After being picked by the Houston Oilers Monday in the eighth round of the NFL draft, former Huskie all-purpose defensive back Brett Tucker must prepare himself for one big transition. That's okay, though, because the Oilers are adjusting too, to a new...

The NIU soccer team remained undefeated against professional teams this year as the Huskies played an agressive Chicago Blaze squad to a 2-2 tie. NIU got the scoring started 10 minutes into the game when freshman Dave Weichman received a pass from Per...

Although NIU's softball team finished with the best record in last weekend's Huskie Softball Invitational Tournament, it fell just short of capturing the first-place trophy. NIU finished the two-day, six-game tournament with a 3-1 record. Toledo finished...

The final chapter in the saga of NIU's mens' gymnastic team was written on Saturday. And the closing line can be summed up in one word: ironic. Genaro Severino, the last Huskie gymnast still competing for NIU in the final year of the program, pulled his...

Stopping the opposition's offense and speed will be the main factors that determine the success of NIU's softball team this Saturday and Sunday. NIU (13-16-2) will be busy hosting the three-team double round-robin Huskie Softball Tournament. The tournament...

The platform for tomorrow's soccer game against the Chicago Blaze is set. Willy Roy, head coach, and some of his helpers spent Thursday afternoon setting up a 10-foot high platform for SportsChannel cameras for Saturday's 1 p.m. hoopla. Roy said since...

NIU head soccer coach Willy Roy decided to make history by bringing the newest professional Chicago team into DeKalb for an exhibition with his highly talented Huskies this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Huskie Soccer Field. Saturday's game will mark the finale...

NIU's Genaro Severino should be feeling enough pressure already without the added burden of becoming part of NIU history. Severino is competing in this weekends' NCAA National Gymnastics Championships, a tough enough task for any freshman. But with the...

The cold weather of April 17 wasn't enough to put a chill into the NIU lacrosse club. In a match that never allowed Wheaton College to get close, the Huskies came away with a 17-4 win. Freshman goalie Jim Seeley turned in a stellar performance, holding...

Key hits at key times score key runs. Although it wasn't pretty, NIU's softball team was on key when it counted as the Huskies swept a doubleheader from its arch-rivals Illinois State Wednesday. Host NIU staved off a late-inning comeback by the Redbirds...

Rivalries—every sporting event from the professional level through the high schools has its classic rivalries. NIU's softball team will host one of its most prominent rivals today in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Illinois State. "What makes it more...

Sweden rules the world in tennis today, and fittingly, a Swede is ruling NIU men's tennis. Junior Mats Persson has firmly established himself as the No. 1 NIU tennis player from the beginning of the year and has performed to a 20-12 mark heading into...