NIU assistant volunteer volleyball coach, Mark Swaya, has a unique coaching role outside of his new position with the Huskies. Swaya is the head coach of the U.S. Mens' Deaf National Volleyball Team. It is a role Swaya prides himself in, and for good...

Now that the NIU field hockey team has completed its East Coast "tour of duty," it is time for the Huskies to reacquaint themselves with the Midwest. The Huskies travel to Oxford, Ohio, Friday to face the Redskins of Miami and Muncie, Ind., Saturday,...

Former NIU basketball player Joseph "Jo Jo" Jackson Jr., 22, 835 Edgebrook Dr., faces several criminal charges stemming from a Tuesday incident, police said. Jackson was charged with home invasion, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint and criminal damage...

Last week, I advised the new coaches at NIU to have faith in their school, to not abandon it overnight, like some of their predecessors have done. Now, I am not so sure in what I said. It might not be so unwise for head football coach Charlie Sadler to...

In their season-opener, the NIU football team's air game wouldn't get a passing grade, but the Huskies aren't about to pass on their air game. On the surface it might appear that the Huskies fell short of their goal of diversifying their offense by adding...

The most Northeastern Illinois University's head volleyball coach Deborah Ofcky can hope for is improvement. Considering Ofcky's two-year coaching mark at Northeastern is 4-67, it seems the only way for the third-year boss and her squad to go is up. Yet,...

NIU field hockey coach Laurie Bell said after Saturday's loss to defending national champion Old Dominion that she expected Penn State to be almost identical to the Monarchs. She wasn't kidding as NIU suffered its second straight shutout Monday, 7-0,...

The Windy City got a little windier Tuesday when the NIU volleyball team blew away Northeastern Illinois University, 15-5, 15-2, 15-9. The Huskies' three-game sweep marks four straight victories for NIU (6-1) and puts Northeastern at 1-3 for the season....

The fall season for the NIU baseball team officially began Monday afternoon. On the field, the Huskie regulars got dirty with their first day of coached practices. In the bullpen behind first base, some forty walk-ons came out to show their stuff to head...

It isn't as severe a case of split-personality as was suffered by Dr. Jekyll, but Huskies coach Charlie Sadler proves that first impressions can be deceiving. Sadler's usual gentle demeanor doesn't always fit in with the image presented by his players....

"Somewhat down, but not out," is the message from the NIU football team after suffering a 55-7 loss in its season-opener. Rookie head coach Charlie Sadler openly questioned the competitiveness of his squad after Saturday's loss at Fresno State. "We learned...

If Iowa and cornfields are two terms that go hand-in-hand, how does NIU's women's golf team and cream of the crop sound? The Huskies, trailing by two strokes after Saturday's round, shot a tournament low 312 yesterday to win the Iowa State Cyclone Golf...