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Chicago Fire Tops MLS Defense Rankings, In a Dreamed Start of Season

Chicago Fire Tops MLS Defense Rankings, In a Dreamed Start of Season

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor April 14, 2022

Ezra Hendrickson’s team had only allowed two goals in six games this season. Chicago Fire FC and FC Dallas played a scoreless game last week that could have been just another bleak performance...

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Draw Results in Less Competitive Groups

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Draw Results in Less Competitive Groups

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor April 14, 2022

This year’s competition is marked by the absences of Italy, Nigeria and Chile national teams. Beginning at the 1970 Mexico FIFA World Cup, there has always been a “group of the death” in the...

Opinion: Tiki Taka Takes Over NEIU 4 v 4 Soccer Tournament

Opinion: Tiki Taka Takes Over NEIU 4 v 4 Soccer Tournament

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor April 14, 2022

Months after the Pedroso Cup, the Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) soccer community gathered to compete on March 30, 2022, at the P.E Complex. The attendance was expected to be weak, as Derek Ansong,...

Team 5, the winners of the pick up tournament.

NEIU Community Felt Basketball 3 v 3 Pick Up Tournament Like Homecoming

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor April 4, 2022

For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, sport activities organized by the school were held at the NEIU P.E. Complex. More than 20 community members gathered to participate in a pick-up...

New Campus Recreation Director Expects to Revitalize Activities at PE Complex

New Campus Recreation Director Expects to Revitalize Activities at PE Complex

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor March 6, 2022

For this installment of our series about Campus Recreation, we interviewed Dr. James Ball, Interim Associate Director of Campus Recreation and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences and Physical Education.    When...

Tristan Thompson Lands on Chicago Bulls to Provide Size and Defense

Tristan Thompson Lands on Chicago Bulls to Provide Size and Defense

Adrian Ortega, Writer March 1, 2022

On Feb. 17, 2022, the Indiana Pacers announced that they would be waiving power forward Tristan Thompson. News came after that he was expected to sign with the Chicago Bulls.  The Chicago Bulls organization...

Sports Snacks

Sports Snacks

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor March 1, 2022

Campus Recreation Offers Basketball, Soccer tournaments for March  2022. NEIU Campus Recreation posted on its Instagram account, @neiucampusrec, information about two upcoming sports tournaments: a...

NEIU Administration Plans for Spring 2022 Campus Recreation Revival

NEIU Administration Plans for Spring 2022 Campus Recreation Revival

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor February 17, 2022

During Fall 2021, former Associate Director of Campus Recreation Christian Kopp left his position and the services provided to students were minimal. Emanuel Raul, a 21-year-old Sociology major and member...

Sports Snacks

Sports Snacks

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor February 17, 2022

Chicago Fire FC Adds Needed Quality To Roster a Month before MLS Opening Day Joe Mansueto, Chicago Fire’s owner, is investing big time on his team to support its new coach Ezra Hendrickson. In...

Bulls Win Back to Back Now Sit 3rd on Eastern Conference

Bulls Win Back to Back Now Sit 3rd on Eastern Conference

Adrian Ortega, Writer February 17, 2022

On Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 the Chicago Bulls finally got an important 121-109 win against the Charlotte Hornets after losing the last two road games and beginning to slip down in the Eastern Conference...

Campus Recreation Is Not Providing Enough Services to NEIU’s Sports Community

Campus Recreation Is Not Providing Enough Services to NEIU’s Sports Community

Erwin Lopez Rada, News Editor February 4, 2022

This is the first installment of a series of articles that started as an assignment for a class called Solutions Journalism. The class objective was to teach students a kind of journalism that does not...

Bears management expects defense will benefit from coach Eberflus leadership.( Military service members honored during Chicago bears game by 416thTEC is licensed under CC PDM 1.0)

Ryan and Matt are “still” our football guys

David Redmond, Writer February 4, 2022

Here we go again Bears fans! Tell me if I heard this before but the Chicago Bears  hired a new General Manager and head coach, and their names are Ryan and Matt. Not the Ryan (Pace) and Matt (Nagy) that...

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