Chicago News Report – July 25

By Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Shannon Longworth and Karleigh Stone Medill Reports On this episode of Chicago News Report: Chicagoans flock to City Hall to call for change. One local sports team is punished while another endeavors to protect fans. And two different kinds of scales are on display at a weekly event […]

Chicago News Report, July 15

By Karleigh Stone, Nicole Croteau, Max Goodman, Tim Hackett, Nicole Croteau, and Shannon Longworth Medill Reports Alligators in the lake. Protests in the city.  Kittens in a cafe. On this episode of Chicago News Report, we cover all of that and more. Photo at top: Chicagoans staged a protest in support of equal pay for […]

Darting Ahead: Windy City Darters hopes to help grow the game in the USA

By Tim Hackett Medill Newsmakers The game of darts is changing. It’s grown into a worldwide spectator sport attracting thousands of fans, and the popularity of the sport is surging in Europe and in other parts of the world. But that surge has yet to really take hold here in the United States, where professional […]

A disappointing Northwestern Men’s Basketball season ends in a fitting way – with a loss

https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/soundcite/latest/js/soundcite.min.js The Wildcats’ season ended with an overtime loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at the United Center last week,  ending a dismal 2018-19 season by Tim Hackett Medill Reports March 13, 2017. Northwestern Men’s Basketball prepared for a trip to Salt Lake City, reveling in the previous night’s announcement that […]

#7 Loyola Falls to UCLA, Defeats Penn State in Pair of Four-Set Affairs

by Tim Hackett Medill Reports Mahan’s career week helps Ramblers salvage home split After UC Santa Barbara snapped their six-game winning streak  Saturday, the #7 Loyola-Chicago Ramblers returned home to Gentile Arena for matches against a pair of teams with 21 NCAA men’s volleyball national championships between them,. They faced off against #5 UCLA and […]

Loyola outlast Pepperdine, dispatches UC San Diego to notch perfect weekend

Tim Hackett Medill Reports Ramblers Improve to 5-1 by Winning Five-Set Thriller Over Waves, Sweeping Tritons A pair of wins at Gentile Arena this weekend reinforced why Loyola Men’s Volleyball is one of the best teams in the sport. The #7 Ramblers improved to 5-1 in the 2019 season by outlasting the #5 Pepperdine Waves […]