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MOORE: Stop pretending that colleges are nonprofit institutions

January 23, 2026 Stephen Moore

Here’s a recent story from the Chicago Tribune that jumped off the page when I read it. Northwestern University is finishing up the construction of a new $800 million football stadium. This is supposedly a […]

Tar Heels win 11th NCAA field hockey title

November 19, 2023 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — Ryleigh Heck scored in the sixth round of a shootout to lift defending champion UNC to a 2-1 win over Northwestern on Sunday in the NCAA Division-I field hockey championships, the 11th […]

Duke bullies Northwestern in 38-14 win

September 16, 2023 Shawn Krest

DURHAM — Duke quarterback Riley Leonard took a first down snap and saw Northwestern defensive back Ore Adeyi bearing down on him, unblocked, on a blitz. Leonard took one step forward, looked for an open […]

Duke looks to take care of business against reeling peer Northwestern

September 13, 2023 Shawn Krest

Duke enters Saturday’s game against Northwestern in an unfamiliar position for the program. The Blue Devils need to show no mercy against an opponent that has fallen on hard times. For most of Duke’s football […]

Elko improves to 2-0, Duke wins at Northwestern

September 10, 2022 The Associated Press

EVANSTON, Ill. — Jordan Waters had a pair of touchdowns on the ground, Riley Leonard threw for a score and Duke beat Northwestern 31-23 on Saturday. Leonard, who was 13 of 24 for 240 yards […]

Duke, Northwestern eye 2-0 starts

September 7, 2022 Cory Lavalette

There was a time when a Duke-Northwestern football game would have been the rare opportunity for either team to put a notch in the win column. The arrival of former player Pat Fitzgerald in Evanston […]

UNC survives semifinal scare, wins women’s lacrosse title

June 1, 2022 Shawn Krest

North Carolina capped an undefeated season by winning its third women’s lacrosse national championship in program history. The Tar Heels topped Boston College 12-11 on Sunday to win its first title since 2016. It almost […]

Deacons face nervous wait for Selection Sunday

March 10, 2022 Brett Friedlander

NEW YORK – Steve Forbes is a basketball coach not a bracketologist, so he doesn’t plan on spending the next few days trying to handicap Wake Forest’s chances of getting into the NCAA Tournament. That […]

Gritty Deacons outlast Northwestern to give ACC rare Challenge win

December 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

WINSTON-SALEM — Among the first things Steve Forbes set out to do after being hired as Wake Forest’s basketball coach in April 2020 was establish a winning identity for a program that had enjoyed only […]

College Basketball Roundup: Davis, Tar Heels hold off upset-minded Brown

November 12, 2021 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — RJ Davis scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 19 North Carolina battled through 40 minutes of relentless competition from Brown, outlasting the Ivy League foe 94-87 on Friday night. Armando Bacot […]