For Mike Brown, Stephen Jones and Steve Determan, Wednesday night was their last hurrah in Huskie Red and White at the friendly confines of Chick Evans Field House. The last home game marked Senior Night for the NIU basketball team, which meant the culmination...

The women's tennis team's win against Butler has boosted its confidence for an upcoming dual meet against Drake and Southern Illinois this weekend at Rush-Copley in Aurora. The Huskies play SIU at 1 p.m. Friday and Drake at 1 p.m. Saturday. With five...

Not even the return of Matt Nelson from a freak injury could save the NIU men's basketball team. A 67-62 home loss to Western Michigan on Wednesday gives the Huskies (5-21 overall, 4-13 Mid-American Conference) the worst record in school history. NIU...

After finishing last season 6-22, the NIU women's basketball team was expecting an improvement. This season the team has met their expectations by showing more progress than any other team in the Mid-American Conference. The Huskies finished the regular...

In April 1996, women's basketball proclaimed "We Got Next" with the tipoff of the WNBA. Now, the women's movement continues with the inaugural season of the WUSA, a new Women's Professional Soccer League, ready to start. Founded by a group of wealthy...

All Mike Brown wants in his last home game is a victory. The senior guard said playing his last game at Chick Evans Field House hasn't hit home yet. "All I want to do is win it," he said. "It is kind of important because it would be a good way to end...

Sean Ezell loves to trash talk, but what separates him from the would—be trash talkers is the fact that he can support his words. "I'm from Gary, Ind., so we have to back it up with our game," said the 6—foot—2—inch outspoken guard. "It doesn't...

Bloomfield, a small rural town in Southern Indiana, has one of everything: one fast food restaurant, one post office and one public school. It also has one basketball star. Lindsay Secrest, a 6-foot sharpshooting swing player from Bloomfield High School,...

The 2001 gymnastics season has been a struggle for NIU. With a 2-7 overall record and a 0-4 record in the Mid-American Conference, the Huskies have had a difficult time pulling out victories. Last Friday, the Huskies managed to score more than 190 but...

Rushing for 1,000 yards in the Mid-American Conference is tough. Entertaining grade school children for two hours may be even tougher. Michael Turner and other members of the NIU football team were thrown that challenge, among others, when they participated...

NIU men's basketball interim coach Andy Greer felt relieved that his Huskies finally snapped a nine-game losing streak. The Huskies defeated Eastern Michigan 62-57, putting them at 5-20 for the season and 4-12 in the Mid-American Conference. "It feels...

Dave Schrage said if the NIU baseball team was going to win games this season, it would be because the infield played great defense. In the first series of the season, the Huskie defense was to the coach's liking as NIU swept Tennessee-Martin in the three-game...