Saturday, in the affluent North Shore hamlet of Evanston, Ill., the NIU Huskie football team will face its biggest challenge of the 1987 season. The Northwestern Wildcats are the sole Big 10 team, and the only Big Name, on the 1987 Huskie slate. NIU has...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—This week, 30-plus points was enough to secure a win for the NIU football team—thanks to the killer wishbone and a defense with a flair for the dramatic. The Huskies took their first 1987 win Saturday with a 34-14 drubbing of the...

Peter Pan never wanted to grow up, so he didn't. He spent his days doing what he wanted to do—flying around with Tinkerbell and battling a crippled pirate. Of course, you won't find anybody in green tights flying around Huskie Stadium. But you will...

The New York Giants might have fared better Monday night against the Chicago Bears defense if they had their top run blocker. Unfortunately for the defending Super Bowl champions, Karl Nelson, a 6-foot-6 offensive tackle and former DeKalb High School...

Northwestern interim Athletic Director Ken Kraft said Monday he has applied for NIU's permanent directorship. Kraft's statement comes on the heels of the search committee's first meeting Friday, where committee members began to set up shop and screen...

There once was a college athlete who, when asked how he was spending his time in the off-season, rolled his eyes and said, "We have no off-season." True and to the point. For example, the members of the NIU football team have not one, but two off-season...

NIU Associate Athletic Director Chuck Shriver, citing career opportunity and family priorities, will leave his post June 30 for a front-office position with the Chicago Sting. Shriver's duties will be divided among members of the athletic department until...

Doug Bartlett became the second-highest National Football League draft choice in NIU history Tuesday when the Los Angeles Rams made him their fourth-round pick. Teammates Clarence Vaughn and Todd Peat went in the eighth and 11th rounds, respectively....

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...

Wrestling season might have ended a month ago, but NIU Coach Ed Vatch is already preparing for next year. A number of NIU grapplers will participate in the Chicagoland Open Freestyle Wrestling Tournament Saturday when the Huskies host the tournament at...

Think of spring and you think of baseball. Everywhere you turn, the National Pastime is grabbing headlines. The Milwaukee Brewers captured the eye of the sporting world by starting their season with a 13-0 record. The Chicago Cubs' Jaime Moyer came within...

assistant sports editor As things stand now, the NIU football team has two days of spring workouts until Thursday night's annual intrasquad scrimmage. But events in the next few months may determine whether the Huskies and other NCAA football programs...