There's the Big Eight and the Big Ten, but what is the Big West? Even more mind boggling is how did NIU manage to become affiliated with that conference? Perhaps a little background would be appropriate. The conference was originally founded in 1969 making...

Depth will be the factor when Arkansas State visits DeKalb and faces a Huskie team minus split end Otha Brooks, Saturday. Brooks was put out late in the fourth quarter in Indiana last Saturday. His collar bone was snapped on a hard hit after catching...

The NIU men's soccer team jumped back into the bull ring yesterday hoping to get back on track a season that has looked very promising. But with lady luck failing to show up for the game to give the Huskies that much-needed edge, they lost yet another...

The NIU men's soccer team will take on Marquette University at 5 p.m. this afternoon at the Huskie Soccer Complex. It will be the fourth and final Wisconsin team that the Huskies will face this season. NIU has gone (0-2-1) against the three previous teams...

When Kori Schauer hits a volleyball, crowds at Chick Evans Field House erupt with uncontrolled awe. She sends the ball rocketing towards the floor at helpless defenders unlucky enough to be in the way. The senior out of Belvidere will then wind up for...

Conditions were not ideal, but the NIU women's soccer team played their way to a 15-0 rout of Teikyo-Marycrest University. The game was the program's first ever home game, and the result was not a disappointment to any Huskie fans. By no means were the...

There are always going to be games with their fair share of highlights and lowlights. NIU's 28-10 loss to Indiana was no exception. It seemed that for every good play or for every high point there was a corresponding bad point. On the opening possession,...

NIU came out of Saturday's game with more than just a loss to Indiana. They also lost the starting split-end for four-to-six weeks. Otha Brooks, a 5-foot 11-inch 175 pound sophomore, went down late in the fourth quarter with a broken right collar bone,...

On Saturday, Big Ten turned out to have two meanings. The first being the name of the conference Indiana is affiliated with, and the second being the total amount of points the Huskies could put on the board. For the second straight game the slowly improving...

The NIU's men's soccer team traveled to Milwaukee this weekend hoping to come out with a bright outlook on the rest of the season. Unfortunately, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Wisconsin-Madison turned off the lights on the Huskies as they dropped both games...

After all the confusion and frustration finally settled on the volleyball courts this weekend, NIU finished with a 3-1 record and a third place finish in a tournament that included some of the nation's most respected teams. NIU's (6-2) first match in...

Yes, football fans, the Huskies are coming off a huge defeat by a Big-Eight team and now have to face Big-Ten Indiana. But don't expect the Huskies to roll over and play dead. What should be expected is more aggressiveness with less penalties and better...