The hard work that the student body endures every semester also comes with stresses that are sometimes overwhelming. However, these stresses can easily be subdued with some physical activity that is available at the Physical Education Complex. The Spring Intramural Season provides various activities for the student body to participate […]

Bringing in the spring semester with Chicago’s usual cold January weather seems befitting to have a winter sport to accommodate the season. Therefore, hockey lovers within the NEIU student body have come together to represent NEIU with a hockey club born from the pure love of the sport. Officially, NEIU […]

Lebron James.  Kobe Bryant.  Dirk Nowitzki.  Steve Nash.  Derrick Rose?  The list of former MVP winners is a Who’s Who of future Hall of Famers.  Does Derrick Rose truly belong on that list? Over the years, Chicago has watched Derrick Rose mature from a budding high school star, to a […]

First and foremost as a kid that grew up in the north suburbs, my allegiance for many years followed the team that has played on Addison for many years. As I grew older and developed the ability to illustrate a description in my head, one of my favorite fixtures of […]

The MLS season has come to a close with the MLS Cup final being played between F.C. Dallas and the Colorado Rapids on Sunday, Nov 21.     On the home front, however, Bridgeview’s Toyota Park closed its doors on the Chicago Fire home season back on Oct 16, along with […]

Punching, kicking, striking, grappling, elbowing, kneeing, clinching and throwing. No, it’s not your uncles fighting over the last Thanksgiving turkey leg; they’re all legal moves in Mixed Martial Arts, a sport that’s been taking over the world as it gains notoriety as each month goes on. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) […]

Every season begins with a Super Bowl prediction simply based upon trades and the first preseason game. As you may well know, no one’s prediction is ever right as teams implode, certain players go nuts and one team from a small market comes out of nowhere and has everyone scratching […]

e time after the close of a disappointing 2010 season on picking their new manager.  They didn’t have to look very far either.  Mike Quade, who served as interim manager following Lou Piniella’s abrupt retirement in August, was selected to serve as the franchise’s 51st manager.  The decision was somewhat […]

Michael Jordan has yet again come out of retirement and is looking to make one last championship run with the team of your choice. Headlining the cover of an NBA licensed videogame for the first time ever, it would only make sense that the greatest player of all time would […]

In an interview from a long time ago and with no particular context that I can remember, Brian Urlacher was talking about receiving a call from Dick Butkus after a good game. Essentially, Butkus told Urlacher that next time he should stomp the running-back in the genitals. Urlacher replied that […]