As the cheers erupted at the close of the NIU women's basketball team's 82-74 triumph over Ball State University, the NIU players gathered in a huddle at center court. But they had more to celebrate than the victory itself. As the Huskies locked arms,...

The NIU men's basketball team looks for revenge tonight at Marshall. The battleground is Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va., where the Huskies will meet the Thundering Herd for the second time this season. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. In their first game Feb....

Excitement was in the air as the NIU women's basketball team took on Ball State University, in part because Wednesday night's game marked the end of the senior class' home run. Seniors Mickey Johnson, Mystique Adams, Kim Moore and Biljana Kovacevic all...

Sycamore Speedway owner Joe Fabrizius remembers the Alabama Gang, a group of NASCAR racers who came to the Rockford Speedway in their 20s, with a combination of talent and love for the sport of auto racing. He remembers watching the group of southern...

After more than three months of learning coach Carol Hammerle's defensive system, NIU women's basketball players finally started to pick it up Monday night against Western Michigan. And it couldn't have come at a better time. Tonight, the Huskies welcome...

The cold winter months can be hard for a team on the road. The NIU women's tennis team has experienced those winter blues, starting the season 0-3. But that string of hardship came to a close this weekend. After dropping their third straight match Friday...

The NIU men's tennis squad took its two-game winning streak into the weekend and came out with some mixed results. On Friday, NIU extended its winning streak to three matches as the Huskies swept Valparaiso University 7-0. The sweep was the first of the...

While the bats didn't crack as much as Donna Martin had hoped, her softball team showed positive signs this weekend at the Missouri Round Robin tournament. Playing under the domed roof of Missouri's indoor football complex, the Huskies went 1-3 this weekend....

Former NIU fullback Mike Stack has signed another NFL free-agent contract, this time with the Denver Broncos. Stack, who last played at NIU in 1999, had been with the New York Jets, of the same conference, for training camp in 2000. The 6-foot-2-incher...

Walter Thompson will sit out for the rest of the season after being suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the NIU men's basketball team. The suspension takes effect immediately. Thompson will miss the Huskies' last four games of the season....

Coming into Monday's game against Western Michigan, NIU coach Carol Hammerle knew the key to the game would be NIU's defense. It came through as NIU won 75-65. The Huskies (12-14 overall and 8-5 Mid-American Conference) held WMU to 34 percent shooting....

The NIU women's basketball youth movement took a bold step against Western Michigan on Monday night. Four freshmen played for a combined 137 minutes during NIU's 75-65 Mid-American Conference triumph at Chick Evans Field House, including point guard Monique...