Can you fathom how difficult it is to pick the greatest players ever to run on the hard court for the NIU men's basketball team? A panel of NIU administration, alumni and members of the local media collaborated to pick the centennial men's basketball...

Gathering together with their arms intertwined, the NIU bench's display of unity at the end of their upset win aganst Toledo on Saturday afternoon typified the Huskies' newfound unity. With NIU's star player Leon Rodgers out the entire first half, within...

As the old saying goes, music soothes the savage beast, but on Saturday night, the music only unleashed the beast known as the NIU women's basketball team. The Huskies came away with a 63-50 conference win over Miami, and they attributed their outstanding...

Andy Greer couldn't be any happier that Stephen Jones is back with the NIU men's basketball team. The senior guard led the Huskies with a career-high 16 points and tied a career-high in rebounds with 14 as NIU defeated Toledo 69-67 at Chick Evans Field...

Expectations for the NIU wrestling team are high as it enters the second half of the season. Mid-American Conference duals resume today against Kent State, and each wrestler has something to prove before the conference championships in March. The Huskies...

Andy Greer got his wish Wednesday, breaking the NIU men's basketball team's two-game losing streak. The Huskies defeated Eastern Michigan 58-52 — and now await Toledo, with the tip-off at 2:05 p.m. Saturday at Chick Evans Field House. Greer, the team's...

NIU's swimming and diving team spent 10 days training during winter break in Canect, France. Each day, members worked out from 8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m., focusing on long course meters, said men and women's head coach Anne Marie Stricklin. "I think...

Sports Editor Justin McCareins and Ryan Diem continue to inch closer to their NFL hopes. They also have a chance to raise their draft status when the duo travels to Indianapolis, Ind., for the NFL Combine. Diem also will play in the Senior Bowl this Saturday,...

The NIU men's basketball team held Eastern Michigan scoreless in the final 2 minutes 50 seconds to defeat the Eagles 58-52 on Wednesday night. The win is only the Huskies' third of the season and their second in the Mid-American Conference. NIU had only...

Sports Reporter Confidence is something that can't be overlooked. What is a good player or team if not surrounded by that certain aura? Steadily getting back on its feet after a rocky start this season, the NIU men's basketball team is slowly regaining...

Ring, ring. It was 3 in the afternoon Friday when Stephen Jones received the phone call that would determine the rest of the 6-foot-3 senior's college basketball career — the call that would tell him he was academically eligible. Jones, a strongly built...

Assistant Sports Editor Andy Greer hasn't been happy with the way his NIU men's basketball team has been playing as of late. In his first four games as coach, Greer said he noticed the team playing like a team. But in the losses against Kent State and...