Meet Chef Joel Reno: The pâtissier who once only needed pastry now kneads pizza
By Amanda Rosenberg Medill Reports In 2012, chef Joel Reno received a call from the head of The French Pastry School in Chicago with an offer to teach. Years later, that job helped Reno meet his wife, receive discounted professional cooking equipment and start his first business. In late December, Reno, now 47, opened Pistores […]
Big Ten Tournament: ‘Today we laid an egg’: Michigan State’s defensive effort costs them in quarterfinals
By Kyle Williams Medill Reports Michigan State coach Tom Izzo didn’t mince words about his team’s performance in their 68-58 Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal loss to Ohio State. “It’s one of the more disappointing days because I thought we had a legitimate chance to maybe win this (tournament),” Izzo said. “Today, we laid an egg. […]
Big Ten Tournament: Edey’s presence looms large as No. 1 Purdue advances to semifinals
By Jonah Dayton Medill Reports While it was a relatively quiet day for presumed National Player of the Year Zach Edey, his presence alone dominated the game as his top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers hung on to defeat No. 9 seed Rutgers, 70-65, during Friday’s quarterfinal matchup. Edey put up a 16-point, 11-rebound double-double in 32 minutes […]
Big Ten Tournament: No Sensabaugh, no problem; Buckeyes advance to semifinals
By Max Olsan Medill Reports Brice Sensabaugh, Ohio State’s leading scorer, was ruled out with knee soreness Friday ahead of the team’s Big Ten men’s basketball tournament quarterfinal game against Michigan State. However, that didn’t stop the No. 13 seed Buckeyes from prevailing with their third win in as many days to become the lowest […]
Big Ten basketball success runs deep in Loyer family
By Elena Shklyar Medill Reports On Thursday afternoon at the Barclays Center, Foster Loyer took off his black and red Davidson jersey after playing in the final game of his decorated five-year-long college basketball career. On Friday morning at the United Center, Fletcher Loyer suited up in his No. 2 Purdue jersey to play in […]
Freshman Caroline Lau showcases scoring, passing ability in first season
By Tristan Tucker Medill Reports First-year guard Caroline Lau burst onto the scene for Northwestern University’s women’s basketball team, emphasized by her career outing against Chicago State on Jan. 25, and never looked back. Lau set career highs in points, field goals, free throws, rebounds, assists and blocks in the 87-64 win. Then, in an […]
Big Ten Tournament: Penn State silences United Center crowd, knocks off Illinois in second round
By Drew Steiner Medill Reports The boisterous, orange-filled United Center was silenced Thursday as the No. 7 seed Illinois Fighting Illini were knocked out of the Big Ten tournament by the No. 10 seed Penn State Nittany Lions, 79-76. The Nittany Lions played much of the game with a smaller lineup, with the tallest player […]
Big Ten Tournament: ‘Unacceptable’ second-half struggles end Wolverines’ run
By Kierstin Lindkvist Medill Reports The Michigan Wolverines’ second-half struggles ended their Big Ten tournament run against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights — marking the first time in history that the lower seed has won the first three games. Entering the tournament, the higher seeds in the first three games (Wisconsin, Nebraska and Michigan) were a […]
Big Ten Tournament: Buckeyes knock off Hawkeyes, continue unprecedented streak of upsets
By Adam Bakr Medill Reports No. 13 seed Ohio State defeated No. 5 seed Iowa 73-69 in the Big Ten tournament second round on Thursday and made Big Ten history in the process. It’s the first time the lower seed has won the first four games of a Big Ten tournament. With No. 10 Penn […]
Turkish immigrants stepping up to help earthquake victims at home
By Almagul Serikbayeva Medill Reports In the wake of early February’s earthquake along the Turkish and Syrian border, the Turkish diaspora of immigrants in Chicago has packed and shipped more than 2,500 boxes of donations full of winter clothing, sleeping bags, hand warmers, diapers, baby food, hygiene products and other necessities, to their homeland through […]