Harry Caray would have gone bananas during the doubleheader that featured eight long balls between the Huskies and the University of Northern Iowa Tuesday at NIU's McKinzie Field. Joining in the fun for NIU were Mike Birsa, Dan Colucci and Chip Paulsen,...

The NIU soccer team has come out of hibernation to capture some impressive exhibition wins this spring. The latest triumph for head coach Willy Roy and his team came Saturday at an eight-team outdoor tournament at Madison, Wisc. The Huskies advanced to...

On a day more suited for Charlie Sadler's NIU football team, NIU and the University of Northern Iowa still managed to get in two baseball games Tuesday. The Huskies and Panthers went at each other in pigskin fashion at McKinzie Field, aided by a fierce...

The NIU men's basketball team officially capped its season this weekend with the annual postseason Awards Banquet. NIU seniors Mike Hidden and Brian Molis were honored for their NIU careers with Hidden, a Huskie for four years, dominating the awards....

The tallies are in and the Huskie women's gymnastics team 1992 campaign is officially over. After Saturday's performance at Chick Evans Field House, NIU played a waiting game to see if its team average was high enough to qualify for the postseason regionals....

Having ended its seemingly endless journey around the Midwest, the NIU baseball team (5-13, 1-1) finally gets to play a game on its home turf when the University of Northern Iowa (9-14) comes to DeKalb at 1 p.m. today. Head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland...

NIU tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher couldn't be there when his team gave him his first Big Ten victory. Merzbacher learned of his father's death and had to leave town Saturday, the day before the meet against Purdue. On Sunday, the Huskies played on guts...

Finally, it seems, the NIU softball team will be able to screw in the cleats and play ball tomorrow. NIU is scheduled to host Northeastern Illinois University in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Huskie Softball Diamond. The Huskies have eagerly been awaiting...

After the NIU men's baseball team crushed Western Illinois University 8-1 in their opening game Saturday, the Leathernecks retaliated with a seven-run fifth inning en route to a 9-4 victory in the nightcap. The doubleheader marked the opening of Mid-Continent...

NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek and her squad could not have asked for a more pleasing season finale this weekend. The Huskies stole the show in the Midwest Independent Gymnastics Championships after registering a season-best 189.15 Saturday...

If momentum counts, then it's no wonder coach Pam Tyska feels as if her NIU women's golf team picked up a victory by the end of Sunday's final round of the Western Kentucky University Lady Hilltopper Invitational. Granted the Huskies finished only fourth...

NIU's men's tennis team picked up an emotional 8-1 victory over Purdue University Sunday at the Aurora Tennis Club. While NIU had practiced all week without direct guidance from coach Chuck Merzbacher, sidelined by a bout with chicken pox, the Huskies...