Toledo, OHIO - Chris Finlen will not get his chance to beat Toledo. Toledo walked away with a 41-20 win over NIU Saturday night at the Glass Bowl, halting Finlen's dream of beating the Rockets. "It is hard to swallow the fact that we fell short," Finlen...

Toledo, OHIO — In a game that featured the two best tailbacks in the Mid-American Conference, the match-up of Toledo's Chester Taylor and NIU's Thomas Hammock fell short of the hype. The MAC rushing leader and Heisman candidate Taylor finished the game...

The NIU men's soccer team lost to Marshall Sunday 3-1 at Huskie Soccer Field. The Huskies are now 0-2 in Mid-American Conference. Marshall scored the first three goals of the game. Robert Ngumire scored on a direct free kick from 20 yards out. Brent Sobczak...

Toledo, OHIO - NIU coach Joe Novak knows Toledo is probably the best team the Huskies will face this year. Novak went far enough to even say they are better than the Illinois team that gave NIU its first loss of the season. "Toledo has 11 seniors returning...

Chris Finlen has waited five years to beat Toledo. The senior quarterback will get his last chance Saturday as the Huskies (2-1 overall, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) head to the Glass Bowl to face the Rockets. And the Huskies have something to prove —...

NIU volleyball coach Todd Kress believes his Huskies have to step up their play this weekend to get back into the conference race. After spending last week on the road, NIU (4-4 overall, 1-2 Mid-American Conference) will return home for its first conference...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat is relieved his team picked up its first win last Friday, 5-3 over Akron. "It built up some confidence and relieved a lot of frustration from the other games," Horvat said. The Huskies will take that confidence into...

NIU women's golf coach Pam Tyska expects big things this weekend when the Huskies take part in the second-annual Notre Dame Invitational. "We expect to be at the top of the field," head coach Pam Tyska said. "Maybe even a top-five finish." Tyska has reason...

The NIU men's tennis team heads to Kalamazoo, MIch. for the Western MIchigan Invitational this weekend. After a less-than-desirable performance at the Ball State Invitational, the NIU men's tennis team travels to Kalamazoo, Mich., this weekend to take...

In the last five years, the NIU women's soccer team has experienced the best and worst of times. The team won back-to-back Mid-American Conference championships in 1997 and 1998, had losing seasons in 1999 and 2000 and are off to a slow start in 2001....

On Tuesday afternoon Michael Jordan said perhaps his two favorite words again, "I'm back." Michael Jordan announced his return to the National Basketball Association on Tuesday, as he signed a two-year contract with the Washington Wizards. Jordan last...

After falling to Ball State Friday night, the NIU volleyball team stayed on the road, beating Miami (OH) Saturday to salvage a weekend split. Faced with the tough challenge of trying to break the Cardinals 32-match home winning streak, NIU coach Todd...