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...

Some wins are better than others. Although the scoreboard read NIU-22, Arkansas State-21 at the end, and NIU's rookie coach Charlie Sadler won't decline his first victory, Saturday's home-opener probably won't be listed under "NIU football milestones"...

Defense and keeping the ball in its own offensive half of the field were the keys to victory for the NIU field hockey team Monday. The Huskies won their first game of the year 1-0 over Saint Louis University at Huskie Stadium in a game marked by offensive...

Illinois State soccer coach Tim Carter is looking for a little sympathy from NIU when he brings his team to DeKalb this Wednesday for a 4 p.m. match. The Redbirds, NCAA Tournament participants last year, lost five starters from their 14-4-1 team. "They...

NIU volleyball players Wendy Mason and Amy Foulke were most likely the life of post-victory celebrations this weekend when the Huskies went 3-0 and earned a first-place finish in the Huskie Invitational. Mason, a 5-10 junior, and Foulke a 6-0 sophomore,...

When NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle picked two new assistant coaches, she found talent from both the playing and coaching worlds. Sue Semrau and Jonelle Polk were Albright-Dieterle's choices to fill a pair of open slots because of...

You could hear the concern of NIU soccer fans whenever Chicago Power player-coach Pato Margetic touched the ball. "Ut, oh," the fans exclaimed. Their concern was justified as the Power, on the strength of two Margetic goals, beat NIU 2-1 Sunday in an...

Look up the word amazing and the definition may have changed over the weekend to mean "the NIU volleyball team." In the minds of anyone on hand for the Huskie Invitational, the definition has stuck. NIU captured the tournament crown by going undefeated...

It was fitting that Saturday's NIU home-opener was decided on a pair of ugly field goal attempts. Most of the Huskies' 22-21 victory over Arkansas State was as unsightly as a plaid sports coat, but in the end, Willy Roy Jr.‘s 25-yard line drive was...

Even after Adam Dach's career-best night of rushing Saturday, a reporter still asked NIU's preeminent football player about his subpar numbers (eight carries, 33 yards) Sept. 7 at Fresno State. "Last week's gone," Dach said. "I don't even want to talk...

It was supposed to be a battle between some of the finest programs in the state. But a battle it was not, as the NIU women's golf team walked away with a decisive victory in the Illinois State University Redbird Invitational. The Huskies, leading by eight...