American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

The NIU men's golf team will swing into action this weekend coming off an eighth-place finish in the University of Minnesota Invitational last weekend. The Huskies will travel to the University of Northern Iowa to participate in the Northern Iowa Fall...

NIU men's tennis coach Carl Neufeld, and women's coach Patty Groth both predict a successful season for Huskie tennis. The men's team returns this year led by junior Steve Wiere. As a freshman, Wiere qualified for the NCAA tournament and filled the number...

NIU's Associate Athletic Director Susie Pembroke-Jones left the DeKalb area for a position as assistant director of athletics at George Washington University. As of Wednesday, the 39-year-old began her duties by watching over nine sports, which include...

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

College athletes must perform in their sport and in the classroom, but sometimes they have the added pressure of battling the "dumb jock" stereotype in the eyes of some faculty. Elliot Lessen, an associate professor of Learning, Development and Special...

NIU and other major college institutions have made academic rules to protect the student/athlete, but several NIU coaches say the rules could be improved. The current NIU grade point average rule states athletes must have a 1.70 prior to their second,...

Women's gymnastics NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek doesn't ask for much. She expects her Huskie gymnasts to put forth their best efforts whenever they compete. From that perspective, Cesarek was quite pleased with NIU's performance Saturday...

When a team is losing, but playing well, there is no need to change things. This was the philosophy of NIU men's tennis coach Carl Neufeld for the weekend when the players did not place in the University of Kentucky Fall Invitational Friday and Saturday....

Len Bias chose to celebrate, as any person would, when he was picked as a first-round draft choice for the World Champion Boston Celtics in June of 1986. Unfortunately for Bias, that one moment of glory is all he will ever receive as he was found dead...

Adjusting to life at a university such as NIU can be difficult for many students, especially freshmen. But imagine what it is like for an international student to start out at a new college in a new country. Natasha Koprivica and Natacha Kluft are two...

The NIU men's tennis team came back from Madison, Wis., with more than they expected—a loss. The Huskies, now 5-1, walked into Nielson Tennis Stadium Saturday having beat UW twice last year, 7-2, 7-4, but left the courts with an 8-1 defeat in the Badgers'...