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Women’s Basketball: From Philadelphia to Evanston, Joe McKeown’s legacy amounts to more than just wins

January 22, 2025

When coach Joe McKeown traveled to Philadelphia in December for the Hawk Classic at Saint Joseph's University, it wasn’t just another stop on Northwestern’s non-conference schedule. It was a return...

Men’s Basketball: Chris Collins and Northwestern remember Kobe Bryant

January 27, 2020

Coach Chris Collins honored Kobe Bryant after Northwestern’s game Sunday, remembering a basketball legend and Collins’ childhood friend. Collins’ and Bryant’s fathers were teammates on the...

Tekriwal: Blaming political problems on sports activism 101

January 26, 2020

For a lesson in hypocrisy or amnesia, we can turn to the International Olympic Committee. In 1968 Mexico City, John Carlos and Tommie Smith pumped the iconic Black Power salute to protest racial injustice...

Randolph: Hip-hop’s holy summer

July 29, 2013

Religiously titled, seemingly Illuminati-driven hip-hop albums have a stranglehold on this summer. And I love it. Jay Z’s bass-knocking "Magna Carta… Holy Grail," Kanye West’s tyrannical "Yeezus"...

Freshman 15: Jordan Wilimovsky

October 23, 2012

While most freshmen on campus are worrying about the dreaded Freshman Fifteen, we know one group of new students who won't: the athletes. Instead of packing on the pounds, these new faces answers 15 questions...

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