Juniors Scott Owen and Ryan Egan will make their return to the NCAA championships after impressive performances at this weekend's Mid-American Conference championship. The rest of the NIU wrestling team was not as fortunate. The Huskies could only muster...

The ominous statement came at halftime: Akron, one of the lowest seeds in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, defeated the high-flying Bulls of Buffalo. This seemed to fuel the NIU women's basketball team's focus as it entered the second half of Saturday's...

Four years ago, Mickey Johnson was unsure if she'd even get the chance to play college basketball. Now, the senior center enters her final games as one of the most elite players to wear the red and black. Coming into this season, two things were uncertain:...

Senior forward Steve Determan wants to do the same thing to Central Michigan what Western Michigan did to the Huskies Wednesday: ruin its Senior Night. The Huskies are coming off a 67-62 loss against the Broncos and head to Mount Pleasant to face the...

Dave Schrage hopes the NIU baseball team can continue with its early-season success. After sweeping Tennessee-Martin in the three-game series last weekend, the Huskies will face Murray State in another three-game series starting Friday. The sweep over...

The women's tennis team's win against Butler has boosted its confidence for an upcoming dual meet against Drake and Southern Illinois this weekend at Rush-Copley in Aurora. The Huskies play SIU at 1 p.m. Friday and Drake at 1 p.m. Saturday. With five...

Not even the return of Matt Nelson from a freak injury could save the NIU men's basketball team. A 67-62 home loss to Western Michigan on Wednesday gives the Huskies (5-21 overall, 4-13 Mid-American Conference) the worst record in school history. NIU...

For Mike Brown, Stephen Jones and Steve Determan, Wednesday night was their last hurrah in Huskie Red and White at the friendly confines of Chick Evans Field House. The last home game marked Senior Night for the NIU basketball team, which meant the culmination...

After finishing last season 6-22, the NIU women's basketball team was expecting an improvement. This season the team has met their expectations by showing more progress than any other team in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies finished the regular...

In April 1996, women's basketball proclaimed "We Got Next" with the tipoff of the WNBA. Now, the women's movement continues with the inaugural season of the WUSA, a new Women's Professional Soccer League, ready to start. Founded by a group of wealthy...

All Mike Brown wants in his last home game is a victory. The senior guard said playing his last game at Chick Evans Field House hasn't hit home yet. "All I want to do is win it," he said. "It is kind of important because it would be a good way to end...

Sean Ezell loves to trash talk, but what separates him from the would—be trash talkers is the fact that he can support his words. "I'm from Gary, Ind., so we have to back it up with our game," said the 6—foot—2—inch outspoken guard. "It doesn't...