Relinquishing the reins on independent status, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced in early May that the NIU football program is galloping West ... as in the Big West. After spending six seasons soul-searching in the ranks of Division I-A collegiate...

Associate Athletic Director Keith Hackett's resignation announcement seems to be the current trend in the NIU athletic department. On May 11, Associate Athletic Director for Development Tom Mitchell halted his duties to move over to the university side...

As expected, the NIU Athletic Board dropped the ax on the field hockey program at its final meeting of the 1991-92 school year on May 6. By a 10-4 vote among board members, field hockey was eliminated as an intercollegiate sport at NIU and women's soccer...

Already once-delayed, the Victory Celebration for the NIU Athletic Association's annual fundraiser has been cancelled because original goals have not been attained. The theme for the Huskies Athletic Association 1992 Membership Campaign is "NI & yoU:...

Opinions will be heard today concerning the possible end of NIU's field hockey program. From 1-3 p.m., there will be an open-forum meeting in Room 505 of the Holmes Student Center concerning Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell's recommendation to drop field...

Playing its final home game of the season wasn't the only incentive that propelled the NIU softball team Friday. North Star Conference foe Wisconsin-Green Bay provided the opposition and the Huskies knew NSC foes Illinois-Chicago and DePaul were right...

The way the NIU men's tennis team played over the weekend at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships, no one could beat them, not even Mother Nature, as the Huskies took their second Mid-Con crown in as many years. Cold and wet weather plagued the...

During this time of year, life gets hectic for the Cuts of Beef, the prospective National Football League player. These viands go through months of tests given by NFL scouts, pro football's version of the Food and Drug Administration. They are prodded,...

"It ain't over ‘til it's over." The Northwestern softball team thought just that when it came back from a 4-0 deficit in the top of the seventh inning to score four runs and send the game into extra innings yesterday at the NIU Softball Field. NIU and...

When two teams are struggling, the best cure is to score as many runs as possible. In a game that lasted nearly four hours, NIU's baseball team used timely hits and plenty of Northwestern miscues to bash the Wildcats 19-11 at the Kane County Events Center...

Kristen Vandenhouten did the honors in game one and Kim Compton went the distance in game two as the NIU softball team (22-19-1) chalked up not one, but two shutouts in a North Star Conference doubleheader sweep of Valparaiso Friday. Saturday's doubleheader...

From start to finish, it's been a most memorable season for the NIU women's golf team. The 1991-92 campaign came to a close Sunday as the Huskies slipped back two spots to finish sixth in the 17-school Purdue Lady Boilermaker Spring Invitational. While...