Vision, speed, quickness and power. Qualities that LeShon Johnson utilized to perfection and in the process produced what could be argued as the greatest single season for a player in NIU history. However, before we look at his accomplishments over a...

Now that NIU's football season is over, there is not much left for the players to do while waiting for next season, unless you are a senior and your football career is coming to a sudden halt. NIU tailback, LeShon Johnson, is an exception to the seniors...

The NIU women's volleyball team will wrap up the regular season this weekend with two conference matches against Youngstown State Penguins and Cleveland State Vikings. The Huskies already own the Mid-Continent Conference title, locking it away with an...

It is one thing to take the opening tip in for a basket, but it's another to not look back the rest of the game. That is what happened in the women's defeat of the Czech Republic Strakonice team 110-79 Thursday night. The Huskies went up 8-0 before Strakonice...

Yesterday Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell held a meeting with the head coaches of NIU's athletic teams to inform them on the options he is considering regarding the possibility of NIU leaving the Mid-Continent Conference. O'Dell discussed very few specifics,...

It is exhibition basketball time for the 1993-94 NIU women's team and this game is truly non-conference. In fact the opposition is not even from this country. The Czech Republic Strakonice team will bring a touch of international ball when they immigrate...

Either the Huskies looked really good last night or the Ginestico of Brazil team was really bad. According to Brazil's head coach, Brad Casey, his team was really bad. "Any time you make 32 turnovers, you deserve to get your (butts) kicked." he admitted....

Last night at Chick Evans Field House the men's basketball team dusted the Ginestico of Brazil squad 90-59. Huskie fans finally got a chance to see Huskie super-soph Jamal Robinson lace up his sneakers and get his college career off to a late start after...

With first place of the Mid-Continent Conference locked up, the Huskie volleyball squad will host the Mid-Con Championship Tournament on Nov. 26 and 27. Depending on the outcome of that tourney, the Huskies could find themselves in a position never experienced...

When the tentative NIU men's basketball schedule came out last July, the Huskies were scheduled to play the Russia select team at the Chick Evans Fieldhouse tonight. That isn't going to happen. Instead, the Ginestico of Brazil team will drop by for a...

A familiar saying is being whispered around the circles of those involved in NIU's Intercollegiate Athletic programs. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. They are referring to the proposed move from the Mid-Continent Conference to— you guessed it—another...

RON LESKO AP SPORTS WRITER SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP)—It has been exactly three years since Notre Dame last was No. 1 in the country. The Fighting Irish lost at home that week to No. 18 Penn State. With No. 17 Boston College coming to South Bend on a roll...