[NU Sports] NU Sports News Digest 12/21

[Roy Lamberton]

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4 Days to Christmas / 5 to Chanuka Edition

Day before the next Basketball game, have you finished your Christmas or Holiday
Shopping yet? Basketball stories, some Football, Wrestling honors, and some
Miscellany, to go with Alumni news too.

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to News about
                                                                    Northwestern
University Athletics

Winter Break
FOOTBALL

     Sun Bowl matchup features top offenses
 
http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051205/SPORTS05/51205035
6/1017 
     Uhh, actually its 3...
     Six Wildcats Suspended, Won't Play in Bowl
      http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/view_content.asp?ID=21666 

     Inside Slant
      http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=InsideSlant 
     + Notes and Quotes
 
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=NotesAndQuotes 
     + Strategy and Personnel
 
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/teamReport?categoryId=86065&type=StrategyAndPersonn
el 
     Steve Silver: Steve's blog
      http://www.sportingnews.com/member/blog/weblog.php?w=823 
     Tickets available for $37
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/index.html# 
     + Help meet the obligation by clicking here and donating tickets!
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121505aaa.html 

     Next up: 
     The UCLA Bruins Purple Reign Pregame Intel will be up next week...
     Seniors Get Carried Away
 
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/ucla/la-sp-uclafbrep22dec22,1,7753033.stor
y?coll=la-headlines-sports-coll-ucla 
     + Defense Knows What Wildcat Offense Can Do
 
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/ucla/la-sp-uclafbrep20dec20,1,6835525.stor
y?coll=la-headlines-sports-coll-ucla 
     + Bruins' kickers walk on to the Sun Bowl 
      http://www.dailynews.com/ucla/ci_3325166 

     UCLA giving away Sun Bowl tickets
      http://www.sgvtribune.com/sports/ci_3332892 

BASKETBALL

     Men:
     Wildcats struggle, then pick up first road win 
 
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/sports/current/ev/12-22-05-778991.
html 
     Notes,Quotes
 
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/northwestern.htm 
     Illinois, Michigan State Single Game Tickets Sold Out!
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122005aab.html 
     Sangarin has us up to 141
      http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt0506.htm 
     Next up: 
     The Tigers of Depauw [12/23]
     Schott scores 33, but Tigers fall in overtime
     Pregame Intel Report will be up in Friday AM
      http://www.depauw.edu/ath/mbasket/index.asp?id=16793 

     Other Big 10
     Add 1 more hit to the list
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-051221illinigamer,1,53
01787.story?coll=cs-college-headlines 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

     'Cats Set to Tangle with No. 14/14 Blue Demons
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/122105aae.html 

WRESTLING

     Jake Herbert Named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week
      http://nusports.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/122105aab.html 
     + Northwestern's Herbert Selected Wrestler of the Week
      http://bigten.collegesports.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/122105aaa.html 

MISCELLANY

     Mids feel at home for Poinsettia Bowl
      http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20051221-115347-1213r.htm 
     + Navy has homefield advantage in Poinsettia Bowl 
      http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/UsatodaycomCollegeFootball-TopStories?m=294 

     Everybody knows Northwestern in Chiccago
      http://starbulletin.com/2005/12/22/sports/story01.html 

ALUMNI

     Ikechuku Ndukwe Signed to the active squad
 
http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=179&p=9&c=2&cid=481275&nid=2335877&fhn=1&refid=4742


     Noah Heron Gado out for rest of season
      http://packers.scout.com/2/481060.html 
     + Samkon Gado To Miss Rest Of Season
      http://www.packers.com/news/stories/2005/12/20/5/ 
     + Packers hit rock bottom in Baltimore
      http://packers.scout.com/2/480554.html 
     + Packers-Ravens: Post-game notes
      http://packers.scout.com/2/480557.html 
     + Green Bay not packing punch
 
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/cs-051221pierson,1,27515
55.column 

     Luke Donald Nicklaus leaves lasting memory
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=2SZY4P5HG5IUZQFIQMFSFFOAV
CBQ0IV0?xml=/sport/2005/12/21/sgmair21.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/12/22/ixgolf.html 

     Joe Girardi Marlins finalize Girardi's coaching staff
 
http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051221&content_
id=1285652&vkey=news_fla&fext=.jsp&c_id=fla 

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