A battle against cancer will begin with the opening pitch of the DeKalb Challenge softball tournament Nov. 7 and 8. The tournament is sponsored by Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and local proprietors. Phi Sig Philanthropy Chairman Peter Zaikowski said he...

Minnesota University Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has been picked by NIU President John LaTourette to be NIU's permanent AD, three sources said Wednesday. O'Dell's hiring will be announced formally at a press conference today at 1:30 p.m....

The NIU football team will be taking a trip for the Nov. 7 Parents' Day game against Western Illinois. Coach Jerry Pettibone's troops will spend Friday night before the game in Rockford's Clock Tower Inn because the Western Illinois Leathernecks will...

Although he received the search committee's recommendation Friday, NIU President John LaTourette has decided to evaluate the situation further and wait about a week to 10 days to pick a new athletic director. LaTourette spent Sunday afternoon and night...

assistant sports editor The NIU football team's special teams were not so special in the Huskies' 21-20 loss to Cal State-Fullerton Saturday at Huskie Stadium. An NIU holding penalty on a CSUF punt, a blocked Huskie punt and a missed 22-yard field goal...

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

The NIU football team's 20-13 California Bowl win in 1983 over California State-Fullerton seems to be ancient history. Many things have changed at NIU since then with coach Bill Mallory leaving for Indiana, Lee Corso coming in and jumping ship after only...

Attendance at home football games has been on the decline this year despite the team's winning record, and the 3-2-1 Huskies are concerned. Head coach Jerry Pettibone went as far as to call The Northern Star Tuesday and ask to address the students about...

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

The NIU Huskies won Saturday. They beat the Southwest Missouri State Bears 27-21 and moved their record to 3-2-1. Keep that in mind when reading about Monday's weekly Huskie Club luncheon because head coach Jerry Pettibone spent most of his time there...

Is it real or is it AstroTurf? It is AstroTurf, and it needs to be replaced. The artificial playing field laid in 1980 in Huskie Stadium has served its purpose, but it is wearing thin. "We're in the process of looking at costs to have the turf redone,"...

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...