The NIU cross country team owns the Benedictine Invitational. For the fourth consecutive year, head coach Connie Teaberry’s squad finished first in team competition. A herd of NIU runners dotted the Top 10 and Christina Nieto led the way with a third-place...

NIU men’s golfer Nick Schenk posted his second top-10 finish of the year at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Monday and Tuesday. The senior Batavia native opened with a 66-70 on Monday and finished the day two strokes off the lead. Schenk...

He went from having one TV station and dreaming of McDonald’s to complete access of 1980s American culture. An immigrant from Norway, Baard "Johan" Bergseth said moving to the United States was surreal. "Now we know a lot more about the U.S. in Norway,"...

It’s sweet to repeat for the NIU women’s golf team. Solid performances from the sister act of Jackie and Lisa Bailey led NIU to a repeat championship at the Western Illinois Invite. Lisa’s 155 equaled the best total score in the two-round tournament,...

An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

It was addition and subtraction for the NIU men’s basketball team on Monday. Coach Rob Judson announced sophomore Frank Clair will leave the team and likely attend a junior college. "Frank came to summer school and worked out with the team and decided...

It’s a question that’s getting further from being answered. As it moves into the third week of fall practice, the receiving core has been slowly depleting instead of improving. Marcus Perez suffered his third concussion and Matt Simon collided with...

While students may have been far from DeKalb and NIU sports over the summer, by no means did Huskie athletics come to a stand-still. The following are the top sports stories of the summer: more than enough to catch you up on your Huskie-sports expert...

Whether you’re piling your life into the back of a minivan and making the move to NIU for the first time, or coming back to good old, familiar DeKalb, there has never been a better time to jump on the Huskie sports fan bandwagon than this fall. And...

Once faced with the daunting task of keeping its football program alive after being kicked out of the Big East after the 2004 season, Temple’s outlook for 2005 was bleak, at best. But, after being booted from the Big East and hampered by talk that its...

Four individuals and one team were named inductees into the NIU Hall of Fame last week. Adam Dach (football 1987-91), Kevin Ekberg (men’s gymnastics 1982-84), Joe Plaskas (football 1956-59, baseball 1957-61) Niki Van Hoorweghe (softball 1992-96) and...

With summer a hop, skip and a jump away, students are anxiously awaiting its arrival. Only one task remains in front of them: finals. With this on their mind, it’s a good time to evaluate all the Huskies teams as one group. Although each sport presents...