In 1980, Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley asked a rookie to fill in at center for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The only catch - the rookie was the starting point guard and it was Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Magic Johnson was fresh off an NCAA National...

A talented freshman class has made its presence felt on the NIU women’s track and field team. Freshman Chanelle Brown swept first place in the long jump and triple jump events Saturday at the Iowa Hawkeye Open. Brown surpassed the school record she...

Coming off what coach Carol Hammerle called the worst outing of the season, the women’s basketball team looked to rebound against Kent State. Unfortunately, the defending MAC Tournament champs were able to hold off a late run by the Huskies and escaped...

Inside play and outside shooting are assets every team desires for every time on the court. NIU’s Marcus Smallwood and Todd Peterson provided that for the Huskies on Saturday. "Every team wants to play inside-out," NIU coach Rob Judson said. "It’s...

Kalamazoo, Mich., was not kind to the NIU women’s basketball team Thursday when the Huskies struggled through a poor shooting night and lost 81-48. NIU (5-9, 1-2 MAC) shot 38.5 percent for the game and managed to hit on only 10 of its 30 first half...

Rob Judson hopes that the Convocation Center is as kind to the Huskies as the road has been recently when NIU hosts Eastern Michigan on Saturday at 2 p.m. NIU (7-8 overall 3-2 MAC) is coming off of its first road sweep in more than 30 years after winning...

NIU sixth-year senior Scott Owen has been invited to showcase his talents at the NCWA All-Star Classic on Feb. 3. The All-Star Classic is an event where the top two wrestlers in their weight classes square off against each other. However, the 157-pound...

The road through the MAC poses two substantial roadblocks in the NIU women’s basketball team’s way for its next two games. As both are away games, the mini road trip begins today at Western Michigan and finishes Saturday at Kent State. NIU (5-8, 1-1...

Sophomore basketball player Julian McElroy will take advantage of his time being released from the NIU team. McElroy declined to comment on the exact reason coach Rob Judson said he would not be with the team for the rest of the year in Wednesday’s...

Coming out of Lincoln College, a small junior college near Normal, Jay Bates knew where he wanted to play basketball for the rest of his college career. The University of Missouri-St. Louis, a Division II program, was where Bates, a 6-foot, 190-pound...

The Huskie men’s basketball team will try to do something that hasn’t been accomplished since the 1971-’72 season; sweep a road trip. NIU (6-8, 2-2 MAC) will travel to Ohio (4-7, 1-2 MAC) to battle the Bobcats at 7 p.m. and try to win its third...

Not only did sophomore Kristina Campos prove her freshman year was no fluke in Sunday’s win over Winona State, she performed so well that she was named MAC Gymnast of the Week. Campos earned the honor after posting an all-around score of 38.925 out...