My alarm went off at 4:25 am. Hawkeyes Bryon, his wife and daughter were picking me up at 5:00 am to make the three hour and 45 minute drive to Iowa City to watch the Northwestern Wildcats take on the “first time in school history 9-0” Iowa Hawkeyes. In my opinion this game was just a warm-up for Iowa’s game next week against Ohio St. However, Bryon and Julie were not as confident as Northwestern had won in Iowa City in 2006 and 2008. In a scheduling fluke, Northwestern was …

Tonight there are multiple professional sports to choose from as the past week has been mainly filled with college basketball exhibition games. Today there are six games sporting events taking place in the Chicago and Milwaukee area.
1) Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution in a conference semifinals playoff game at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, IL. Game starts at 7:30 pm (CT).2) Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Bobcats at the United Center in Chicago, IL. Game starts at 7:00 pm (CT).3) Milwaukee Bucks vs. New York Knicks at the Bradley Center in …

With the weekend come many more sporting events to attend. Tonight there are five games to choose from in the Chicago and Milwaukee area.
1) DePaul Blue Demons Men’s Basketball vs. University of Chicago in an exhibition game at McGrath Arena in Chicago, IL. Game starts at 7:30 pm (CT).2) Milwaukee Admirals vs. Peoria Riverman at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. Game starts at 7:00 pm (CT).3) DePaul Blue Demons Women’s Basketball vs. Illinois Wesleyan in an exhibition game at McGrath Arena in Chicago, IL. Game starts at 5:30 pm …

There are just two games going on in the Chicago and Milwaukee area tonight.
1) Northern Illinois Football vs. Eastern Michigan at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, IL. Game starts at 6:30 pm (CT).2) UWM Women’s Basketball vs. UW-Stevens Point in an exhibition game at the Klotsche Center in Milwaukee, WI. Game starts at 7 pm (CT).
In addition, you can attend thoroughbred horse racing at Hawthorne Racecourse in Cicero, IL (post time 1:20 pm) or harness racing at Maywood Park in Maywood, IL (post time 7:20 pm).

Tonight I attended my first exhibition college basketball game. I only attended because I bought season tickets to Northwestern men’s basketball Tuesday afternoon and the game was included.
Northwestern Season TicketsThe last time I bought season tickets was for the 2004-05 basketball season. That was Nicole’s first year as a graduate student and we were hanging out on campus a lot. That year I bought the graduate student season ticket and each game cost $4.
For the first time since that season, I bought graduate student tickets this year. …