There are many new freshmen that are walking the NIU campus this week, but there is one that is notably missing. It was a nightmare that Chris Lawson wouldn't wake awake out of. On top of the world, the 6'5" Lawson had everything to look forward to. After...

After breaking a bone in his foot during drills, Greg Clemens will have to sit out this season. The junior tackle said the bone has always been broken, it just hasn't healed. There is a chance that his career is over, but Clemens will get a second opinion...

The NIU women's soccer team fell behind early Saturday at the annual Alumni SoccerFest, but came back to earn a 3-3 draw. Sophomore Katie Klaas scored two goals and senior Jane Mucci added a pair of assists. This was Mucci's first action since 1999 after...

Howard W. Fletcher, NIU's Hall of Fame football coach and director of the Huskies' unbeaten 1963 College Division National Championship, died Tuesday night in a hospice facility near his Fort Meyers, Fla., retirement home at the age of 88. Dying of natural...

The revamped NIU men's soccer team had its offense working early Saturday at the annual Alumni SoccerFest exhibition as it defeated the alumni 9-6. Huskie freshmen accounted for seven of the nine goals netted in the contest. Freshman Vrahram Kadkhodaian...

Playing for the NIU basketball team from 1981-84, Carl Armato will return to his Huskie roots this year as an assistant basketball coach under first year head man Rob Judson. "His head coaching experience will be a real benefit for the team and the coaching...

Missed opportunities again kept NIU's softball team from sweeping an opponent last weekend. But after taking 2-of-3 in a series against conference foe Western Michigan, the Huskies have discovered that they can turn to new faces — depth that could be...

Brad Gavelek gave the NIU baseball team another pitching gem Sunday in the Huskies' 10-0 victory over Buffalo. The Huskies (27-24 overall, 9-14 Mid-American Conference) won all four games against the Bulls for their first conference sweep of the season....

Her Huskies had just hung tough with one of the top teams in the nation, and even without NIU's ace pitcher, her defense cooled down 12th-ranked DePaul's hot bats for five innings. But it couldn't wipe the grimace off the face of softball coach Donna...

Still basking in Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors, Noel Danielson wanted to one-up himself Wednesday against Valparaiso. In the Huskies' 8-2 victory, the junior centerfielder tied the record of 51 runs scored in a single season, set by...

After losing a tough game last night to ISU, the Huskies needed to get things going in the right direction once again. Senior Brad Gavelek made sure that happened. NIU defeated a hot Valparaiso club 8-2 and Gavelek picked up his fifth win of the season...

Brad Gavelek wants to continue playing baseball. As the season winds down for the NIU baseball team, the senior pitcher is faced with the possibility of not playing baseball anymore. He knows, however, there's a chance he could play beyond college. If...