Spring: The time when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of ... baseball. Until recently, if you were a baseball fan at NIU you had to make do with televised Cubs and Sox games. But last year, the powers-that-be at NIU decided to drop the men's gymnastics...

In the world of women's gymnastics, earning respect and notoriety takes more than NIU's No. 15 national team ranking and a 22-1 record. The principle is simple: Having one great season is good for the team. Having consistently great seasons is good for...

More than a single thorn would be necessary to mar the otherwise rosy season of the NIU women's gymnastic team. But that one thorn can still be difficult to ignore. NIU headed into its last regular season meet—the Mississippi Valley Championships—with...

Six-tenths of a point was all it took to stop the NIU women's gymnastics team from achieving its first-ever undefeated season. In Friday's Mississippi Valley Championships, host Southeast Missouri State managed to squeeze by the Huskies with a 190.15-189.55...

Members of NIU's Athletic Board approved a proposal Wednesday to spend up to $22,000 out of the contingency fund (carryover) for postseason travel expenses. NIU's women's basketball squad competes in the eight-team NWIT in Amarillo, Texas, beginning Thursday....

If there is anyone who knows a thing or two about winning, it is the NIU women's gymnastics team. In fact, winning is about the only thing the Huskies are capable of. The 18-0 Huskies took first place in two triangulars last week and defeated Ball State...

Is it possible for NIU to defeat a Big Ten school like the University of Illinois and still be just a little disappointed? It is possible only when dealing with the NIU women's gymnastics team which settles for nothing less than the best. NIU's undefeated...

Illinois' gymnastics is about to have its eyes opened to the powerful performances of the NIU women's gymnastic team. In one of the most crucial meets of the year, NIU hosts the State of Illinois Classic Meet Saturday at Chick Evans Field House. Beginning...

Call it coincidence, but the NIU gymnastic team has done nothing but improve since assistant coach Harry Orkowski arrived. A coincidence would be hard to prove, however, given Orkowski's reputation and experience. Orkowski has been a key factor in catapulting...

If anyone has reason to be confident it's Bobbie Cesarek, NIU's women's gymnastic coach. After a week off from competition, NIU (10-0) returns home Saturday for a 1 p.m. dual against Western Michigan which Cesarek feels poses no threat to her squad. The...

Without a doubt, this less-than-average-height NIU boss is standing taller than any other gymnastic coach in the country. But what NIU's 5-foot gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek lacks in stature, she makes up for in enthusiasm and gymnastic knowhow. That...

With almost two months left before the NCAA national gymnastics meet, the NIU women gymnasts continued performing in championship-style this weekend. The Huskies added two more wins and another school record to an already outstanding season during NIU's...