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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

In Focus:  How the NCAA’s institutional barriers shut out black coaches

In Focus: How the NCAA’s institutional barriers shut out black coaches

May 28, 2019

Editor’s note: When this article refers to Division I schools and their statistics, HBCUs are excluded from the numbers. When former Northwestern assistant coach Pat Baldwin started playing basketball...

The Wildcats celebrate their 18-14 win over Syracuse on Saturday. NU advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2014.

Lacrosse: Kelly Amonte Hiller has Northwestern back in the Final Four

May 19, 2019

Lacrosse After the final horn sounded in Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal and Northwestern clinched a spot in the Final Four for the first time since 2014, there were two celebrations. On the...

Izzy Scane drives the ball down the field. The freshman scored three goals in NU’s 17-13 loss to Maryland.

Lacrosse: Two monsoons drop on the Wildcats in loss – one from Mother Nature and one from Maryland

April 12, 2019

Lacrosse Despite the 24 goals evenly traded between the two top-five ranked teams in the first 47 minutes, the hour-long lightning delay that moved the last 13 minutes indoors and the six-goal performance...

Jim Phillips embraces forward Vic Law at the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Phillips led the development of the renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena.

The Big Ten is hiring its next commissioner. If he wants the job, NU’s Jim Phillips could reshape the next decade of college athletics.

March 7, 2019

What do you give the man who has everything? He has the second-highest salary of any NCAA Athletic Director, and an office with a stunning view of Lake Michigan. The building he spends his days in is...

The rafters of Welsh-Ryan Arena. There are no banners

Men’s Basketball: Why does Northwestern not honor the 1931 national champions?

February 5, 2019

Men's Basketball Almost everything about the reopened Welsh-Ryan Arena is new — the stands, the court, the food options, the size. But there is one new aspect that looks back on the old. Among...

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