NBA All-Star Weekend was a pure indication of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of professional basketball. The weekend kicked off with the Rookie vs. Sophomore game featuring Wally Szczerbiak's flame-throwing act of 11-of-13 shooting from the field, and...

Mike Smigiel and Bill Thorn cherish the fact that their fathers, Joe Smigiel and Will Thorn, have watched them play hockey all their lives. The only thing that separates their relationships from other father-son relationships is that their fathers are...

When George Tselios stepped onto the ice during his first College of Dupage hockey practice, he didn't know what to expect. George Bush had just taken the White House, the New Kids on the Block had found the "Right Stuff" and the Berlin Wall was being...

Turnovers hurt the NIU women's basketball team again as they threw away another game Wednesday against Mid-American Conference leader Toledo 70-51. The Huskies (11-14 overall, 7-5 in the MAC) committed 24 turnovers and shot only 36 percent from the floor....

With team captain Kristan Knake out with a concussion, Kim Boeding and Monique Davis stepped up at opposite ends of the court against Toledo on Wednesday night. NIU coach Carol Hammerle said Knake's absence hurt the Huskies (11-14 overall, 7-5 Mid-American...

It looked as if NIU would put an end to their 6-game losing streak Tuesday night against Miami (Ohio) in Oxford, but the second half would hold another story. Up 29-25 at halftime, NIU looked to be in control over the RedHawks (13-12, 9-5). However, the...

Life just doesn't get any easier for the women's basketball team. After dropping a tough road loss at Kent Sate last week and enduring double overtime to outlast Ohio 102-92 on Saturday, the Huskies, tonight, welcome possibly the top squad in the Mid-American...

Since Marcus Smallwood returned to the starting lineup, he has been on a tear. The freshman forward has averaged 10.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in two games — his first in the starting rotation since a game against the University of Illinois-Chicago at...

It can take a while for a team to build itself into a contender, especially when youth and inexperience are an obstacle. For the NIU women's tennis squad, this process is all too real. The Huskies dropped their second meet of the semester Saturday, losing...

Softball coach Donna Martin believes Anne Hamilton may someday become one of the best pitchers in NIU history. Hamilton has the talent and potential to be a great hurler, she said, but that talent needs to be molded. "The sky's the limit," Martin said....

NIU softball coach Donna Martin's team has one objective in mind every season: to place first in the Mid-American Conference standings. Year after year, the Huskies seem to find themselves at the top of the MAC. While her team lost four key players to...

For the NIU men's tennis team, this season truly has been a trial. The Huskies started out the year 0-4, and faced a slew of ranked opponents, all of whom dominated the courts. For the past two games however, a reverse in this trend has occurred, and...