NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel and his staff have gone 4-for-4 as far as instate recruiting is concerned. Hammel signed four players from the state of Illinois in the November early signing period, and the quartet made various All-State honor...

A little history lesson before the North Star Conference Tournament convenes on Thursday ... First, this is it for the NSC, or the "Final Edition" as this year's tourney is called. After nine years as one of the country's top women's conferences, the...

Ohio is a state the NIU tennis team was happy to leave this weekend after losing to Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University by the identical scores of 7-2. NIU surrendered its fifth loss to a Big Ten school this year against the Buckeyes....

Giving up 18 points before the match ever started didn't help the NIU wrestling team one bit. Winning two out of the seven remaining matches made things even worse as the Huskies dropped a 39-10 decision to Central Michigan Friday at Chick Evans Field...

Perhaps it was appropriate that NIU seniors Brian Molis and Mike Hidden played their last home game in what turned out to be a test of wills. What characterizes the Huskie duo the most is their tenacious lunch-pail attitude toward basketball. They and...

The preference was to play Akron, but when you're struggling to get on track, you'll take the next best thing, er, the next worst team. The NIU women's basketball team will start anew on Thursday in the North Star Conference Tournament. Although the Huskies...

The 2-16 NIU wrestling team will try and end its season on a winning note when Central Michigan visits the Chick Evans Field House for a noon match today. Central Michigan is an opponent the Huskies know little about. However, they do know one thing:...

Even with the North Star Conference title well under its wings, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Lady Phoenix didn't want to hold back during Thursday night's game with NIU. "If you're really going to be that championship team, you're going to respond...

They've been backups, starters, goats, heroes, ice cold, sizzling hot, champions, also-rans, losers and winners. But above all, they've been Huskies. The they is Mike Hidden and Brian Molis, the two seniors who will be honored at Saturday's final regular-season...

Tonight's home gymnastics meet will be extra special for the NIU tumblers who competed on last year's NCAA regional qualifying team. In a pre-meet ceremony, the Huskies will receive their rings for the 1991 NCAA competition, in which the entire team qualified....

It was the last game of the regular season for the NIU women's basketball team, but the second-half blues still continued. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay outscored the Huskies 51-32 in the final 20 minutes to pull out a 75-66 victory Thursday night...

Two more difficult opponents, Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University, lay ahead for the NIU men's tennis team this weekend. The Buckeyes mark the fifth Big Ten team that the Huskies have done battle with thus far. Against the previous...