By Jack Lido This season, Northwestern lacrosse again escaped the wrath of February and March in Evanston inside Ryan Fieldhouse. Coming off a Big Ten Tournament Championship and a Final Four appearance in 2019, the No. 3 Wildcats looked ready to make another deep run. But as the world adapted to the realities of COVID-19, the dreams of that run
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By Jack Lido When Jared Thomas walked off Wilson Field on March 10th, he didn’t know how quickly the world was about to change. The novel coronavirus was not top of mind as he ran, leaped and lifted in front of at least 32 pairs of watchful eyes at his pro day. “Literally the next day is when I was
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Jack Lido had the call as Northwestern baseball earned its first series win of the season in Columbia against South Carolina. Relive the thrilling victory with these highlights:
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By Jack Lido There’s a living legend in the city of Evanston. She’s held an NCAA Championship trophy nine times and a gold medal thrice. She went to the top of the mountain in her sport, then led a generation of athletes to the same peak. Kelly Amonte Hiller has had a life of winning in women’s lacrosse. In the
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By Jack Lido School is out in Evanston for winter break, but for the Northwestern Wildcats, class was in session today. In front of a few hundred kids on field trip day, Lindsey Pulliam was the professor of pull up jumpers, Veronica Burton lectured on lighting up the stat sheet, and Joe McKeown delivered an impassioned dialogue on defense, which
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Northwestern baseball faced a near must-win game Friday at Rocky and Berenice Miller Park and answered the bell with an explosive offensive performance en route to a 10-3 win. Jack Lido had the call:
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By Jack Lido Pallas Kunayi-Akpanah will forever go down in Northwestern Women’s basketball lore. Beyond etching her name in the team’s record book with more than 1,000 career rebounds, she leads by example, has outstanding hustle up and down the court, and by all accounts is a fantastic young person. Tonight, Northwestern faces Arizona in the WNIT Finals, which will
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Northwestern was prepared for the reigning player of the year.
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Noah Coffman and Jack Lido had the call.
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By Jack Lido Trailing in a game for nearly 30 out of 40 possible minutes typically means bad things for your basketball team. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to the Northwestern Wildcats Wednesday night, who dropped to 1-4 in conference play after a 73-63 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes. Northwestern (10-6) was able to keep the game close, never trailing
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By Jack Lido Northwestern faces Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game tomorrow in Indianapolis. The No. 6 Buckeyes have lost just once this year, scoring only 20 points in a blowout against Purdue on October 20. In that game, the Boilermakers created a blueprint to beating Ohio State. The Buckeyes sport the second best offense in the country
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