While flipping through the television channels on Feb. 19, I stumbled upon the NBA dunk contest just in time to see the flashbulbs go off. As has been the case in the NBA, attention has been paid to what is flashy, showy, ostentatious or whatever synonym...
Ricardo Patton breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday evening.While the head coach of the NIU men's basketball team didn't receive any job reassurance, his team did snap an eight-game losing streak, beating Toledo 75-70 on the road in overtime.Down by...
DeKALB | When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players...
Xavier Silas watched from the bench as the NIU men’s basketball team lost its eighth consecutive game on Wednesday night to Central Michigan, 64-58. Silas left with an ankle injury about eight minutes into the second half. Without their leading scorer,...
When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players have...
DeKALB | Social media forums like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way college students make fools of themselves. Tweet-induced insanity has made it difficult to believe there are people out there that actually care about what they put on...
Men's golf competing in Arizona tournament to kick off season Head coach Tom Porten and the NIU men's golf team traveled west yesterday to kick off the spring 2011 season at the Washington State Snowman Invitational in Chandler, Ariz. Fourteen teams were...
DeKALB | Things continued to unravel for the NIU men’s basketball team. The Huskies (7-18 overall, 3-9 MAC) latest undoing came in a 60-48 loss to Seattle (10-16, 3-11) at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. The double-digit defeat extended NIU’s...
Even in a world of 24/7 media scrutiny, DeMarcus Grady managed to keep a secret from NIU football fans. Basketball is the only game Grady truly wanted to play in college. The redshirt junior found himself playing football, however, after a series of...
On Tuesday night, NIU head coach Ricardo Patton saw exactly how far the NIU men's basketball team could get without a productive Xavier Silas in the lineup.NIU (7-17 overall, 3-9 MAC) lost 77-65 in the second game of a four-game home stand. Silas struggled...
Track & Field places four in top 10Four top-10 finishes highlighted the NIU Track & Field team's performance at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend. Senior sprinter Rasheta Butler finished third in the 400-meter dash and Courtney Oldenburg...
DeKALB | A 34-point effort from Xavier Silas wasn't enough to keep the Kent State men's basketball team from running its winning streak against MAC West opponents to 22. The Golden Flashes (17-7 overall, 8-2 MAC) downed NIU 84-77 on Saturday afternoon,...
