If Huskie Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell were a comedian, his sense of timing wouldn't get him a ticket out of First City, let alone a gig at Second City. There are no good times to announce the impending elimination of a sport, but on the scale of better...

The Huskie football team welcomed 16 new faces Wednesday, the first day high school seniors could sign letters of intent. Five recruits are Illinois products. Six are from Wisconsin and the others hail from throughout the country's mid-section. Head coach...

What's all this hoopla about women's basketball? What's this "Bring home the record" deal? This campus has gone nuts over women's b-ball. Damn straight. Two years ago, I had never seen a collegiate women's basketball game. Nor had I ever read about women...

Ideally, college sports may not be best exemplified by the exploits of the student-giants running around on the gridiron and hardwood courts. The dedication and balance between academics and athletics is often best illustrated by the participants in the...

Students make the difference. That has been the cry during the entire football season. And now the promotion and sales office, as well as the athletic department, is looking to the students to fill Chick Evans Field House Thursday night when the Huskies...

While the NIU football Huskies' offensive stronghold will be missing just one brick from its 31-point a game 1989 lineup, the defensive house needs a few ceiling beams and a visit from Bob Vila. Head Coach Jerry Pettibone and his staff have spent the...

Hey, I didn't pick the picture. Anyway, these are some in-context excerpts from an interview with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell about the recent NCAA convention: "I don't see any action that was taken that really dealt with reform, that really wasn't...

The reform movement headed by university presidents at the 84th annual NCAA convention in Dallas attempted to rid "clean" schools, including NIU, of the public's guilt-by-association image. Public relations people will tell you that reality doesn't matter,...

"It must be controlled from the top. I'm merciless on this: if it's not working, it's the president's fault."—Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, former president of Notre Dame and co-chairman of a $2 million intercollegiate athletics trouble-shooting commission....

Musical selections from the football season will be performed by the Huskie Band, along with the Silverettes and Colorguard, today at 8 p.m. This annual concert will be held in the Music Building's Boutell Concert Hall. NIU head football coach Jerry Pettibone...

The playing days are over this year, but the accolades are just coming in. This year's 9-2 Huskie football team gave the NIU fans something to remember and a lot to look forward to. Even though the Huskies will not participate in a bowl game this year,...

With the firing of University of Wisconsin head football coach Don Morton on Tueday, the Chicagoland media speculated that NIU head coach Jerry Pettibone could be considered for the Badger post. However, the fifth-year Huskie boss, who just finished his...