For NIU's softball squad, ending the season on a winning note was considered to be a necessity. The Huskies somewhat fulfilled that necessity by gaining a split at home Tuesday afternoon with non-conference foe Western Illinois. The Huskies ended the...

If NIU were to be blackballed by the Public League, as some coaches have suggested, it would lose its main source of players in the last few years. Of the Huskies' rostered players entering this season, six players had Chicago Public League ties, including...

It was almost a perfect ending for the NIU men's tennis team's long season. The tennis team joined the men's basketball team and the soccer team as Mid-Continent Conference champions in the 1990-1991 season. Also, team captain Erik Andersch was voted...

Joe "Spanky" McFarland will pull out the season-long measuring stick when his gang travels to take on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday. The first-year NIU baseball coach realizes that his club has won 10 of its last 15 contests, but also rationalizes...

Only a speck of dust was left in what would have been a clean sweep by the NIU men's tennis team this weekend at the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament in Green Bay, Wisc. In route to their first-ever Mid-Continent title, the Huskies swept Eastern Illinois...

After the Huskies concluded their football season last year, the pressing question was, "Who will replace the Wishbone Wizard, quarterback Stacey Robinson?" After Saturday's defense-dominated intrasquad game, the answer is still pending. The two candiates,...

The "Wizard" will get a shot at the National Football League after all. After being shunned by the NFL in its draft two Sundays ago, former NIU Wishbone Wizard, quarterback Stacey Robinson, signed on as a free-agent halfback this weekend with the Philadelphia...

For NIU baseball coach Spanky McFarland, it's too bad the season doesn't go any longer, for his Huskies are just starting to hit their stride. After an 0-18 start, NIU has now won 10 of its last 15 games, including three out of four games last weekend...

NIU's softball team will get a teasing foretaste of postseason action this weekend when it takes on three-straight North Star Conference opponents. The Huskies will be at Wisconsin Green-Bay for a 3 p.m. Friday doubleheader. NIU then returns home for...

A broom might be the weapon of choice for the NIU men's tennis team at the Mid-Continent Tennis Tournament this weekend at Green Bay, Wis. The Huskies, 16-8 overall and 6-0 in conference play, plan to sweep the Mid-Continent competition. The Huskies were...

Charlie Sadler appears to be in a dilemma. He has seen enough spring intersquad football games in his coaching career to know that they aren't particularly pleasing for the eye to see. Usually, because the team is just beginning to work out the kinks,...

Another name has been tossed into the ring for the vacant NIU men's basketball coaching job. Jerry Loyd, currently the head man at Louisiana Tech, said that he had been contacted earlier this week by NIU about taking over for Jim Molinari. But Loyd said...