Sure the NIU volleyball team has amassed an 11-3 mark to date, but as the cliche goes, "You're only as good as your last outing,"—which wasn't very impressive from Head coach Pete Waite's standpoint. The Huskies came up empty in their second try to...

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...

When the NIU baseball squad held walk-on tryouts last week, head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland looked at over 100 players. Six of those players: Dan Bohn, Buddy Day, Greg Gargani, Sean Holton, Mike O'Donnell, and Jason Skicewicz, saw their hard work pay...

All three Huskies that scored in the ISU-NIU soccer game Wednesday afternoon were oblivious to the rivalry one year ago. Yet, Jim Hall, Jay Conrad and Derek Niepomnik shook off Redbirds and tore up the grass of Huskie Soccer Field like it was their own...

It would be understandable if the Kansas State football team only had its eyes on the Huskies that reside in Seattle, Wash. Though the Wildcats will contest Top-10 Washington Sept. 28, their head coach, Bill Snyder, insists its another Huskie that has...

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...

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 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...