In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas takes a look at the many challenges Northwestern basketball coach Bill Carmody has faced this season. With 1:30 left in the Northwestern-Ohio State game last night, the Wildcats trailed by only two points. This is incredible, considering the team was without both freshman center Alex Olah, a seven-footer who had come
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WNUR Web Director Eric Klaus recaps Northwestern’s blowout victory over Illinois. On Saturday afternoon, Northwestern and Illinois renewed their annual rivalry for the 106th time. A game that looked like a mismatch on paper, turned out to be an even bigger mismatch on the field. Illinois got off to quick start, driving 78 yards on the game’s opening possession to
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With Northwestern in the midst of a potentially special season, WNUR Web Director Eric Klaus looks back at one of the most successful teams in Northwestern history: the 1949 Rose Bowl Champions. On New Year’s Day 1949, the Northwestern Wildcats beat the California Golden Bears 20-14 to do something that no other Northwestern team has ever done: win a bowl
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As part of a new series, WNUR’s Justin Nam (@namjustin) goes behind the scenes to profile Northwestern men’s and women’s basketball players. First up, men’s star forward and senior leader, Drew Crawford. Name: Drew Crawford Jersey Number: #1 Position: Forward Basketball season is right around the corner folks. After coming so close to the first ever Northwestern bid into the
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz discusses the Leaders and Legends division races in Volume 10 of his weekly column, B1G Ten Ballin’. Volume 10: Through The Looking Glass With week 10 of the Big Ten season upon us, we can now start to understand where this conference is going. The conference is having a down year and as a result, the Big
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WNUR’s Nick Scoliard recaps Northwestern’s homecoming game victory over Iowa. Well, it wouldn’t be a Northwestern game if it didn’t come down to the fourth quarter. As close as it seemed, the ‘Cats held off the surging Hawkeyes to claim a 28-17 victory heading into a much needed bye week. The ‘Cats were up by 25 in the middle of
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WNUR’s Tralon Williams previews Northwestern’s homecoming game against Iowa. The ‘Cats are 6-2, JA Adande is the Homecoming Grand Marshall and the first round of midterms are coming to an end. Needless to say the spirits in Evanston are running rather high. Well if your good spirits are in full swing right now, I recommend that you stop reading this
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Volume 2: Movin Like Bernie (Photo courtesy of Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) As I sat back and took in the first weekend of college football, I was intrigued with a lot of what went on. From the blowouts to the down to the wire finishes, it could not feel better to have Big Ten football back in action. Yet for me,
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Photo Credit: ESPN.com WNUR Co-Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) sat down with Pat Fitzgerald Thursday afternoon to chat about Saturday’s season opener against the Syracuse Orange. Coach Fitzgerald discusses the team’s youth and inexperience on the offensive line and in the secondary and talks about the challenges coaches and players face heading into a season opener. The interview will be aired
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) spotlights Northwestern Wildcat football starting center Brandon Vitabile. Vitabile enters the 2012 season as one of the most highly-touted offensive players on Northwestern’s roster. Vitabile touches on his emergence as a starter last season and how different his role will be this year entering Saturday’s season opener at Syracuse. This podcast will air during
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Photo Credit: BleacherReport.com WNUR Sports Directors Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) and Zach Kisfalusi (@zKisfalusi) along with Christian Flores (@Mr_C_G_Flores) sat down to discuss the youth of the 2012 Northwestern Wildcat football squad. The three discuss Northwestern’s offensive and defensive lines, the secondary, superbacks and quarterback and what impact the lack of experience will have on the Wildcats’ success for this season. The
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Photo by Scott Boehm/Getty Images Greg Mroz (@TheeMrClean) takes a trip through Big Ten land to preview all of the games from the opening weekend of college football. This update will air on Saturday morning during the WNUR Kick-Off Show starting at 10:00 am with opening kick-off at 11:00 am from the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
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