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NORTHWESTERN MENS BASKETBALL NON-CONFERENCE PREVIEW

WNUR’s Austin Miller (@Austin_james906) gives you the game-by-game rundown of Northwestern men’s basketball’s non-conference schedule for the 2014-2015 season. Which games can Wildcat fans mark down as wins, and which will be classic non-conference nail-biters? Austin breaks down every match-up, starting with Friday’s season opener against Houston Baptist.   In his first season as Northwestern coach, Chris Collins spent the

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Strength Through Smiles: Terri Taylor’s Triumph Over Injuries

Halfway through her junior year, Northwestern Wildcats women’s basketball guard Terri Taylor had yet to see her court due to numerous injuries to her feet and ankles. After making her debut last year during Big Ten play, Taylor enters her senior year as a captain of the team looking to break out in Northwestern’s backcourt. WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) has

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The NUmbers Guy: The Venric Effect

WNUR’s Jim Sannes (@JimSannes) looks at the injury to Venric Mark and tries to quantify how much the loss has affected the Northwestern Wildcats. Generally, people of authority will tell you not to dabble in hypotheticals and counterfactuals. However, when Northwestern is 0-3 in the Big Ten after a mind-boggling loss to Minnesota, reality blows and needs a solid kick

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WNUR’s Predictions: Northwestern football versus California

The WNUR Sports crew offers their predictions of Saturday’s season opener between the Northwestern Wildcats and the California Golden Bears. Have a prediction of your own? Feel free to leave it below in the comments or tweet @WNURSports to prove that you’re smarter than our – ahem – “experts.” Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas): Northwestern, 38-21. Cal keeps it close, but the

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Summer Preview: Quarterbacks

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas>) previews the Northwestern quarterbacks heading into the 2013 season as part of WNUR Sports’ summer preview series. You never know what Northwestern’s going to do at quarterback. Three years ago, Evan Watkins was supposed to be the backup to Dan Persa, but after Persa went down with a ruptured Achilles, coach Pat Fitzgerald burned

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What If? Too much of a good thing

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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Joe’s Corner: Northwestern Lacrosse Series Finale

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) compares the end of Northwestern’s lacrosse season to the end of a TV series. Last week, NBC aired the series finale of “The Office.” A beloved comedy show came to a sweet end which tied up all the character arcs and delivered the bittersweet moments fans expected for the final episode. Series finales are

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Joe’s Corner: Northwestern Recruiting Takes a Huge Step Forward

WNUR Sports Director Joe Misulonas (@jmisulonas) looks at Northwestern football’s recruiting class of 2014 and how the Wildcats have drastically improved their recruiting success. In my column from February 8th, I expressed my disappointment with the Northwestern Recruiting Class of 2013. The Wildcats recruiting class ranked 51st in the nation this year, even though the team finished 17th in the

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