Can you fathom how difficult it is to pick the greatest players ever to run on the hard court for the NIU men's basketball team? A panel of NIU administration, alumni and members of the local media collaborated to pick the centennial men's basketball...

Sports Editor Justin McCareins and Ryan Diem continue to inch closer to their NFL hopes. They also have a chance to raise their draft status when the duo travels to Indianapolis, Ind., for the NFL Combine. Diem also will play in the Senior Bowl this Saturday,...

Sports Editor Walt Owens keeps a stack of pictures in his desk. Not just of his family, like his son, Mel, who played football for the St. Louis Rams and now works for the XFL. "It was nice watching my son turn pro," he said. Nor is the stack limited...

Cameron Saulsby's football career is still going strong. The NIU senior linebacker returned to Orlando to play in front of his hometown and an ESPN2-televised audience in the 2001 Rotary Gridiron Classic. The game pit an all-star squad for Saulsby's home...

Sports Reporter While the NIU football program celebrated its first winning season in a decade, it lost a member of the Huskie football family last month. Former NIU Hall of Fame player Bob Fowlie, 74, died in Carrollton, Ga. As a two-sport athlete for...

As we close the book on one of the most insane years in sports history, this is a time to reflect on the excitement, ecstasy, achievements and grief that encompassed all of 1993. First and foremost—Michael Jordan's retirement. For the younger generation...

ASSISTANT SPORTS REPORTER After an unsuccessful attempt to join the Missouri Valley Conference, NIU athletics is faced with another conference dilemma. NIU is currently a member of the Mid-Continent Conference in every sport except football, which recently...

RICK WARNER AP FOOTBALL WRITER Florida State regained the top spot in The Associated Press media poll on Sunday while Nebraska became No. 1 in the CNN-USA Today coaches' poll, creating a possible national title game at the Orange Bowl. The Seminoles (10-1)...

With the Football News First Team All-America under his belt, LeShon Johnson is ready to reap more rewards for the spectacular 1993 season he put together. And they keep coming. A special half-hour television show featuring the Kodak All-America unit...

Now what? Just when postseason plans were settling into some kind of pattern, a Saturday of upsets turned college football's bowl picture fuzzy. There are a few things we know for sure: No. 15 UCLA will play in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins clinched the Pac-10...

Vision, speed, quickness and power. Qualities that LeShon Johnson utilized to perfection and in the process produced what could be argued as the greatest single season for a player in NIU history. However, before we look at his accomplishments over a...

Now that NIU's football season is over, there is not much left for the players to do while waiting for next season, unless you are a senior and your football career is coming to a sudden halt. NIU tailback, LeShon Johnson, is an exception to the seniors...