The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

Five former NIU athletes will be inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as part of NIU’s 98th Homecoming weekend, beginning Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. T.C. Dantzler, E.C. Hill, Julie Sexton, Ernie Wickstrom and John Wrenn make...

The newest NIU men’s basketball recruit is not bashful. Quintan Lipkins, a 5-foot-9 point guard from Sharpstown High in Houston, averaged 24.5 points and 9.9 assists a game last season and is confident that success in both scoring and passing will follow...

The first NIU men’s basketball “Midnight Madness” will take place at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. In this free event, students will be able to meet the Huskies players, win prizes and see a team scrimmage....

After two years and $2.3 million in renovations, intramural indoor soccer finally has a new home - the Chick Evans Field House. Before renovations, the field house was home to the NIU men’s basketball team. Now all NIU students can utilize the fieldhouse...

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

After falling to Buffalo in the first round of the MAC tournament last year, the NIU men’s basketball team met and decided they weren’t satisfied. “As far as our record and overall performance, I don’t think one player could say they were happy...

Their talents are displayed in showcase games, and the rest is in the hands of the scouts. Paul Gabel and Fraser Gibson displayed their soccer skills for the scouts in Scotland, and their play on the field has landed them on the NIU men’s soccer team....

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...

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...

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...