Snow covered the ground last week, but the NIU men’s golf team still prepared for the spring season. The team can’t practice outside because of the weather, so it uses Huskie Stadium, inside two old racquetball courts. The team hits balls into nets...

Two signings have NIU women’s basketball coach Carole Hammerle excited. The Huskies inked 6-foot-1 forward Nikita Odom and 6-foot point guard Whitney Lowe to National Letters of Intent. “These two players are going to make an immediate impact on the...

Ninety-five years. Sunday, the Cubs won their first post-season series in 95 years. Let me say it again: 95 YEARS. I know, it’s crazy. Anyway, think about just how long 95 years really is. The last time the Cubs won a post-season series, Theodore Roosevelt...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brian Kontak apparently wants to show Annika Sorenstam, Martha Burk and Suzy Whaley who wears the culottes in golf. Kontak, who once won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit and now has conditional status on the Nationwide Tour, has said...

There are plenty of stereotypes associated with collegiate athletes and their ability as students. At NIU, some of those conceptions can be thrown out the window based on last spring’s grade point averages. Among the athletic teams found at NIU, the...

Golf is a funny game. After the first round of the Bradley Fall Classic, the NIU men's golf team found itself in fourth place. Just a few short hours later the Huskies had fallen to 10th place after shooting the third-worst score of the second round....

After a poor showing last year, things are looking up for the NIU men's golf team. "We are looking forward to a very respectable season," coach Jack Pheanis said. "I think we will surprise some people this year." The Huskies will look to senior Eric Smith...

If the Huskies want to get into the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament, they have to start turning things around. But with a recent two-game slide, they have not been playing to coach Dave Schrage's liking. The last two games lacked in hitting...

The NIU men's golf squad went to Revenna, Ohio, for a slight tune up before the Mid-American Conference tournament last Saturday. As it turns out, the First Energy Intercollegiate tourney was a disappointment for the Huskies. NIU finished last out of...

For a golf team, the winter months can be filled with the perils of hitting golf balls into an indoor net. Fortunately, spring break came around, and the NIU men's golf team was able to take a trip to Florida to fire out on natural grass. The Huskies...

The fall semester produced 85 student athletes with grade-point averages above 3.5 — each winning recognition from a phone-service provider. Each year, student athletes from select schools are honored by Verizon Telecommunications for their academic...

A familiar saying is being whispered around the circles of those involved in NIU's Intercollegiate Athletic programs. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. They are referring to the proposed move from the Mid-Continent Conference to— you guessed it—another...