Who says Huskie Stadium is solely used for NIU and DeKalb High School football? Many of you would loudly proclaim ‘yes' to that question. But there are a few out there who actually realize the right answer is ‘no.' The NIU field hockey team also shares...

Late in NIU's Sept. 28 football game against Iowa, Huskies' linebacker Nick Jones had his life changed. "I was making a tackle and a teammate hit me on the side of the head. I thought it was a stinger, but I couldn't even move my left arm," Jones said....

The NIU wrestlers recently hit the mats again in preparation for the upcoming season. But this season the Huskies will not only be armed with strength but with head coach Ed Vatch's confidence as well. "We're facing a really tough schedule this season,"...

Saturday's NIU football game will feature two teams suffering dissapointing seasons. The Huskies, 1-5, travel to Akron to take on the 3-4 Zips. Akron, however, has won three of four games on its home field, the Rubber Bowl. The two teams have a common...

Though the Huskies lost 41-10 to Florida Saturday, their plane ride home from Gainesville wasn't as somber as one might expect. They weren't ecstatic about the game's outcome, but they weren't devastated either. The Huskies (1-6) have now lost five games...

Most football teams accept 31-point victories warmly. But the 6-1 Florida Gators are not like most squads. They are No. 6 in the country, and when they beat NIU (1-6) 41-10 Saturday afternoon at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in front of 83,708 people, their...

In NIU's 22-10 loss to Western Michigan Saturday, Adam Dach rushed for his 3,000th yard as a Huskie. But reaching the mark achieved by only two other Huskies didn't excite the senior fullback. "All it is is a nice milestone," the leading active collegiate...

When the Huskies first got their football schedule, they knew Saturday's game with the Florida Gators—a team with its key players returning—wouldn't be easy. Now, with so much on the line for Florida, NIU (1-5) knows the game will be a downright killer....

One of the unwritten rules of college football is that you don't say anything that can be considered negative about an upcoming opponent. Florida Gators coach Steve Spurrier, and some of his players, apparently don't mind breaking the rules when talking...

The NIU men's tennis team received a tremendous boost this year with the addition of freshman Marty Engel. Engel is playing in the No. 1 flight against the best the other schools have to offer. And he is beating them. Engel is 5-0 with two tournament...

NIU students may be facing another new ticket policy for men's home basketball games in the very near future. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board is currently working on a plan that would allow students to acquire tickets for all men's...

If there's a quarterback controversy regarding the NIU football team, it certainly doesn't stem from any indecision on the part of the head coach. Charlie Sadler emphatically said Monday that Stacey McKinney will be the starting quarterback Saturday at...