In addition to losing top scorer Joi Scott, who transferred, the NIU women’s basketball team may face punishment for NCAA rules violations. Scott, who would be a junior this season, lived at the house of LaVerne Ghyant, the director of NIU’s Center...

For those of you who haven’t kept up with NIU sports for the summer, worry no more. This is your link to all the new signings, players drafted, hirings, transfers and arrests with current and former Huskies. Football NIU hall-of-famer arrested Former...

Collapse takes Huskie On June 29, 2003, tragedy struck the NIU community as sophomore offensive lineman Shea Fitzgerald died in the Chicago porch collapse. Fitzgerald was at a party downtown at his brother’s apartment with teammates Pat Raleigh and...

From the success of the football team to the futility of the men’s basketball squad, NIU sports saw their share of surprises during the 2003-’04 school year. The remaining 14 NIU sports were no different, as there were many individuals who emerged...

The NIU men’s team’s success this season didn’t go unnoticed as four players were honored when the MAC announced its postseason awards Tuesday. Junior Willy Gali was named first-team All-MAC with a 25-4 record and win over MAC Player of the Year...

Over the last four years I have written for this paper, I have had the opportunity to come into contact with some of the best people in the world. And, unfortunately, some of the worst. So, this culminating article is a tribute to all the players and...

NIU-bound Frank Clair of Leo High School was named the Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV Athlete of the Month for March, as announced April 9. Clair led Leo to a Class-A state title on March 13. He finished with a game-high 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the...

Iowa freshman basketball player and Rochelle native Ben Rand will transfer to NIU next season. Rand, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, left Iowa fearing he wouldn’t get enough playing time. He played in 19 games this season at Iowa with a career-high five...

NEW ORLEANS - The Connecticut women's basketball team completed its rendezvous with history on Tuesday night by dominating Tennessee again with a 70-61 victory that gave the Huskies their third straight NCAA title. The triumph also marked a successful...

The NIU basketball team was picked preseason No. 1 in the MAC but failed to live up to the expectations and finished second-to-last. This season was anything but lucky for NIU, but let’s for the moment assume if you have the touch of the Huskies, it...

After NIU’s best individual finish in 31 years, Ben Heizer will go down as one of the best - if not the best - wrestler in NIU history. Heizer took second on Saturday in St. Louis at the NCAA championships. The NCAA wrestling championships are equivalent...

A beautiful thing happened last Tuesday at the Convocation Center. The place was rocking: with constant noise, fans with their shirts off and chests painted. With more than 5,000 fans taunting, chanting and cheering, this was a sight to be seen and something...