Los Angeles Lakers could learn a lesson from a high school team. That prep squad is the Schaumburg High School Saxons, who just won the Illinois state title two weeks ago. While multi-millionaire athletes Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant feud over who...

Junior wrestler Scott Owen added another award to his list of accomplishments after being named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Fall/Winter At-Large team. The team recognizes student athletes who compete in wrestling, cross country, fencing,...

After struggling last weekend against conference rival Ball State, the NIU baseball team rallied together Wednesday and swept a doubleheader against Bradley. NIU had been hovering above .500 the whole season until the Ball State games. With the two wins...

As an NIU freshman learning how to bat at the Division I level, Samantha Knoll often found herself swinging at the air, as a ball whiffed by. But through all her struggles on the plate, she always had grandpa behind her, and she would hear him cheering...

Members of the women's basketball team can no longer hide their excitement. After advancing to the third round of the Mid-American Conference with an underclassman-dominated team, the young Huskies exceeded expectations, finishing 10 wins better than...

The NIU softball team has been relatively quiet at the plate in recent games, but on Tuesday afternoon the pitching made up for it. Senior Courtney Witvliet pitched a complete game in the first of a double-header against Miami of Ohio. The right-hander...

Refusing to crumble, the NIU softball team mustered the energy to compete in the Mid-American Conference against Miami on Tuesday afternoon. After suffering from a drought at the plate in a 1-0 loss in the opening game against Miami, the Huskies used...

For the first time this season, the NIU baseball team finds itself with a sub.-500 record. The Huskies lost a three-game series to Ball State last weekend, dropping them to 8-10. The Huskies face Bradley today, with Game 1 of a double-header starting...

When Rob Judson walked into Chick Evans Field House on Tuesday, he already noticed a difference in the NIU men's basketball team. Three weeks removed from the first-round 89-57 loss to Ball State, the Huskies have been playing pick-up games and have increased...

Huskie Anna Gardina has earned a ticket to the NCAA South Central Regionals. The sophomore gymnast qualified for the meet as the second all-arounder in the individual competition. Regionals start April 7. Gardina probably will be joined by senior Reyna...

Ball State had the NIU baseball team's number all last season. This year isn't any different, as the Cardinals swept the Huskies this weekend in a three-game series, 13-1, 11-4 and 15-7. Game 4 was cancelled Sunday because of inclement weather. "I'm proud...

The NIU women's tennis team lost its fourth- and fifth-straight matches this weekend. With losses to Marshall and Miami in their first Mid-American Conference matches of the season, the Huskies have already gone 0-2. Friday, the women played MAC co-champions,...