After years of being the weak sisters of the Big Eight Conference, the Kansas State football team appears headed toward respectability. Last year, the Wildcats had five victories, which was one more than they had the previous five seasons. Their third-year...

The NIU football program is always looking for exposure to enhance recruiting, and perhaps its most potent tool these days is the head coach's Charlie Sadler Show. The show is produced at NIU and broadcast via SportsChannel Chicago and WIFR television...

The NIU softball team has a simple goal. "Our team goal this year is to win the (North Star) conference," head coach Dee Abrahamson said. Plain and simple. The journey towards that goal starts Sunday in DeKalb against the Indiana St. Sycamores at noon....

A lot of people in Ann Arbor, MI are talking about the NIU volleyball team. A lot of those people, particularly the head coach for the University of Michigan, Peggy Bradley-Doppes, are talking about the Wolverines versus the Huskies match that closes...

The scoring drought ended for the NIU soccer team yesterday as the Huskies opened the flood gates on Illinois State for a 3-1 victory at Huskie Soccer Field. The Huskies, 1-1-1, gained revenge for last year's 4-1 loss and erased some doubts about their...

NIU tailback T.C. Dantzler isn't familiar with his new role. He is used to gathering attention at center stage as one of NIU's premier wrestlers. Last year, he qualified for the NCAA Championships as a 158 pounder. Now, the junior finds himself clearly...

Something unusual happened last night. Something that has only happened once this season. The Huskie volleyball team lost in an exciting match that went down to the wire (12-15, 15-3, 15-7, 11-15, 13-15). The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers were...

Goals are a rare sight in soccer—especially in the NIU soccer team's case. In three matches—including the exhibition against the Chicago Power—the Huskies, 0-1-1, managed only one "real goal." Senior John Kelly scored the goal in the exhibition...

NIU has never won a national championship in basketball or football. And the baseball program is on its second year after an eight-year hiatus. So why would some of the top athletes in the country want to play at NIU? They play at NIU by choice. Actually,...

NIU volleyball players Wendy Mason and Amy Foulke were most likely the life of post-victory celebrations this weekend when the Huskies went 3-0 and earned a first-place finish in the Huskie Invitational. Mason, a 5-10 junior, and Foulke a 6-0 sophomore,...

When NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle picked two new assistant coaches, she found talent from both the playing and coaching worlds. Sue Semrau and Jonelle Polk were Albright-Dieterle's choices to fill a pair of open slots because of...

Some wins are better than others. Although the scoreboard read NIU-22, Arkansas State-21 at the end, and NIU's rookie coach Charlie Sadler won't decline his first victory, Saturday's home-opener probably won't be listed under "NIU football milestones"...