WNUR’s Ben Goren and Joe Misulonas preview the 2013-14 Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball season. The two discuss the departures of Kendall Hackney and Danielle Diamant, the arrival of Nia Coffey, and the transformation of the roles of Karly Roser, Maggie Lyon and Lauren Douglas.
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WNUR Sports Online Content Director Cameron Songer (@CameronSonger) previews Northwestern’s women’s basketball team and imagines a world where a key player doesn’t transfer. Compared to the high expectations for the football and men’s basketball teams for their upcoming seasons, Northwestern’s women’s basketball team will enter 2013-2014 with relatively little fanfare. At some level, this makes sense. The team has won
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On the court, former Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball star Kendall Hackney could do it all: hit a three, knock down a jump shot, post up on defense and grab a rebound. Now, she finds herself starring in a new role – Northwestern’s Waa-Mu Show. Hackney found a way to finally realize her love for theater after her collegiate basketball career
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James Sannes and Brandon Liebhaber host the Sportsvoice on March 3rd, 2013. The show begins with a wrap-up of the Northwestern women’s basketball season. Later, the boys play some “Toss-Up,” with topics including the upcoming men’s and women’s Big Ten Tournaments, and the outlook for Northwestern’s spring sports teams. Also, Northwestern Women’s lacrosse player Alyssa Leonard, who tied an NCAA
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) profiles Northwestern women’s basketball freshman Maggie Lyon, who is a leading candidate to be named the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year. The list of people that had a better weekend than my fantasy NASCAR team is extensive. That list includes everyone that doesn’t have a fantasy NASCAR team because that seems pretty lame.
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) recaps this past weekend in Northwestern sports, including big wins for softball and women’s basketball and awkward viral videos for baseball. After a weekend loaded with me ‘roiding out on House of Cards, NASCAR, and nose-cicles (icicles that form when your snot freezes), it’s time to rewind a bit. While I certainly enjoyed my
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at this past weekend in Northwestern Wildcat basketball, where both the men and women were able to pick up wins in impressive fashion. At the end of this weekend, it was apparent that there were a lot of winners. The obvious ones are Blue Ivy Carter (for having the coolest freaking
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas looks at the important roles point guards Dave Sobolewski and Karly Roser will need to play for the Northwestern basketball programs to have success both this year and in the years to come. Joe’s Corner: There’s Something About the Point Guards Physicist Niels Bohr once said, “Prediction is very difficult, especially
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WNUR Sports Director Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) takes a look at Northwestern men’s and women’s basketball and gives reasons to be optimistic about both programs. As I ice-skated my way to campus last night through what some idiots call a wintry mix (which is far less conducive to frolicking than the phrase makes it seem), I realized I needed a reason
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Highlights: Northwestern Women’s Basketball falls to #9 Penn State by Wnursports on Mixcloud CLICK HERE to listen to the highlights from Thursday night’s contest that saw the Northwestern University Wildcats Women’s Basketball team fall to the #9 Penn State Lady Lions in State College, Penn. The ‘Cats led most of the way, but couldn’t quite hang on as Penn State
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The Northwestern University Wildcats women’s basketball team overcame a 12-point first half deficit Wednesday to defeat the Boston College Eagles 67-63 and improve to 6-0 on the season. The ‘Cats trailed 55-48 with only 7:02 left in the second half before finishing the game off on a 19-8 run to complete the comeback in the Women’s Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Northwestern
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Click here to listen as WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) and Nick Petro (@NickPetro15) take a look at the 2012-2013 Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball team in anticipation of their season opener against Tennessee-Martin Friday night. The two discuss the ceilings for Kendall Hackney and Danielle Diamant, the role of Karly Roser, and take a look at the new talent joining Joe
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