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No shame even if you want to put on the foils: 'Slap Shot' turns 40

It is not Citizen Kane but it is a classic nonetheless. Slap Shot, the Paul Newman comedy about a down-on-its-luck hockey team, can be called one of the defining sports movies of the 20th century. The vulgar, often violent film by Academy Award-winning dirREAD MORE

College Hockey Now's Elite Eight: Denver climbs back to No. 1

Ben Blacker blocks North Dakota to earn Men's Player of the Week

MEN'S PLAYER OF THE WEEK | Ben Blacker, Western MichiganWhat a difference a week made for the freshman goalie.After allowing 11 goals in two games against Nebraska Omaha, Blacker provided the difference this weekend in WMU's first ever sweep against North

HAT TRICK | Jockeying for conference position

With the regular season winding down, the next few weeks are all about positioning for conference tournaments. Winning those is the only way for a team to be completely sure they make the NCAA Tournament.To do that, a team might need favorable matchups, wh

College Hockey Now's Elite Eight: Catch Minnesota Duluth if you can

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HAT TRICK | Boston ruled hockey with rivalry matchups, Frozen Fenway

Observations from a big weekend of college hockey:1: The NFL Creates Schedule ChaosThe two Frozen Fenway games on Saturday were moved up in time so that people could get home in time to watch the New England Patriots play that night in an NFL divisional p

ASN ELITE EIGHT | Minnesota Duluth slides back into top spot

1 | MINNESOTA DULUTH RECORD: 12-3-3 LAST WEEK: 2The Bulldogs did not compete in a holiday tournament and were idle for the first weekend of the season's second half. But they are the consensus No. 1 for several reasons. Mostly, they are consistently a tou

SEASON RECAP | Rowing back Western Michigan's 13-1 journey to historic season

WMU's P.J. Fleck rowing his boat to Minnesota

P.J. Fleck, who led Western Michigan to the Cotton Bowl earlier this week, has accepted the head coaching job at Minnesota.It is with mixed emotions that I announce my decision to leave Western Michigan University for the head football coaching job at the

HAT TRICK | Teams gaining tournament experience

One of the most important things a ranked hockey program can get is tournament experience. Midseason tournaments often prepare teams for bigger and better things, giving them a taste of elimination games and the pressure they bring.It is a common theory th

RESPECT THE BOAT | WMU shows it can play with the big boys in Cotton Bowl loss

ARLINGTON, Texas | First of all, let’s establish the parameters of discussion: Monday's Cotton Bowl was not a referendum on the worthiness of Group of 5 (Western Michigan) vs. Power 5 (Wisconsin).The finals score will have those who disagree with that stat

BOWL COUNTDOWN | WMU faces toughest row yet Monday in Cotton Bowl

BEST OF 2016 | Western Michigan rows the boat all the way to Cotton Bowl

As another year comes to a close, we take a look back at some of our favorite things from the past year. Today we catch up with Western Michigan, one of college football's best stories this season. The Broncos put together their best season in school histo

COTTON BOWL | WMU's Corey Davis almost didn't get to college; now he's in a class by himself

COTTON BOWL Perfect life? For Western Michigan's Zach Terrell, it's all academic

GRAPEVINE, Texas | He might be the quarterback for one of the two remaining undefeated teams in the FBS and winner of the “academic Heisman” but Western Michigan’s Zach Terrell is quick to be self-deprecating about his apparent perfect life.Earlier this mo

BOWL-DACIOUS! Sun Belt clinches 'Bowl Belt' with G-5's best postseason record

SUPER BOWL COUNTDOWN | 26: Greg Jennings, Packers hit high note in Super Bowl XLV

Counting down the weekdays to Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5 in Houston, we look back at the 50 greatest Super Bowl competitors from the ASN family of schools as calculated one year ago. Today: 26.When people talk about gathering around a piano to sing, images of

TAKEAWAYS | ODU, Troy score their first 10-win seasons in FBS

COTTON BOWL | WMU's Corey Davis goes from overlooked to hard to miss

Western Michigan moves up in CFP rankings, but Navy is hot on their heels

Western Michigan (12-0) received a boost in its effort to play in the Cotton Bowl, moving up four spots to No. 17 in the College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night.However, WMU is looking over its shoulder at Navy (9-2) which moved up six spo

TAKEAWAYS | Let us now praise UTEP's Aaron Jones

TAKEAWAYS | Motor men: Conference USA backs make a run for it

TAKEAWAYS | Western Michigan's boat is on fire — in a good way

TAKEAWAYS | It's beginning to look a lot like a Broncos Cotton Bowl

TAKEAWAYS | Cause for celebration at Western Michigan, Sam Houston State — and ASN

TAKEAWAYS | Let's hear it for the American Athletic Conference

Our top four takeaways from the college football weekend:IF YOU CAN BEAT 'EM, WHY JOIN 'EM?That's the question for the American Athletic Conference teams eagerly awaiting next week's Big 12 announcement on expansion.That is, if the Big 12 expands. The conf

TAKEAWAYS | What Allenzae Staggers did Saturday is staggering

TAKEAWAYS | Whatever happened to BGSU and NIU?

TAKEAWAYS | Group of 5 teams feeling the power of 5

Troy wants to add another title notch in the Sun Belt

ASNetminding: Minnesota-Duluth forward makes OT history

NCHC spotlight: You can't take a night off in this conference

Men's hockey | Air Force vs Western Michigan, Nov. 18, 2016

MAC, ASN team up for multi-year deal with 10 football games in 2015

ASN's first NCHC games set for Oct. 23 with Air Force at Omaha

WMU's Chukwuma Okorafor doesn't let late start to football slow him down

Another Monarch, Zach Pascal, reigns as ASN's FBS Player of the Week

ASNetminding: NCHC preseason rhetoric rings true

St. Cloud State, Northeastern forwards earn ASN Hockey Players of the Week

ASN's NFL Top 10: He's back in the saddle again

ICYMI: UMKC knocks off SEC team for second consecutive season

Tailgate alert: Monday marks final bowl game for ASN-affiliated FBS teams

Goalie's helmet unmasks Lukas Hafner's story of father he lost to cancer

The last time Western Michigan goalie Lukas Hafner saw his dad was Easter weekend of 2012.As luck would have it, the Central Canadian Hockey League team Lukas was backstopping had been on a playoff roll and wrapped up its semifinal series early, so he took

BEST OF ASN | Mr. Murder Face, The Thumb and other hockey nicknames

ASN's NFL Top 10: Antonio Brown snags a first for wide receivers

ASN's NFL Championship Sunday: Josh Norman, 14 others, make conference title game debuts

ASN Championship Recap: Josh Norman, Carolina Panthers add NFC to list of conquests

The ASN Eight: Irish up to No. 5; Quinnipiac stays No. 1

Meet North Dakota's Drake Caggiula, college hockey's human highlight reel

North Dakota's Brock Boeser, Wisconsin's Ann-Renee Desbiens earn Player of the Week honors

ASNetminding: This week in college hockey finds St. Cloud State No. 1 in Minnesota

Her name says it all: Miracle Woods a leader for Western Michigan

ASN HONORS | Mack & MAC headline 2015 All-ASN NFL Team

The first player in NFL history to be named an All-Pro at two positions in one season did not receive a vote for Defensive Player of the Year honors, which went to J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans. But Khalil Mack earned our NFL Player of the Year honors, h

ASN's Elite Eight: St. Cloud State lives up to No. 1 billing

ASNetminding: BC women unbeaten, but Minnesota undaunted

ASN's Elite Eight: North Dakota slides into top spot

SPRING FOOTBALL 2016 | After South Carolina, The Citadel hopes to take down North Carolina next

SPRING FOOTBALL 2016 | Western Kentucky begins life after Brandon Doughty

ASN'S FIRST-AND-10 | Games to watch in 2016

Today, the last shall be first: Mr. Irrelevant Kalan Reed joins our NFL Draft wrapup

ASN's NFL rookies start living their dreams with first mini-camps

ASN'S FIRST-AND-10 | Quarterbacks to watch in 2016

William & Mary takes long route to NCAA baseball tournament

Mercer's Lewis, Kent State's Lauer, UConn's Kay first-rounders in MLB Draft

Day one of the MLB Draft saw three ASN-affiliated athletes picked in the first round and a total of five in the first two rounds. High school outfielder Mickey Moniak was taken with the top pick in the draft by Philadelphia.Mercer outfielder Kyle Lewis  wa

ASN's NFL Top 10: A conquest of sorts for Norman against Beckham

COLLEGE HOCKEY NOW | Who will win NCHC player awards this year?

COLLEGE HOCKEY NOW | Talking North Dakota repeat

Brad Schlossman joins College Hockey Now to break down the NCHC and tell us if North Dakota will repeat as champions this season.

VOTE | Who's your choice to win the MAC?

MAC FOOTBALL | 5 things we learned at media day

COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF | Top 10 most dangerous non-Power 5 teams

Dallas Davis leaps field to take ASN's FBS #Gamechanger honors

10 NCHC games to air on ASN this season

#GameChanger: Troy's Josh Marshall grabs ASN’s FBS Player of the Week

Doug's Dish debuts: Who might replace Les Miles and more

6-0 Western Michigan and two others are on upset watch for Week 7

SUPER 16 POLL | Navy's upset sinks Houston's playoff hopes

DOUG'S DISH | Western Michigan stands out in Group of 5

FBS #GAMECHANGER | Carlos Henderson adds ASN Player of the Week honor to record haul

Quarterback Zach Terrell keeps WMU rowing in the right direction

Zach Terrell, Carrington Thompson lead No. 20 WMU past EMU

DOUG'S DISH | Alabama is unbeatable, Carlos Henderson is amazing

DOUG'S DISH | Houston, head coaches and a Heisman hopeful to watch

FBS #GAMECHANGER | Carrington Thompson grabs ASN Player of the Week honor

SUPER 16 POLL | College Football Playoff field taking shape

WMU's Terrell, ECU's Jones and CMU's Rush headline Campbell finalists

MARK MADNESS | Mark Adams spotlights MAC’s All-EnthusiAdams Team

College Hockey Now previews Miami-WMU on ASN

College Hockey Now's Matt Lincoln and Brendan Jones preview the NCHC matchup between Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan Friday on ASN.

MARK MADNESS | Mark Adams previews the MAC East's teams to beat

MARK MADNESS | Mark Adams previews the MAC West's teams to beat

DOUG'S DISH | He called it: Texas A&M jumps Ohio State

SUPER 16 POLL | Undefeated Alabama continues to dominate

#GAMECHANGER | Ray Lawry runs away with ASN's FBS Player of the Week honor

SUPER 16 POLL | Upset Saturday shakes up the rankings

College Hockey Now previews Air Force-Western Michigan on ASN

UPSET WATCH | Week 12 remains ripe for upending rankings

Houston vaults ahead of WMU in latest CFP rankings

With the Dec. 4 announcement of the College Football Playoff semifinalists and most bowl bids a little under two weeks away, all eyes in the Group of 5 conferences are focusing on the Cotton Bowl bid.After Tuesday night's announcement of the latest CFP ran

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