When Jan Rintala competed in sports during her high school days in the 1960s, she did so without realizing the vast difference in athletic opportunities for men and women. Today marks the 15th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sport Day, which...

Two years ago, Jennifer and Jessica Youngblood walked off the floor at Geneseo High School devastated after dropping a tough 11-point sectional final loss to prep girls' basketball power Galesburg. But most of the devastation didn't come from the loss....

The United States Air Force Academy came into NIU on Sunday ready for combat, but left with a white flag for retreat. The women's gymnastics team capitalized on its second-straight 193-point performance and edged the Falcons 193.050 to 192.575 for its...

Andy Greer feared that his basketball team would have a mental lapse against Akron. Unfortunately, he was right as the Huskies continued their slide against the Zips, losing 103-75. NIU held the 16-point lead against Central Michigan Saturday and lost...

In Monday's thrashing of the NIU basketball team, Akron was hotter than viewers thoughts the new XFL cheerleaders' were. Totaling 103 points with a second-half performance that saw Akron shoot 82 percent from the 3-point line, Dan Hipsher's ball club...

Everyone's heard that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. The NIU wrestling team grappled with this phrase during Friday's meet against Mid-American Conference opponent Central Michigan University at Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies...

E.C. Hill's return to Chick Evans Field House on Saturday night marked a bittersweet evening for NIU. The former Huskie standout received a standing ovation and sat on the Huskies' bench, watching NIU fall 57-50 to Eastern Michigan. The NIU athletic department...

Sophomore Kim Boeding scored 8 points and pulled down 4 rebounds in the Huskies loss. On a Saturday night that had all the makings of a perfect evening for the NIU women's basketball team, it suffered one of its toughest losses against Eastern Michigan....

Coach Andy Greer said his team played the best 32 minutes of the season before the NIU men's basketball team lost a 16-point lead in an 81-74 overtime loss to Central Michigan on Saturday. Unfortunately for NIU, it takes 40, or in this case, 45, minutes...

Women's tennis players opened their spring season with a sluggish start Saturday against the University of Illinois-Chicago. UIC capitalized by taking the team doubles point and four singles victories to defeat the Huskies 5-2. Despite the results, the...

The NIU men's tennis squad finally found a light at the end of the tunnel. After suffering their fourth straight loss to a Big Ten opponent against Ohio State on Saturday, the Huskies picked up a victory against West Virginia Sunday. The Ohio State match...

Leshon Johnson has taken on cancer, played in one of the toughest divisions in all of sports and run over opponents at NIU. After all that, the XFL's no-fair-catch rule should be no problem. "It's going to make it very interesting," said the Chicago Enforcers...