NIU Intercollegiate Athletics has named Tom Mitchell as Associate Athletic Director for Development and Tommy Bell as Assistant Athletic Director of Chapter Development, Athletic Director Gerald K. O'Dell announced Oct. 22. "We're positioning ourselves...

NIU's head men's basketball coach Jim Molinari and his team have one week of practice under their belts and Molinari is very appreciative of his team's effort thus far. "These are the dog days of the season and they're a little worn out, but the team...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

The Northern Star proudly presents some mid-summer column stuffers for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. Former Huskie standout Ted "The Mad Stork" Hennings made the news recently while participating in the Chicago Bears training camp in Platteville, Wis....

The clang of metal hitting metal, words like "squat", "crunches" and "leg presses", the grunts and groans as large people lift large weights—all are part of Jim Zielinski's world. Zielinski, Coach "Z" to those who know him, is NIU's strength and conditioning...

July—tanning on the beach, sunglasses melting on your car's dashboard, and trips to Wal-Mart—not because you need another spatula or a shirt that was outdated the moment it came out of the factory—but because it's air conditioned. What better time...

If Huskie basketball coach Jim Molinari had to write a "What I did on my summer vacation?" essay for NIU President John La Tourette (hey, it could happen), he wouldn't be able to. Despite it being the off-season, the second-year coach hasn't been able...

NIU's University Council Wednesday rejected a bid by the Huskie Athletic Board to mandate, in NIU bylaws, board membership on athletic personnel search committees. The bid was one resolution in a package which included no firing of any head coach without...

Signed, sealed, and soon to be delivered, are some future Huskie men's basketball players after Wednesday—national letter of intent day. As expected, NIU picked up two recruits who will join all-stater Mike Lipnisky, who signed with the Huskies in November....

"There's a new dog in town", the slogan of the Huskies men's basketball team, might soon be changed to "there are three new dogs in town." Wednsday is national letter-of-intent day when high school basketball players sign over their basketball lives to...

NIU will soon be going to the bank, courtesy of the AMCU Conference and the NIU women's basketball team. NIU, as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, is entitled to a share of the proceeds from the conferences' winnings in the NCAA...

The Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team took a chair and a whip to another group of ferocious felines Saturday night, beating the Chicago State Cougars 63-55 behind ringmaster Donald Whiteside's 16 points. The Huskies improved their 1989-90...