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...

Mid-American Conference teams have discovered that the NIU softball team can be beaten this spring. But they've also found that no lead against the Huskies is safe. Lacking in consistency but not in effort, the Huskies put together a come-from-behind...

The NIU women's tennis team finished their regular season match play with a loss to Western Michigan on Saturday. The 6-1 loss hands the Huskies a Mid-American Conference record of 3-6 for the season. The only win came from Kris Tiedt, who played No....

Two more NIU football players were snatched up the day after the NFL Draft on Monday. McAllister Collins and Jermaine Hampton signed undrafted rookie contracts with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts, respectively. Hampton joins former...

The yard is lifeless now. But once, the voices of Ron Johnson and his three sons echoed in that same lawn outside their Des Plaines home. Johnson, a 1969 NIU graduate and former Huskie basketball player, would play sports with his boys every afternoon....

Coach Dave Schrage believed that if his team had any chance of making it to the tournament, it'd have needed to start this weekend by winning the series over Central Michigan. The Huskies looked like they might do it, as they won the first two games of...

Justin McCareins and Ryan Diem can breathe more easily tonight. On Sunday, The duo became NIU's first multi-player NFL draft combo since 1987, with Diem selected by the Indianapolis Colts (pick 118) and McCareins nabbed by the Tennessee Titans (pick 124)...

Two of the best players in the Mid-American Conference will square off this weekend. Senior Courtney Witvliet, named MAC West Division Pitcher of the Week, and the NIU softball team head to Ypsilanit, Mich., to take on Christie Koester, MAC West Division...

The Mid-American Conference finally is getting the respect it is looking for. MAC commissioner Rick Chryst will announce an agreement today at noon to send a member of the conference to the GMAC Bowl, formerly the Mobile Alabama Bowl. According to the...

Justin McCareins has been trying to focus on school, but it's been hard. The former NIU receiver, along with other players from the graduating class, is turning his eyes to this weekend's NFL draft in hopes of fulfilling a lifelong quest. "You think about...

If the NIU baseball team wants to make a return visit to the Mid-American Conference tournament, this is the weekend to turn the season around. The Huskies enter this weekend's four-game series against Central Michigan with a 1-10 conference record, 18-18...

I know many students like yourself hate the idea of having to fund NIU's new $36 million project through student fees, but our athletic programs will never get any respect if we don't have the presentation to back it up. With all the gripes students have...