Northwestern faced an uphill test Oct. 28 against Michigan State. The Spartans had won four straight games entering the contest in Evanston and stood at No. 16 in the country. The Wildcats’ two previous...

Football In his free time, Warren Long produces music. In his playing time, the rising fifth-year senior — formerly a running back — plays linebacker. Somehow, he’s managed to take the skills...

Football Anthony Walker knew what was coming. On 3rd-and-7, his outside receivers covered, Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong would be throwing to his safety valve, tight end Cethan Carter. When...

Late last fall, with Anthony Walker only several weeks into his tenure as Northwestern’s middle linebacker, coach Pat Fitzgerald asked the redshirt freshman whether it “felt like high school” yet,...

Plenty sticks out about Nathan Fox when watching his high school highlights. The 6-foot-3-inch, 222-pound inside linebacker has produced no shortage of big hits over his nascent career, but nothing is...