Act One: The setting: Moscow, Idaho, the home of the University of Idaho, 1984-86. A party, a bar (drinking age was 19 at the time), a friend's home, wherever. I was a freshman then a sophomore, far from home, bright but confused—torn between doing...

Not only has NIU golfer Rick Stewart received recognition for his talents, he's made Huskie history. The NIU junior became the first Huskie to be awarded Athlete of the Week status by the Association of Mid-Continent Universities—NIU's new men's conference...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

Tonight's NIU women's basketball game will be a matchup between quality and quantity. A fully-rostered but young Valparaiso team crosses the border into Illinois to take on a shallow-benched but powerful Huskie team tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Chick Evans...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

After moving NIU out of the Mid-American Conference nearly two years ago, the people running the NIU women's athletic program decided earlier this year that independence was not the way to go. NIU officially ended its independence Feb. 18 by joining the...

The NIU women's basketball team might have ended its season against Illinois-Chicago Saturday but that game can also be looked upon as a new beginning. Jane Albright's cage squad is one of four NIU women's teams who will compete in the North Star Conference...