Everything had fallen into place for the NIU women's basketball team to earn a first-round bye in the Mid-American Conference tournament. But instead of seizing the moment, the Huskies suffered perhaps their most painful loss of the season, faltering...

The end of the inaugural indoor track season for the NIU women's track squad ended in disappointing fashion Saturday as the team finished dead last at the Mid-American Conference indoor track and field championships. The Huskies finished at the bottom...

Placing seventh in this weekend's Mid-American Conference championships, the NIU women's swimming and diving team only managed to edge out two other MAC schools. But while the Huskies didn't fair well as a team, some individual highlights came from the...

On a cold December night, a small crowd of 800 people watched the NIU women's basketball team fall 62-50 to Santa Clara. The Huskies tallied a franchise-worst 12 points in the first half and dropped to a 2-8 record. A season that once held high expectations...

Leon Rodgers' eclipsing the career 1,000-point mark wasn't enough to lift the NIU men's basketball team over Marshall, as the Huskies fell 81-65 Thursday night against the Thundering Herd in Huntington, W.Va. Tallying 16 points, the 6-foot-6-inch junior...

Coming off an emotional win Wednesday night against Ball State, the NIU women's basketball team looks to continue its conference success Saturday at Western Michigan. The Huskies (13-14 overall, 9-5 Mid-American Conference) and Broncos will face each...

As the cheers erupted at the close of the NIU women's basketball team's 82-74 triumph over Ball State University, the NIU players gathered in a huddle at center court. But they had more to celebrate than the victory itself. As the Huskies locked arms,...

The NIU men's basketball team looks for revenge tonight at Marshall. The battleground is Henderson Center in Huntington, W.Va., where the Huskies will meet the Thundering Herd for the second time this season. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. In their first game Feb....

Excitement was in the air as the NIU women's basketball team took on Ball State University, in part because Wednesday night's game marked the end of the senior class' home run. Seniors Mickey Johnson, Mystique Adams, Kim Moore and Biljana Kovacevic all...

Neither position change, injury nor suspension have stopped Kristan Knake from delivering for the NIU women's basketball team NIU guard Kristan Knake came into this season expecting to play an important role on the women's basketball team. However, she...

Walter Thompson will sit out for the rest of the season after being suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the NIU men's basketball team. The suspension takes effect immediately. Thompson will miss the Huskies' last four games of the season....

Sycamore Speedway owner Joe Fabrizius remembers the Alabama Gang, a group of NASCAR racers who came to the Rockford Speedway in their 20s, with a combination of talent and love for the sport of auto racing. He remembers watching the group of southern...