This weekend's Alumni basketball game ended on a jumper at the buzzer by NIU's early 1970s star and Chicago Bulls draftee Billy "The Kid" Harris. Tying up the game at a 65-all deadlock, Harris led the White team with 24 points, while recent Huskie graduates...

NBA All-Star Weekend was a pure indication of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of professional basketball. The weekend kicked off with the Rookie vs. Sophomore game featuring Wally Szczerbiak's flame-throwing act of 11-of-13 shooting from the field, and...

When the NIU men's basketball team faces off against Ball State on Saturday at 7:05 p.m., current team members will be under the watchful eyes of past Huskie players. Celebrating the men's basketball 100th anniversary, the most prestigious Huskie alumni...

Last weekend, the NIU softball team walked off the field at Auburn University five times in frustration. True, the Huskies faced monster competition, but softball coach Donna Martin's team strives high, and the losses left a bitter mark as the Huskies...

Sunday marks the last home match for senior David Potter as the defending Mid-American Conference champion and the rest of the NIU wrestling team face the University of Missouri. The meet starts at 1 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies (9-7-2...

With team captain Kristan Knake out with a concussion, Kim Boeding and Monique Davis stepped up at opposite ends of the court against Toledo on Wednesday night. NIU coach Carol Hammerle said Knake's absence hurt the Huskies (11-14 overall, 7-5 Mid-American...

It looked as if NIU would put an end to their 6-game losing streak Tuesday night against Miami (Ohio) in Oxford, but the second half would hold another story. Up 29-25 at halftime, NIU looked to be in control over the RedHawks (13-12, 9-5). However, the...

Mike Smigiel and Bill Thorn cherish the fact that their fathers, Joe Smigiel and Will Thorn, have watched them play hockey all their lives. The only thing that separates their relationships from other father-son relationships is that their fathers are...

When George Tselios stepped onto the ice during his first College of Dupage hockey practice, he didn't know what to expect. George Bush had just taken the White House, the New Kids on the Block had found the "Right Stuff" and the Berlin Wall was being...

Turnovers hurt the NIU women's basketball team again as they threw away another game Wednesday against Mid-American Conference leader Toledo 70-51. The Huskies (11-14 overall, 7-5 in the MAC) committed 24 turnovers and shot only 36 percent from the floor....

NIU softball coach Donna Martin's team has one objective in mind every season: to place first in the Mid-American Conference standings. Year after year, the Huskies seem to find themselves at the top of the MAC. While her team lost four key players to...

Life just doesn't get any easier for the women's basketball team. After dropping a tough road loss at Kent Sate last week and enduring double overtime to outlast Ohio 102-92 on Saturday, the Huskies, tonight, welcome possibly the top squad in the Mid-American...