When junior Scott Owen steps onto the wrestling mat, he has just one thing on his mind: winning. He stares down his opponent knowing he will win, knowing he has out-worked and out-sweated his opponent in numerous practices leading up to the match. With...

Spring may be weeks away, but the NIU softball team already hits the field this weekend at the Tiger Invitational at Auburn University. "We're definitely ready to be playing outside," said assistant coach Kevin Welch. With four returning seniors and four...

Trying to win on the road is never easy — especially when the opposing team has won 40 straight on its home floor. Well, make it 41, as the NIU women's basketball team lost at red-hot Kent State 80-68 on Thursday. The Huskies (10-13 overall, 6-4 in...

Stephen Jones is a difference maker. Even though the Huskies are struggling right now, losing their last five games, the senior guard makes the team better than what it was at the beginning of the season. But who knows what would be if Jones played the...

Picking a single player as NIU's biggest football recruit may be a bit difficult. Of the 19 players head coach Joe Novak signed Wednesday on the first official day recruits could commit, all could make an impact on the program. California junior-college...

Marshall coach Greg White knows exactly how Andy Greer is feeling. After the NIU men's basketball team's 94-66 loss to the Thundering Herd Wednesday, the Huskie coach said he couldn't be more disappointed in the way the Huskies (4-16 overall, 3-8 Mid-American...

The freshman swatted and spiked four Marshall shots in the NIU men's basketball team's 94-66 loss. And he managed his swinging success while guarding the Herd's go-to guy. Smallwood was given the toughest defensive assignment of his season by being asked...

With a playoff spot finally clinched, the NIU hockey club can take things easy. Defeating Palmer 4-1 last weekend, the Huskies face non-conference foes Robert Morris on Friday and Marquette on Saturday. Then they move to the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey...

A towering force awaits the NIU women's basketball team when it travels to Kent State University tonight. Mid-American Conference East leader Kent (13-7 overall, 8-2 MAC East) has a big size advantage inside when they take on the Huskies at 6 p.m. NIU...

The men and women's swimming and diving teams were victorious Saturday in their dual meet against Bowling Green State and Akron. Seniors Mick Coyne, Ann Schmitt and Kelly Amundson stepped up for their last home competition of the season. The men beat...

Andy Greer hopes the NIU men's basketball team won't repeat its most recent performances tonight against Marshall. The Huskies were demolished by Akron 103-75 on Monday night following NIU's 81-74 loss to Central Michigan on Saturday. NIU (4-15 overall,...

When NIU decided to start a women's track and field team, it was hardly a secret that the inaugural season would be a trial. But improving times and distances take patience, and the Huskie women are slowly showing promise as the semester rolls by. Last...