The first official dribble should come around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday at Chick Evans Field House. Official because basketball teams can officially begin practicing today in preparation for the 1991-92 season. For NIU's men's basketball team, the coming season...

NIU will be getting a big slice of NCAA money from the $1 billion contract the NCAA signed with CBS television. NIU will receive $180,117 of the $20.8 million the NCAA recently distributed from the CBS contract, giving the network the TV rights for the...

The loss of a head coach and five players to graduation has quelled talk of the NIU men's basketball team returning to the NCAA tournament. But the Huskies' chances of going to the tournament were aided with the return of one of last season's regulars,...

NIU football players speak of building a winning tradition at their school. They believe that it can be done by playing Top-20 teams. Their theory is that by lining up against the likes of Iowa and Florida, win or lose, exposure is built, thus helping...

NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel went the junior college route a second time this summer and signed 6-7, 215-pound forward Theo Stafford from Cowley County Community College in Kansas to a National Letter of Intent. With the graduation of seniors...

Although school was out, the business of sports at NIU continued. Among the most noteworthy developments include: NIU has tabbed Jeanne Fleck to become the new head women's swimming coach. Fleck comes to DeKalb after serving as an assistant men's and...

An NIU athlete's freedom apparently has been denied by Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. Freshman standout Mike Lipnisky, a member of the men's basketball team, said he requested a "release from Grant-and-Aid" from O'Dell on Monday for transfer reasons....

It was almost a perfect ending for the NIU men's tennis team's long season. The tennis team joined the men's basketball team and the soccer team as Mid-Continent Conference champions in the 1990-1991 season. Also, team captain Erik Andersch was voted...

Another name has been tossed into the ring for the vacant NIU men's basketball coaching job. Jerry Loyd, currently the head man at Louisiana Tech, said that he had been contacted earlier this week by NIU about taking over for Jim Molinari. But Loyd said...

Three years ago, Mats Persson came to NIU and like all freshmen, he had to adjust to a new life away from home. But for Persson, the adjustment was a big one because his home was in Sweden. Persson had to adjust to a new culture and lifestyle as well...

At Thursday night's NIU basketball awards banquet, coach Jim Molinari declined to comment on speculation that he would be heading for Bradley University to take over as head coach at the Peoria school. At the same time, several prominent local businessmen...

NIU head basketball coach Jim Molinari's name has surfaced in reports regarding the vacant head-coaching position at Texas A&M University. Texas A&M Athletic Director John David Crow reportedly talked to Molinari in Indianapolis this weekend where...