After a successful home stand, the NIU men's basketball team now takes its show on the road in what will perhaps be the most difficult stretch of the regular season for the Huskies. NIU (18-2, 9-1) will play its next four games on the road, beginning...

On a night when veteran engines were sputtering, two underclassmen jump-started the NIU wrestling team. Sophomore Jim Gussman and freshman Mel Heckman hit on all cylinders as the duo led the Huskies (8-10) past Eastern Illinois by a 25-17 count at Chick...

When the Huskies host Eastern Illinois Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., the meet may not mean much for the standings. However, an impressive showing by the Huskies may help earn important seeds in the upcoming NCAA regionals. "There are nine teams in a regional,...

With NIU's men's basketball team chalking up win after win, the Huskies are poised on the brink of immortality, at least at NIU. The fabled 1971-72 NIU squad compiled a 21-4 record and enshrinement in the Huskie Hall of Fame. This year's edition is putting...

With the 112-64 destruction of the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers, the NIU women's basketball team sent a simple, but sincere message to the visitors: Welcome to Division I basketball. In its first season at the elite level, UW-M has already experienced...

Tuesday night's women's basketball game between NIU and the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers never reached the fervor of the Huskies' Thursday night thriller, but the end result was the same. The Huskies (15-4) coupled blistering shooting and the steadily...

NIU's students may participate in the country's largest intramural volleyball program this year as Certs/Trident SpikeFest ‘91 makes its debut on campus. For an inaugural season, an estimated 150,000 students at 600 colleges and universities are expected...

In a game that featured 14 blocked shots, it's the last one that will be remembered. NIU's Antwon Harmon extended his 6-7 frame, put out an outstretched arm and spiked a last-second Western Illinois shot, and in the process, spiked WIU's bid for an upset....

Only time will tell if the women's basketball team from Wisconsin-Milwaukee is coming to DeKalb at the right time. Huskie fans will either see a possessed Lisa Foss or an NIU team struggling to overcome an intensity drop when the Huskies take on the UW-M...

For the past two weekends, the NIU women's gymnastics squad has enjoyed record-setting results. Of course, the Huskies have had the luxury of two home weekends. Now it's back to the road and making the challenge complete is a formidable foe, such as the...

After last weekend's split, coach Ed Vatch wants his wrestlers aiming for a winning week. And there will be plenty of target practice with four meets over a six-day span. NIU travels to Chicago Friday to face Drake in a 3:30 p.m. dual followed by a 5...

In a battle over first place, the high-scoring NIU Hockey team (6-2) will face-off against DePaul Saturday at 8:30 p.m. A newspaper article, which named DePaul one of the nation's best hockey clubs, has motivated NIU. Another incentive is revenge. The...