Through rain, mud and injuries, the NIU softball team (11-12) has continued with strong efforts in every outing. Thursday's encounter against Indiana State was no exception. For an injury-prone team, the Huskies used every bit of their resources to handle...

After being bumped down to No. 2 singles last month, Mats Persson's 6-1, 6-2 dumping of an Eastern Michigan opponent earned him the Mid-Continent Conference Tennis Player of the week. Persson has a 10-7 spring dual-meet record. He also won his 20th doubles...

Texas A&M University has contacted NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell about permission to talk to head basketball coach Jim Molinari. "Yes, they have contacted me," O'Dell said. "It's that time of the year when coaching changes take place. So, it's...

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright is also being considered for another job. The University of Arizona has contacted NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell about the seven-year NIU coach succeeding June Olkowski, who resigned after a four-year stint....

Two NIU women gymnasts will be leaving a lifetime of gymnastics behind them when they board the plane for Auburn, Ala., Thursday. The NCAA Central Regional Championships Saturday at Auburn University is the last time seniors Martha Unger and Laurie Vitallo...

NIU head basketball coach Jim Molinari's name has surfaced in reports regarding the vacant head-coaching position at Texas A&M University. Texas A&M Athletic Director John David Crow reportedly talked to Molinari in Indianapolis this weekend where...

NIU's softball team will find out how friendly the home field will be in Thursday's home opener against Indiana State (2:00 p.m. at the Huskie softball diamond). The game will mark the fourth meeting between the two clubs, who are scheduled to meet five...

Zero and 17. What else is there to say about the NIU baseball team which has yet to leave the starting blocks? The Huskies need to win just one game to get the monkey off their backs, yet in this 43-game season, a win seems as distant as an Iraqi victory...

Any coach will tell you that after a team loses several games in a row, it no longer plays to win. When that happens, coaches say, losing becomes expected and contagious. If losing is infectious, it's an epidemic on NIU's baseball team. For the seventeenth...

Spring: The time when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of ... baseball. Until recently, if you were a baseball fan at NIU you had to make do with televised Cubs and Sox games. But last year, the powers-that-be at NIU decided to drop the men's gymnastics...

When the career light turns green for the four NIU women's basketball seniors in May, expect them to cruise right into a sports-oriented future. Denise Dove, Lisa Foss, Denise Lipnisky and Toby Meeks all envision some sort of sports-related occupation...

Going winless in 16 tries would be enough to make anyone want to give up hope, but for NIU's baseball squad, giving up is the last thing in mind. Coming into this season, the players and fans alike knew it would be rough going. This was because the team...