Former NIU football player Carl Aikens was named the Arena Football League's 1989 "Ironman of the Year,"_ an award given to the player who best exemplifies "two-way" toughness on both sides of the line of scrimmage. Aikens, a split end during his Huskie...

Following Saturday's 26-17 triumph over Cal State-Fullerton, a group of reporters gathered in the post-game conference room of Huskie Stadium to listen to the words of an elated Jerry Pettibone. The fifth-year Huskie commander spoke fluently, answering...

NIU's football season opener with Cal State-Fullerton (Sept. 2) is less than a week away, but the coaches are not worried. "We've practiced hard to get ready for Cal State," defensive coordinator Tim McGuire said. "We're on schedule." The same holds true...

The results of NIU's three-year promotions package with Coors Light can now be seen in store windows and on counters throughout DeKalb. NIU's new Coors Light football poster, the first of several promotional items produced in conjuction with the beer...

Even though grid-iron season is still more than a month away, the college football magazines are out in full force. And when it comes to NIU, the scribes have come to a consensus on what it will take for the Huskies to repeat the success of their 7-4...

Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, using words like "deplorable," "embarrassment" and "anitquated" to describe the condition of Huskie Stadium, said Friday NIU is considering a renovation of the 24-year-old structure. The university recently invited four...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

Clarence Hudson, NIU associate athletic director, resigned effective June 2 to take a position with a former employer. Hudson came to NIU last July after working for four years at Ruan Transportation Management systems where he will return to work in...

Once again, the weather took a turn for the worse when the Huskies took the field for Saturday's Red-White spring football game. The bright, sunny skies that graced the pre-game festivities took the afternoon off, only to reappear with about seven minutes...

The 1990 NIU football schedule, which features games against Nebraska, Kansas State and Northwestern, was one of 16 schedules approved by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday. The other 15 NIU sports also had their 1989-90 schedules approved at the board's...

and Jeff Kirik Jim Hallihan, the top assistant basketball coach at Iowa State, has been named as a finalist for the vacant Huskie coaching job a source close to the NIU athletic department said Wednesday. Hallihan came to ISU in August 1982, which was...

Evolution. The word took on several connotations at Tuesday's Spring Football Luncheon. Coach Jerry Pettibone first discussed the evolution of the Huskie football program. "We're getting better and better," Pettibone said. "We have a great weight room,...