RON LESKO AP SPORTS WRITER SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—It has been exactly three years since Notre Dame last was No. 1 in the country. The Fighting Irish lost at home that week to No. 18 Penn State. With No. 17 Boston College coming to South Bend on a roll...

NIU men's basketball head coach Brian Hammel looks at his team and see's only one thing: depth everywhere. "I think depth going into the season is certainly one of our strong points," he said. "We have an awful lot of guys who can play some pretty good...

OXFORD, Miss.—When NIU traveled south this weekend for the 1993 season finale, most people had one thing on their mind. Could LeShon do it? Then when the scoreboard read 32-0 and 10:32 left in the second quarter there wasn't much suspense in the game...

It's homecoming weekend down in Oxford, Mississippi for the Ole‘ Miss Rebels when they host head coach Charlie Sadler's Huskies from NIU. Both squads have suffered disappointing seasons under much different circumstances. Here's what the Huskies are...

With one game left in a somewhat disappointing season for the NIU football squad, the Huskies do have one highlight to look forward to. LeShon Johnson could be imbedded into the NCAA record books, and it could be done in just 83 easy steps. NIU's premier...

SPORTS EDITOR NIU's main signal caller is back. After a four game absence from the playing field, starting quarterback Scott Crabtree will take the controls this weekend against Ole‘ Miss. Crabtree separated his right shoulder on the first series of...

AP SPORTS WRITER LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—William ‘‘The Refrigerator'‘ Perry, whose meteoric rise to fame as a rookie in the 1985 drive to the Super Bowl championship made him a national celebrity, was released Tuesday by the Chicago Bears. Perry,...

The 1993 football campaign has been a disappointment in many aspects, but for one player the disappointing season came to a premature ending, and not because of an injury. Ron Reichert is no longer a Huskie quarterback. The 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore...

IOWA CITY, Iowa—Kinnick Stadium at the University of Iowa Saturday was a place of falling records. Unfortunately NIU's record fell to 4-6 after suffering a nearly deja vu-like loss to another Iowa team 54-20. LeShon Johnson overshadowed the loss by...

NIU will be ending their 1993 football campaign just as they began it. They will be on the road facing tough non-conference opponents starting this Saturday when they travel to the University of Iowa to face the Hawkeyes. This marks NIU's second trip...

The results are in from a Northern Star poll which ran last Thursday and Friday asking students, faculty and the public where they would place LeShon Johnson in the Heisman rankings if they had a vote. Well, the results left some major room for debate....

Not since 1973 had NIU beaten an ISU volleyball team, but after 19 years of torment the Huskies put it all together last year and wrapped up only their 11th victory in 36 attempts. Not since 1975-1981 had an NIU volleyball coach recorded 139 victories,...