Huskie football players woke up early Saturday morning—early enough to be at Huskie Stadium by 7 a.m. The occasion was the first Saturday scrimmage of the spring season. "This was the best first-Saturday scrimmage this school has had in a long time,"...

In the hopes of naming a new men's basketball coach by May 22, the NIU Athletic Department is implementing a national search to fill the position. Associate Athletic Director Cary Groth said Monday a 12-member search committee is in the process of being...

Numerous framed reminders of Jerry Pettibone's 20-year bond with Oklahoma football cover his office wall in Huskie Stadium. Black-and-white photos of the 1959 and 1960 Oklahoma teams of which Pettibone was a member hang clearly in the his view as he sits...

MANHATTAN, Kan._ Corey Ray and James Matlock—some NIU football fans may not know these names, but the Kansas State Wildcats and their fans do. Ray and Matlock helped extend the nation's longest non-winning streak to 31 games as they led the Huskies...

Northern Illinois University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. If that sounds familiar it's probably because every NIU coach and athletic department administrator has said that at one time or another. Now we know why. The Huskies are getting virtually...

Conventions are commonly thought of as events where people go to relax and have a little fun. But after several days of meetings and discussions on 147 pieces of legislation at this year's NCAA convention, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell considers...

"We romped on ‘em," Huskies wrestling coach Ed Vatch said after he and his team returned from Tuesday's triangular meet with UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh. NIU defeated UWSP 25-14 and host UWO 43-0 on its way to improving its record to 7-2. The Huskies'...

This year, the NIU football team can look forward to heading into the season with a winning record under its belt. Next year, the squad can look forward to having a part of the Best-of-the-West on its side. NIU's coaching staff has landed the Chicago...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell spoke Wednesday at the monthly athletic board meeting about how football scheduling works and how the Huskies stand in terms of classification and attendance. In his report, which was requested by the board in November,...

For the first time since 1978, three NIU football standouts—outside linebacker Mike Hollingshed, offensive guard Bob Montel and quarterback Marshall Taylor—will share the school's Most Valuable Player Award in 1988. By no coincidence, all three seniors...

A 7-4 season wasn't quite what the NIU football team had hoped for, especially after its 3-0 start, but the Huskies did put up a few numbers that nobody could be disappointed with. For openers, there were the 906 rushing yards accumulated by freshman...

It was billed as the grand finale for Marshall and Rodney Taylor and the rest of the Huskies' talented senior class. It was going to be the year of the defense, where nine returnees were supposed to keep NIU in every game. And it was the year where NIU...