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EDITORIAL: Sportsmanship lacking in politics

October 2, 2012

Notre Dame to leave the Big East

Pat Simonaitis

September 13, 2012

The University of Notre Dame announced its departure from the Big East Conference Wednesday and stated its intention to join the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports except football. Notre Dame is working with the Big East...

Football program likely sacked for good

Mark Strotman

October 7, 2010

If the question has been asked once, it has been asked a million times: What are the chances Marquette could one day bring football back at the Division 1 level to compete against some of the finest programs in the nation? The...

The long fall of Marquette football

Mark Strotman

September 30, 2010

This is the second of a three-part series on the tradition, demise and future of Marquette’s Division I football team. Following a successful six-win season in 1953 under head coach Liz Blackbourn, the Marquette f...

Milwaukee Iron gets new investor

Tony DiZinno

December 1, 2009

Lost in the local sports hoopla among the likes of Marquette basketball, the Packers, the Brewers and the Bucks comes a newer team: the Iron. The indoor football team, founded in 2008, has a new investor: Phoenix-based Highland Business Services, Inc....

GROVER: Saturday’s Slump

Eric Grover

September 22, 2009

I’m glad every day isn’t Saturday. When you have Saturdays like mine, you usually end up getting drawn on. I’m telling you guys, my shoes were off. Juveniles. No, my real problem lies with a Saturday afternoon tradition,...