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4 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Colleen Kane
Jill Pizzotti thought she was retiring from coaching 20 years ago. Her 10-year stint as a young head coach at Saint Louis University ended in 2005 after a pair of rough seasons, and while she had plenty of assistant coaching job offers, one opportunity in the corporate world stood out. Nike wanted her to be its manager of women’s college basketball, an “incredible job,” she said.
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6 days ago |
big10central.com | Colleen Kane
Northwestern attacker Madison Taylor had a big afternoon Sunday, even by her own NCAA Division I-leading standards. In the Wildcats’ first game this season outside at the upgraded Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Taylor had seven goals and four assists in the first half to lead No. 3 Northwestern’s 19-10 win over Oregon.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Colleen Kane
Northwestern attacker Madison Taylor had a big afternoon Sunday, even by her own NCAA Division I-leading standards. In the Wildcats’ first game this season outside at the upgraded Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Taylor had seven goals and four assists in the first half to lead No. 3 Northwestern’s 19-10 win over Oregon.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Colleen Kane
Two of Illinois’ best players declared for the NBA draft Monday. ESPN first reported that Illini freshman guard Kasparas Jakučionis, a projected lottery pick from Lithuania, will enter the draft. A few hours later, Canadian freshman forward Will Riley posted on social media that he, too, is headed to the draft.
How new Chicago State coach Bobby Rome II plans to build the city’s only Division I football program
1 week ago |
trib.com | Colleen Kane
CHICAGO — When Bobby Rome II stood to greet Chicago State leaders Tuesday morning at Gwendolyn Brooks Library on the South Side, he declared the community and area are “starving for a Division I football program.”Chicago State is counting on Rome to take that program from an idea to reality in about 16 months.
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