneaking into Dillo Day

Baseball: Zach Morton talks being the other Morty, sneaking into Dillo Day

May 14, 2013

Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch remembered for ‘absolute, unshakeable integrity’

Northwestern Law Prof. Dawn Clark Netsch remembered for ‘absolute, unshakeable integrity’

April 13, 2013

Goodman: Klein deserves support of NU students of all religions

Goodman: Klein deserves support of NU students of all religions

October 2, 2012

Cats prepared to match Hoosiers’ quick pace

Cats prepared to match Hoosiers’ quick pace

September 28, 2012

Goodman: Blue Jays should set example for athletes and promote tolerance

Meredith Goodman, Columnist

September 26, 2012

Filed under Columns, Opinion

Many athletes recently have adorned their eyeblack with symbolic messages, including areas codes, team logos and bible verse numbers (sported most famously by quarterback Tim Tebow). But on Sept. 15, Toronto Blue Jays shortstop...