When people think of sports at NIU, they think of football, basketball, rugby...wait a minute. Rugby? Student membership in clubs at NIU has soared with membership that has reached approximately 600 students. "Club sports are designed for a group of students...

The football career of Huskie inside linebacker Steve Henriksen has been one of injuries and setbacks. This season, however, has been one of confidence and comebacks for the junior. After earning the starting RILB job in spring drills, Henriksen looked...

The mood inside NIU's locker room after Saturday night's football game at Toledo might best be compared to the mourning of a loved one at a funeral. There was not one smile throughout the somber locker room and for good reason. NIU had just been burned...

"A bowl. Any kind of a bowl. That's our major goal for our team this year." Those were the words of NIU's head football coach Jerry Pettibone prior to the 1990 season. Although a lot can happen in NIU's eight remaining games, Saturday's 23-14 loss to...

Saturday's contest will be perhaps the most critical game to date for NIU's football team, as it tries to break its losing jinx at Toledo University's Glass Bowl. NIU (1-1) has lost 10 of its last 11 at the newly renovated glass bowl including eight in...

A colleague of mine was telling me yesterday that she didn't see the appeal of boxing. "The sport of boxing is really stupid because if you want to watch two people beat the hell out of each other, go to Chicago and watch a street fight," the co-worker...

When NIU's football barrage raids Toledo University's field at 6:30 Saturday night, the Huskies will be hungry to avenge last week's 60-14 Nebraska loss, but Toledo will be just as hungry for a win after last season's 39-27 loss to NIU. The Huskies (1-1)...

Let's consider the pressure the Huskies have put on themselves. After struggling against a I-AA team and trading players for dollars against an elite I-A force, the football Huskies are untested against the middle group of college football. Is NIU a legitimate...

This is the final installment in a series profiling NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell After his stint at Minnesota, Gerald O'Dell ended up at NIU. He said he enjoys the job when he counts his blessings, but it is a high pressure job. "I feel like I'm...

LINCOLN, Neb._ Huskie head coach Jerry Pettibone, as confident in his team as any coach in the nation, came to a realization after Saturday's 60-14 loss to Nebraska. "I'm glad we're through playing Nebraska," he said. "I'd just as soon play teams that...

Dropping a successful program is never easy for an athletic director. But, in the case of men's gymnastics last year, the decision came easy for O'Dell. As a requirement to join the Association of Mid-Continent Universities now called the Mid-Continent...

Over 150 students began their quest Tuesday for a spot on the 1990 NIU baseball team. Everyone came out with the same intentions, but the reasons they came out is what made the situation unique. It's more than just trying out for a baseball team. "Hopefully,...