Editor's note: Saturday marks the 11th anniversary of the NIU football team's last win against a Top 25 team. The Huskies crushed then No. 24 Fresno State 73-18. This story appeared in the Northern Star's Oct. 8, 1990. At NIU's Homecoming game Saturday,...

Byron Leftwich wouldn't know what to do if he didn't have Chad Pennington as his teacher. The junior quarterback knows if it wasn't for Pennington Leftwich would not be the quarterback he is today. Pennington, who was drafted with the 18th pick by the...

The NIU football team has come a long way since 1998. This weekend will prove exactly how far it has come since the Huskies' 23-game losing streak. The same could have been said about the Toledo game last week, but Marshall is the team everyone wants...

Only a junior, Marshall's 6-foot-6 heavyweight Bryon Leftwitch is better suited, by physical appearance, as an offensive lineman. But the Washington, D.C., native has an arm disguised as a cannon and is swifter in the pocket than his 240-pound frame belies....

Chris Finlen never expected to be where he is today. He never expected to be a three-year captain or a four-year starter. Finlen knew he was going to get some playing time later on in his college career. However, he didn't think it would come in the middle...

Stumbling out of the blocks in conference play, the NIU volleyball team now needs to pick up its play at this crucial juncture in the season, going on the road to face Kent State on Friday and Toledo on Saturday. "We are in a critical part of our season...

Joe Novak would love to see the stands filled this weekend. The NIU football team faces Marshall this Saturday and Novak thinks this is the weekend Huskie Stadium should be filled to capacity and give the Huskies the advantage over the Thundering Herd...

With the NIU volleyball team experiencing success on the court the past few years, coach Todd Kress feels that the Huskies could be at the level of a Big Ten program very soon. Returning all but one player from a 24-9 team that finished third in the Mid-American...

NIU women's rugby President Fran Campobasso knows that this weekend's game against Northwestern will definitely be the team's biggest test this season. The undefeated women's rugby team (3-0) will play Northwestern Saturday, who in Campobasso's opinion,...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat says his team is playing the best soccer of the season so far despite its current record. The Huskies (1-7-1, 1-4 in MAC) will try to turn things around when they begin the second half of their season Friday at Buffalo....

Success breeds confidence, and the NIU women's tennis team certainly is not lacking in the latter. After winning all 27 matches in last weekend's Huskie Fall Invitational, the Huskies are riding high. They travel to Macomb today to take on Western Illinois....

Individual awards and team accomplishments are both, undoubtedly, good things. But there is no question which one is at the forefront of the NIU volleyball team's mind. "We're really not worried about individual goals, and our kids aren't either," volleyball...