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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

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

The Daily Northwestern


Mark Murphy. Before becoming President and CEO of the Green Bay Packers, Murphy was the athletic director at Northwestern.

Q&A: Packers’ president and CEO Mark Murphy talks career, years as NU athletic director

February 1, 2021

For four and a half years, Mark Murphy was at the helm of Northwestern sports. As athletic director from 2003 to 2007, Murphy saw the Wildcats achieve success across the board, with lacrosse winning three...

Dean Lowry tackles an opposing ball carrier. The defensive end was drafted Saturday by the Green Bay Packers.

Football: Two Northwestern players drafted, two more sign as free agents

May 1, 2016

Football Two Wildcats heard their names called during the final four rounds of the NFL Draft, which took place Saturday afternoon. First, defensive end Dean Lowry was selected by the Green Bay...

Football: Former Wildcat quarterback Kafka signs with Minnesota Vikings

April 1, 2015

Football Former Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka has signed a contract with the Minnesota Vikings, according to his agent and several media reports. The signal caller played as a Wildcat from...

4 Northwestern football players moving on to NFL

April 28, 2013

More than 250 picks went by in the 2013 NFL Draft, and no Northwestern football players heard their names called. But that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road for a handful of graduating NU seniors. Defensive...

Former Northwestern football player Napoleon Harris is running for the Chicago congressional seat vacated by former House Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Chicago). Harris joins more than a dozen other Democrats running in the February primary.

Former Northwestern football player running for vacated House seat

January 16, 2013

Former Northwestern and professional football player Napoleon Harris is entering a crowded field to replace an embattled Chicago congressman. A native of Dixmoor, a small city south of Chicago, Harris...

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