He sees slam dunks in his dreams, he idolizes Superman, he collects comic books and, someday, he hopes to play tamborine for the Rolling Stones. Mike Korcek is no ordinary kid, he's just an "off-the-wall" (as he refers to himself) 40-year-old NIU sports...

NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone has decided on a one-game suspension for Huskie cornerback Brett Tucker who was arrested Saturday for charges of battery. Tucker was arrested following a fistfight at McCabe's with Thomas Lee. Tucker will practice with...

NIU football player Brett Tucker was arrested by DeKalb Police on charges of battery Saturday night after he was involved in a fistfight at McCabe's. The fight reportedly started on the dance floor of McCabe's where Tucker, a junior starting cornerback...

Ho hum, another Huskie win. Despite playing a lackluster first half, the NIU football team eventually made it look easy as it disposed of Southwest Missouri State 17-3 Saturday at Huskie Stadium. A Parents' Day—and Pork Day—crowd of 14,127 saw NIU...

As the NIU football team prepares for Saturday's Parents' Day meeting with Southwest Missouri State, coach Jerry Pettibone is trying to keep his team from experiencing an emotional letdown. After the Huskies gained national exposure with the school's...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Yielding 31 points in a football game doesn't usually get a defense the recognition it craves. But despite losing 31-20 to Minnesota (2-1) Saturday night in the Metrodome, NIU (3-1) proved it could stop one of the Big Ten Conference's...

The "Migrate to Minnesota" brochure, which collected dust on shelves everywhere for weeks, is now a pamphlet hot in pursuit. But interested fans are finding out the pursuit is an endless one. The bus trip for the Sept. 24 NIU vs. Minnesota football game,...

Huskie sophomore John Ivanic began the 1988 football season as an All-American candidate. Three games, six field goals and 20 points later, the right-footed soccer-style placekicker seems to be measuring up to that lofty billing. Last week at Wisconsin's...

After NIU's first football victory over a Big Ten Conference school last Saturday at Wisconsin, many people are showing more enthusiasm than ever. Matt Miller is extending his duty even further. The junior transfer student from College of DuPage is trying...

Thanks to a 31-yard field goal by 5-foot-9 sophomore John Ivanic, the NIU football team took a 19-17 decision from the Wisconsin Badgers before a crowd of 46,869 in Madison. It marked the first time in 14 tries the Huskies had defeated a Big Ten Conference...

In a game of slightly less than biblical proportions, David beat Goliath Saturday. Thanks to a 31-yard field goal by 5-foot-9 sophomore John Ivanic, the NIU football team took a 19-17 decision from the Wisconsin Badgers before a crowd of 46,869 in Madison....