A mailman braves all sorts of inclement weather. A Canadian Mountie always gets his man. The NIU football staff had to play both roles Wednesday to sign 21 freshmen to National Letters of Intent. In Nebraska, defensive coordinator Tim McGuire had a car...

For NIU freshman Donnell Thomas, "D-Train" isn't just a nickname, it's an image he portrays on the basketball court. As NIU's latest cage star, the 6-foot-4 freshman prides himself on playing the game with an intense, physical approach. The well-built...

Coaches go out to sign up recruits, players put their name on the dotted line and both sides get ready to spend four to five years together. It's National Letter of Intent Day, football style. The first day high school football players can commit formally...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP)—John Mackovic is an honest football coach who should be able to dazzle Illinois fans with his pro-style passing attack and charm them with his personality, observers say. "He is excellent with quarterbacks and he pretty well handled...

NIU football player Thomas Klein, 21, might lose his football scholarship after being arrested for battery. DeKalb Police reported the arrest Saturday night after Student Association Sen. Joe Annunzio said Klein "punched him in the face several times"...

This is the last of a three-part series profiling new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. This segment focuses on the merger between men's and women's athletics. When the external and internal review comittees filed their reports on the NIU athletic...

If Jane Albright could have one post-Christmas wish, it might be to have a season of games as intense as Wednesday night's first half. NIU ran out to a 49-45 lead at halftime against DePaul, but the Huskies could not keep their grip in the second half...

The NIU Athletic Board met for the first time this semester and for the first time with new athletic director Gerald O'Dell Wednesday. O'Dell had a chance to introduce Mary Mihelich, NIU's new promotion and marketing director, to the board also. When...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series profiling new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. Trust, caring and a commitment to excellence. That's what new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell believes in, and that's how he plans to help the...

Clarence Vaughn and his Washington Redskin teammates enter Super Bowl XXII as 3/u-point underdogs to the Denver Broncos. However, Vaughn should be used to this situation by now, as he has battled the odds himself to make it in the National Football League....

Two former NIU football stars have made names for themselves in the NFL. Todd Peat, who was a dominant member of NIU's offensive line for four years, finished his first season with the St. Louis Cardinals by making Pro Football Weekly's All-Rookie team....

Another DeKalb High School kicker might wear the cardinal and black of NIU in 1988. Like former Barb star Vince Scott before him, all-conference place-kicker Jay Barresi could take the short hike between DeKalb campuses according to DHS coach Tim Holt....