Wrestling It was perhaps Northwestern’s most important week of the regular season: Two Big Ten matchups against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 7 Minnesota were excellent opportunities to right the young...

Football Clayton Thorson took the snap with less than two minutes to go in the second quarter of Northwestern’s game last Saturday against Minnesota, faked the handoff and took off to the right. There...

Football MINNEAPOLIS — The football ricocheted off Northwestern cornerback Cam Ruiz, glanced Minnesota receiver Rashod Bateman and then briefly hovered near Ruiz’s helmet before being batted towards...

Football MINNEAPOLIS — Pat Fitzgerald was insulted. To start the week, he faced a barrage of questions about whether his Wildcats would stay focused in their final two conference games. Then the...

Football MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn’t the flashiest of wins, but Northwestern got the job done. The Wildcats stretched their Big Ten road winning streak to eight games with a 24-14 victory over...