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Senior Night: Chicago St. at Northwestern
A few weeks ago, Northwestern men’s basketball was on the “bubble” of making the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. However, after losing to Iowa on the road and to lowly Penn St. TWICE, it was official...
View ArticleMilwaukee Bucks or Big Ten Tournament
The wife has plans tonight. Whenever she has plans (that do not include me), I always pick out a game to attend somewhere within a reasonable distance – meaning I cannot spend the night in another...
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Traffic, Greed and Bad Fans: NU vs. Purdue
My decision to attend the Northwestern men’s basketball game in the Big Ten Tournament rather than the Milwaukee Bucks game meant I needed to leave earlier than expected. I left my house at 2:00 pm in...
View ArticleNorthwestern’s Home Opener vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
It was a Friday night and my parents were in town. Thus, we all decided to pack into the car and head to Northwestern’s Evanston campus. Nicole needed to prepare for her job interview on Monday and my...
View ArticleNorthwestern Men’s Basketball at 2 pm
Northwestern was playing their second straight afternoon game at Welch-Ryan Arena. This time it was the men’s basketball team as they hosted Mount St. Mary’s for a 2 pm matinee. Beg, Borrow and Deal As...
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Road-trip with Ultimate Sports Baby: Northwestern at Illinois
On October 17, 2008 I drove to Champaign, IL to see the Chicago Bulls play a pre-season game at Assembly Hall for the first time since 1989. I thought this would replace my need to attend an actual...
View ArticleLast Minute Invite: Michigan at Northwestern
My friend, Todd Sermersheim, called me minutes before he was driving into my neighborhood with an extra ticket to the Northwestern basketball game. At that exact time, Nicole got home so I was free...
View ArticleCBS Broadcasts from Welsh-Ryan Arena
Nicole planned to take Dylan to her grandfather’s 90th birthday party in south Texas so I had a weekend home alone in Chicago. Of course, since it is Super Bowl weekend, there is only one sporting...
View ArticleBreak from Hospital: Iowa at Northwestern
The Ultimate Sports Baby was really sick when I got back from the Blackhawks game Wednesday night. Earlier Thursday morning the Ultimate Sports Baby was admitted to Children’s Memorial Hospital for a...
View ArticleNIT Tournament: UW-Milwaukee at Northwestern
I had waited for this moment ever since I started at Northwestern as a freshman in the fall of 1994 – an NIT game at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The last time Northwestern hosted an NIT game was in 1994. I was a...
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