NIU's Homecoming game Saturday afternoon against Western Michigan at Huskie Stadium wasn't artistic. "There were a lot of mistakes out there," WMU head football coach Al Molde said. "That's my first thought. I just don't think we were sharp." Though the...

As if NIU head football coach Charlie Sadler doesn't have enough to worry about ... The rookie coach has had to deal with a 1-4 start, a rash of injuries and now he faces the added pressure of facing a tough foe with the eyes of the university—not to...

When thinking of college football juggernauts of yesteryear, schools like Notre Dame, Oklahoma and the Northern Illinois State Teachers College immediately come to mind. The Northern Illinois State Teachers College? The year is 1951, and NIU is not NIU....

The NIU volleyball team has something its North Star Conference opponents will not have this weekend—a little rest and relaxation. The Huskies (13-3) play host to Akron University Friday in a match moved up to 6 p.m. due to Homecoming festivities. NIU...

The NIU men's tennis squad travels to Bowling Green State University this Saturday for a two-day individual tournament. After dominating the Mid-Continent Conference's Fall Invitational at the end of September and fresh off of an exhibition against alumni...

With much of the focus centering on Homecoming this weekend, the NIU field hockey team plans on spending some time away from DeKalb the next two days. The Huskies travel to Evanston for two more Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference games. NIU faces...

After one season, the NIU soccer team has turned the tables on Akron, who come into Huskie Soccer Field at 3 p.m. today. Last year, Akron was a Top-20 team and favored to win the Mid-Continent Conference. But NIU, picked to finish third, handed the Zips...

Homecoming is here, and the NIU football team is ready. "It's pretty special," tight end Raymond Roberts said. "This is the first one where I'll get a lot of playing time. "We know we will probably have our biggest crowd. When you've got fans, you play...

The NIU football team would like nothing more than for recent history to repeat itself—at least in terms of the Huskies' performances against Western Michigan. The Broncos, Saturday's 1:05 p.m. Homecoming opponent, have dropped their last five decisions...

Senior foward Frank Sparacino didn't make a good first impression with NIU soccer coach Willy Roy, but he did make a lasting one. Sparacino played high school soccer at Elk Grove Village High School which was a rival to Bensenville Fenton High School,...

As NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite said, his Huskies "have got their work cut out for them right off the bat." Waite was referring to the start of North Star Conference play which begins in DeKalb, Friday against Akron University. Not only do the...

Times they are a changing ... . The NIU volleyball team enters into the last season of North Star Conference play this weekend when it takes on University of Akron and Cleveland State University at home Friday and Saturday. Beginning in the fall of 1992,...