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Alex Olah tries to shake a defender down low. The senior is finally fully healthy after a stress fracture sidelined him earlier this season.

Men’s Basketball Roundtable: Writers preview Northwestern’s Big Ten Tournament run

March 9, 2016

Men's Basketball After ending the season on a three-game winning streak and reaching 20 regular season wins for the first time in program history, Northwestern (20-11, 8-10 Big Ten) turns its focus...

QB Clayton Thorson pulled for Zack Oliver

November 14, 2015

After a shaky start that saw him complete just seven of 16 pass attempts and toss an interception, redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Thorson was benched in favor of senior Zack Oliver late in the third...

Pillote: The (lack of) luck of the Wildcats

Pillote: The (lack of) luck of the Wildcats

November 13, 2015

Football Three weeks ago, after Northwestern slid from 5-0 to 5-2 with a pair of very ugly losses, I wrote that the team was simply never as good as we thought. Now at 7-2 and ranked No. 18 in the...

Balk: Maybe, just maybe, Northwestern football has its second-best team ever

Balk: Maybe, just maybe, Northwestern football has its second-best team ever

November 9, 2015

Maybe Saturday was a perfect day for football. And maybe, in the early November chill, with the sun beating down on a Family Weekend crowd and the Cats facing off against a Big Ten rival with a prestigious...

Jacob Swan/Daily Senior Staffer

Captured: Final-seconds field goal lifts Northwestern over Penn State

November 8, 2015

Welcome to The Daily's photo blog: Captured. This is a space to share photos by The Daily's staff as well as photos from members of our community. Students can submit entries to be considered from their...

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