Most football teams accept 31-point victories warmly. But the 6-1 Florida Gators are not like most squads. They are No. 6 in the country, and when they beat NIU (1-6) 41-10 Saturday afternoon at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in front of 83,708 people, their...

St. Louis, Mo., is historically known as the "gateway to the West." Now, the NIU field hockey team hopes the city home to the Arch will be the gateway to a few victories. The Huskies (1-8-1) will travel to Saint Louis University this weekend to play three...

In soccer, only inches separate victory from defeat. "There's only one match we lost legitimately," NIU coach Willy Roy said at roughly the halfway point of the season. That one match Roy is referring to was a 1-0 loss to then—No. 9 Hartwick. "It was...

In NIU's 22-10 loss to Western Michigan Saturday, Adam Dach rushed for his 3,000th yard as a Huskie. But reaching the mark achieved by only two other Huskies didn't excite the senior fullback. "All it is is a nice milestone," the leading active collegiate...

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, you only have to look as far as the West Campus Courts to see some great tennis. The NIU women's tennis team will be hosting the Huskie Invitational Friday through Sunday. The teams participating in...

After being a key member of the NIU men's basketball team's supporting cast last year, Mike Hidden is ready and willing to assume a bigger role. Hidden, a 6-5 wingman, played tough defense, hit the outside shot and otherwise did what was asked of him...

When the Huskies first got their football schedule, they knew Saturday's game with the Florida Gators—a team with its key players returning—wouldn't be easy. Now, with so much on the line for Florida, NIU (1-5) knows the game will be a downright killer....

The 1991 NIU men's golf campaign is history and for the third year in a row, head coach Jack Pheanis and his Huskie linksters are winners of the Mid-Continent Conference Championship. To the casual observer, the accomplishments of the two-time coach of...

NIU's president and athletic director said an item in Monday's Chicago Tribune, stating that the school is looking into joining the Big Eight Conference, was exaggerated. Mike Conklin, a sports columnist for the paper, wrote that at Friday's NIU Hall...

NIU students may be facing another new ticket policy for men's home basketball games in the very near future. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board is currently working on a plan that would allow students to acquire tickets for all men's...

One of the unwritten rules of college football is that you don't say anything that can be considered negative about an upcoming opponent. Florida Gators coach Steve Spurrier, and some of his players, apparently don't mind breaking the rules when talking...

Eastern Illinois University has a jinx on the NIU soccer team. That's why the Huskies are glad to be playing the Panthers at the friendly confines of Huskie Soccer Field Sunday at 1 p.m. where they own a 19-2-3 record. "There's a lot of hatred spilled...