Ah, home sweet home. For most of NIU's athletic teams, home is where the heart is—or at least the victories. The men's basketball team went 12-2, the women's basketball team went a record 16-0, and the men's tennis team holds a perfect 4-0 ledger amidst...

The Western Illinois Leathernecks fell victim to fate last night bowing to the NIU men's basketball team 74-66. The victory puts WIU in the Huskie record book as the 300th opponent to fall to an NIU men's team in Chick Evans Fieldhouse. Chick Evans has...

Last November's "Super Tuesday" carried Bill Clinton all the way to the top, as in the White house. Last Tuesday's NIU upset of then-No. 21 De Paul carried the Huskies all the way to the top, as in this week's Associated Press' Top 25 poll at No. 24....

One of the most heated rivals in all of Mid-Continent Conference basketball is coming to take on the NIU men's basketball team at Chick Evans Field House Saturday at 2 p.m. The Fighting Phoenix of Wisconsin-Green Bay (5-6, 1-2) are in search of their...

It's wait until next year for the women to get their fair shake in intercollegiate athletics. With gender equity promised to be the talk of the 1994 NCAA Convention, this year's gathering of university presidents and athletic directors didn't provide...

Tough jobs are designed to test the ambitious. But does achieving that yearn of what was initially desired necessarily fulfill the need? The patience needed to perform the duties of these guys clearly nullifies the aforementioned and immediately categorizes...

NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel had some mixed feelings about his team's 86-73 victory Tuesday night over the Czechoslovakia Select Team at Evans Field House. "We had some good parts," said Hammel in his postgame interview. "In spurts, we did...

Lipnisky, Lipnisky, Lipnisky. Yes, Mike Lipnisky is back—28 points, six rebounds and three assists. After a back injury sidelined the guard for the whole season last year, he made his return like a man on a mission. In a total team effort, where it...

The coaching staff is thought of as running and guiding the team. The players are thought of as listening to the coaches and performing on the court. But what about all the hard work the staff does that people don't see? This is where the role of team...

While Charlie Sadler and his football team prepare to hang up their helmets and spikes for another year, Brian Hammel and the NIU men's basketball team are warming up their high tops. After last season's misfortunes, which ended with no more than six...

Good news is on its way for NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel and his staff. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Friday that the Huskies have signed guard Thomas Cook of Hillcrest High School for next season. The signing will not become official until...

With only eight players on his 1991-92 roster, NIU men's basketball head coach Brian Hammel managed to scrape up an 11-17 record and a 7-9 ledger in the Mid-Continent Conference (good enough for a sixth-place tie with Cleveland State) in his inaugural...