By Paul M. Banks In 2008-09, Chicagoans became well aware of how Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz, along with team Vice President John McDonough re-branded the Blackhawks from red-headed stepchild to main event on the Second City’s sports stage. Forbes named them the biggest turnaround in sports business history. When you’re a university Athletic Director, you have … [Read more...] about Jim Phillips, CEO of Northwestern’s Athletic Program Part 1
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2010 NFL Mock Draft
By Peter Christian The 2010 NFL Draft is about 6 months away. There is more than half of the NFL season left to play. We still have to wait two and a half months to see a BCS Champion crowned. But the 2010 NFL Draft is about 6 months away. Let's have some fun. (Draft order is reverse order of Peter Christian and Paul M. Banks NFL power rankings, positional need has been … [Read more...] about 2010 NFL Mock Draft
College Football Week 6 Live Blog
10:30 AM: Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by! We'll be chatting up some solid college football action, with a lot of Big Ten early on in the day, and some big national games later on! Paul Banks will help us get things kicked off live from the Northwestern campus, giving us insight from the "box", and the rest of us will have insights on the games on TV. The tentative … [Read more...] about College Football Week 6 Live Blog
College Football Live Blog, Part 2! Now With More Night Games!
We're back for the evening, and it's been a "great" day of football so far. You know, unless you happen to like Illinois. Then you're surly. I'm not saying...I'm just saying. You can expect to see some commentary on a lot of games this evening, including, but not limited to: Iowa at Penn St. Notre Dame at Purdue Texas Tech at Houston Should be fun, come on in … [Read more...] about College Football Live Blog, Part 2! Now With More Night Games!