The Prairie Fire football team was an unstoppable force of will in their 28-25 victory on Saturday, shoving their collective foot down the throat of the Lawrence University Vikings. It was an amazing victory, with impressive play on both sides, not to mention the most special of formations -- the special teams.

“It’s great to get a win,” said Coach Andy Gibbons. “It was huge for the team after five real tough weeks.” The Fire ...

The Knox College women’s soccer team was hopeful that their games against two Midwest Conference opponents this past weekend would add two contests to their win column, but it did not.

On Saturday, Oct. 18, the team traveled to Waukesha, Wis. to take on the Carroll University Pioneers and was defeated 9-0. The Pioneers netted their first goal just 29 seconds into the game and at halftime had a 6-0 lead. Upon conclusion of ...

You cheer up. Now, you’ve had a rough go the last few weeks. The Cubs, despite being one of the best teams in baseball (note: not the best, but that is an argument for another day) during the regular season find themselves eliminated from the postseason in abrupt fashion. Now, I’m sure Lou and the guys were broken up about it the first day, but I’m sure when they got back to ...

The day before securing the Midwest Conference men’s soccer championship, the Carroll University Pioneers scored three goals in the first 12 minutes to defeat the Knox College Prairie Fire 7-2 in Saturday’s match at Carroll. The Pioneers received a two-goal effort from Andy Prentice and three assists from Dona Lado in the victory, while pushing Knox’s record to 5-7 on the year (1-4 in Midwest Conference play).

Knox surrendered goals in the ...

Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu recently bemoaned the fact that the NFL is becoming a “pansy” league that is turning into “two-hand touch.”

Polamalu’s comment is in response to recent fines to his Steelers teammate, wide receiver Hines Ward. Ward was fined $5,000 for unnecessary roughness in the Steelers’ Sept. 29th game with the Baltimore Ravens. After the Steelers’ Oct. 5th game, Ward was again fined for unnecessary roughness.

The NFL was considering fining ...