History will not remember the 2019-20 Northwestern Wildcats men’s basketball team as a great team. Or a good one. Or merely competitive. For a basketball program that never made March Madness before 2017, expectations are not perennially sky-high. But the 2019-20 season was as close as it has gotten to rock bottom in the past … Continue reading Opinion: Five years later, the cellar-dwelling 2019-20 Northwestern Wildcats are still rewriting their legacy

Welcome to the Riker Report, where I open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. Only one unbeaten team remains, the Kansas City Chiefs, while the NFC North continues to prove why it is the toughest division to play… and the … Continue reading Riker Report Week 7: Saquon Barkley exacts revenge, Lions rule the North after pivotal road win

NFL training camp is a force to be reckoned with.  In a sport that prides itself on a year-round calendar and an absence of lulls, training camp is the perfect tool to reel back in fans from baseball and the NBA offseason and build up excitement for upcoming NFL action. The practices don’t count in … Continue reading Opinion: In celebration of training camp, one of the best parts of the NFL calendar

    Last year, the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams battled in one of the most riveting Super Bowls I can remember. No team had been able to stop Tom Brady and the Patriots’ juggernaut offense all year until the Rams did… and they still lost. The match pitted elite coaches and came down … Continue reading Super Bowl LIV Primer: Get your popcorn ready