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...

Playing at Western Michigan University on Saturday, the NIU men's basketball team looks to register its first win on the road in conference play. With a dismal 3-27 road record since joining the Mid-American Conference in 1997, the Huskies desperately...

After almost two months of away meets and tournaments, it's home, sweet home for the NIU wrestling team. The Huskies return to Chick Evans Field House to host Mid-American Conference rival Ohio University at 7 p.m. tonight. NIU is 5-5-1 overall, but 0-2-1...

Take off your hat, gloves and scarf, because Huskie fever is quickly heating up for the men's hoops squad. For what once seemed like a washed-up season for NIU, it recently has taken strides that at one point seemed unimaginable and non-obtainable for...

Despite NIU's Saturday opponent Central Michigan's record of 3-15 overall and no wins in the Mid-American Conference, coach Carol Hammerle isn't guaranteeing a win. "I've seen tapes on Central; they've got good athletes," said Hammerle. Coming off two...

Peter Agrimson's awards keeps growing by the minute. After being named to the First-Team Central Region honor roll this season, the third-year sophomore defenseman was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of American Second-Team All-American...

Sophomore guard Kristan Knake had what she called her best game of the season against Bowling Green State. Knake's play was best described in four words by Bowling Green head coach Dee Knoblauch. "Kristan Knake killed us," Knoblauch said. Knake's stat...

Last season, plagued by injuries and inconsistency, the NIU women's basketball team struggled to a 6-22 record, and lost nine of its first 11 games this winter. Wednesday night's 73-58 bashing of Bowling Green showed that while NIU may be rebuilding,...

The hallowed halls of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame have been graced with a Huskie. Laverence Clarence "Mickey" McMillion, a 1947 NIU graduate and standout track and field athlete, was inducted into the hall of fame...

NIU men's basketball coach Andy Greer was happy to see Matt Nelson finally get some touches in the post. The junior center, who grabbed 5 rebounds, got the ball inside more than usual Tuesday, scoring a team-high 16 points off 5-of-7 from the floor and...

After a month-long break from competition, the NIU men and women's swimming and diving teams returned Saturday with mixed results against Eastern Michigan University and Ohio University. The men defeated Ohio 169-64, while EMU upended the Huskies 174-69....