Position Preview: Defensive Line
After the departures of Joe Gaziano and Alex Miller, Northwestern’s defensive line will need to develop young talent to build its line of the future.
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Position Preview: Offensive Line
With four of five starters returning and one of the best left tackles in the country, Northwestern’s offensive line is poised for a big 2020.
Read more2020 Opponent Breakdown: Tulane
Northwestern and Tulane are set to meet on the gridiron in Week 2 for the first time since 1956.
Read moreSB season recap: a moot projection
By John Volk Under ordinary conditions, it would be unwise to draw big-picture conclusions 23 games into the collegiate softball season. In a sport so focused on the daily grind of four months of competition, a team’s strengths and weaknesses can’t truly be shown in the Kajikawa Classic and the Louisville Invitational.However, 2020 doesn’t count as an ordinary condition. Coming
Read moreThe Strange History of the Evanston YMCA and Northwestern Basketball
By John Volk On Jan. 31, 1907, Northwestern men’s basketball secured its first victory of the season. A headline on the front page of the next day’s The Northwestern (now The Daily Northwestern) proclaimed that Head Coach Louis Gillesby’s hope of the team winning at least one game was fulfilled. Three straight losses was not how he wanted to start
Read moreTAKEAWAYS: Northwestern WBB Pounds Lewis in Exhibition
By John Volk For the second straight season, Northwestern Women’s Basketball opened its season with an exhibition showdown against Lewis University, a Division II school out of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. For the second straight season, Northwestern Women’s Basketball grabbed a win over the Flyers. This year, however, the game was a little more difficult to watch. With the
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