The coaching staff of the NIU football team will be faced with a once-a-year task after Saturday night's game at Southwest Louisiana: Saying good-bye to the seniors who will no longer wear the Huskies cardinal and black. "It will be a real mixture of...

The Huskies football's team defensive line could be called the "Wisconsin Connection." Their teammates prefer to call them "cheeseheads." Defensive ends Cary Caliendo (Brookfield) and Scott Van Bellinger (Green Bay) and tackles Eric White (Barronett),...

At the first men's exhibition basketball game tonight, a new group will try to start a tradition of support for NIU athletic teams. The Huskie Spirit Council is made up of students interested in changing the perception that there is "no school spirit"...

A loss is always hard to take, and for the NIU football team the 24-20 loss last Saturday to East Carolina University was an especially bitter pill to swallow. "We played well enough to win," said NIU head coach Jerry Pettibone. "They (ECU) got some breaks...

Members of the NIU women's basketball team have selected Lisa Foss and Toby Meeks as co-captains for the upcoming season. Already in leadership positions as seniors, the two guards will be directing the team on and off the floor, a task that Meeks compares...

Oh, for what could have been. Those are the words that will be echoing throughout the heads of NIU's football team which came within two yards of pulling out a come-from-behind victory Saturday. Instead, the Huskies slipped to 6-4 by losing a 24-20 decision...

When the Huskies run onto the football field before Saturday's game with East Carolina, they will be feeling something they haven't felt before or during a game all season—grass under their feet. "When you're used to playing on artificial turf and you...

As the season draws to a close for NIU's football squad, the Huskies will be looking to extend their hot streak against a struggling East Carolina team. In the midst of a four game winning streak, NIU (6-3) will travel to ECU (4-6) for a 12:30 p.m. matchup...

Making the most of opportunities is what makes a player stand out from the rest. Although his opportunities have been limited this season, Huskies' tight end Claude Royster has been successful in the clutch. The 6-3, 228-pound senior has caught three...

A three-game winning streak will be put on the line this Saturday when the NIU football squad takes the field at the Rubber Bowl against Akron (3-5-1). The Huskies (5-3) will also be looking to snap a three-game losing streak on the road that has accounted...

When the Huskies travel to Akron this Saturday for a matchup with the Zips, they'll be facing a team saddled with injuries. "We're so banged up right now that I don't know if we can put 11 men on the field on Saturday," said Akron head coach Gerry Faust....

Practice makes perfect. That is the philosophy NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone hopes his players will exercise during their two-week break between games. The Huskies, coming off a 49-7 win over Murray State Saturday, will not play until Nov. 3, when...