Harnessing a no-bull attitude, NIU basketball's 6-foot-9-inch center Matt Nelson is large and in charge. But by his modest demeanor, you would never know it. In an age of prima donnas, Nelson puts on his hardhat and goes to work night in and night out,...

NIU women's basketball coach Carol Hammerle knew in order to come out with a victory Wednesday night her post defense was going to have to play well. It did. The Huskies came away with their fourth victory in a row after defeating Buffalo 63-55. The road...

Kirby Puckett's name is synonymous with baseball, but what if he chose a career on the basketball hardwood instead? Twenty years ago, NIU associate athletic director Robert Collins put to rest any of those thoughts for the Hall of Famer. As the varsity...

Before a player can make it to The Show, he needs to give a final audition. For NFL teams, that means they will tour college campuses, allowing players to throw everything out one last time. The Miami Dolphins stopped NIU last week, and the Chicago Bears...

Two weeks ago, the NIU women's basketball team was coming off two consecutive double-digit losses. The Huskies, however, recovered by sweeping their recent three-game homestand. Coming into the homestand, NIU sat at 2-2 in the Mid-American Conference...

Waubonsee Community College head coach Dave Heiss has made a decision, called time and examined more than 500 games in his 16-year career. He also has his team nationally ranked among junior colleges and is a newly named candidate for the head coaching...

The NIU women's gymnastics squad turned out their highest point total under coach Mark Sontag on Sunday but still came up short against Eastern Michigan. For the first time since the 1999 season, the Huskies broke the 190-point barrier with a 193.225...

The NIU wrestling team gained its first Mid-American Conference victory over Ohio University 28-9 on Friday. The meet offered a lot of nail biting for the coaches as well as the fans that filled into the Chick Evans Field House, as five of the matches...

The NIU hockey club defeated Southern Illinois at Edwardsville with great ease, winning 15-4. The 15 goals were the most this season. The last time NIU scored more than 10 goals in a game was against Washington University at St. Louis, when the Huskies...

NIU Sports Information director Mike Korcek remembers when Will Hancock would come to Chick Evans Field House. He recalls one year during the Midwestern Collegiate Conference volleyball tournament, Hancock played computer games with another sports information...

Carrying a sign with the number 1,000 into the postgame press conference, Mickey Johnson could no longer mask her excitement. The senior center joined 17 of the greatest players in NIU women's basketball history when she reached 1,000 career points against...

With a tall starting front court consisting of Mickey Johnson and Jennifer Youngblood, the NIU women's basketball team pounded the ball inside and dominated Central Michigan 72-55. NIU outscored CMU 46-20 in the paint, thanks to Johnson's 14 points and...