NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell calls it "one for the good guys." What he is referring to is the new tougher academic standards passed at last week's NCAA convention in Anaheim, Calif. With collegiate presidents (including NIU's John La Tourette)...

Early in Monday night's game with NIU, Akron's women's basketball team played much unlike the 2-13 team that it is. Shooting lights out, Akron maintained an eight-point lead with 13 minutes left in the first half. Then, Akron wilted and the Huskies took...

For the NIU women's basketball team, home was where the wins were for the last four weeks. The Huskies (5-5, 1-0) ended a three-game losing streak Saturday with a 94-85 come-from-behind victory over Cleveland State at the friendly confines of Chick Evans...

A controversy regarding NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell's outside consulting work is a dead issue, said most of its key players. The Northern Star revealed in its Dec. 5th issue that O'Dell was linked in his consulting work at South Florida University...

Then there were nine. The NIU men's basketball team is losing players so fast that head coach Brian Hammel, who was drafted by the NBA and CBA, might be tempted to suit up himself. Going into the second half of the season, the Huskies are down to nine...

When all was said and done after Saturday's NIU/GTE Fastbreak Fest championship game, rebounding ended up being the decisive factor throughout the two-day tournament. Bolstered by a two-game total of 99 rebounds, Purdue simply dominated inside on its...

NIU women's basketball head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle knew the game between her team and No. 11 Purdue would come down to what the Huskies did after missed shots. "We knew from the very beginning that what we were going to have to do to win the game...

It may not have been a first place finish, but the NIU volleyball team finished its season in champion-like style at the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. In fact, the Huskies were stopped short of even the semifinals as they split four matches...

In sports, there are losses that are like uncooked spaghetti—hard to swallow. Then there are losses that are like strawberry ice cream—they go down a lot easier. The one suffered by the NIU men's basketball team Wednesday at Xavier fit into the latter...

The honors keep piling up for the most successful senior class in NIU soccer history. Goalie Markus Roy, sweeper Karsten Roy and forward/midfielder/defender Frank Sparacino were named to the All-Mid Continent team yesterday. After completing an 11-5-3...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said Thursday that his consulting work at the University of South Florida is a measure of how much NIU is respected. O'Dell has been consulting USF about their proposed establishment of a football program. USF hired...