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...

Tickets to a Chicago Cubs game, a hitting contest and a number of other prizes will be just some of the highlights at NIU's 3 p.m. softball doubleheader against long-time rival Illinois State. Beating the Redbirds will be one goal for the Huskies, but...

"It's time to reform college athletics." That's the cry echoing throughout the land as self-appointed sports saviors watch collegiate sports become as corrupt as real life. Of course there are legitimate changes needed—it is a pretty disheartening fact...

Mother Nature was the only winner in the Easter weekend Spirit of St. Louis Invitational Softball Tournament. NIU was scheduled to play six teams in the three-day tournament, but because of the rain, all of the games were cancelled. The Huskies remain...

Former NIU All-America wrestler Bill Young was inducted into the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Hall of Fame at the annual IWCOA All-State Banquet April 8 in Hickory Hills. Young, the long-time head wrestling coach at Naperville Central High...

Things could have been worse for the NIU men's golf team this weekend. In the 21-team Marshall University Invitational field, the Huskies finished in the No. 20 spot—one stroke better than last-place contestant Ball State. "At least we got out of the...

The more a team plays, the better a team gets is a theory shared by many. NIU's softball team has been challenged by this theory in its current string of 18 games in 11 days. This challenge will be over soon. But first, the Huskies must battle in the...

NIU alumni have been forgotten for years, but now the Huskie athletic department has begun a full operation to win their support. All NIU coaches have been occupying the Huskie Stadium press box in an attempt to contact former NIU athletes for donations....

When a football team goes 9-2 with a basically run-oriented offense, what can happen when it works on its passing game? "It gives us a chance to take advantage of the defenses," NIU offensive coordinator Mike Summers said. "We've established a reputation...

NIU's University Council Wednesday rejected a bid by the Huskie Athletic Board to mandate, in NIU bylaws, board membership on athletic personnel search committees. The bid was one resolution in a package which included no firing of any head coach without...

The NIU athletic department's latest fund-raising gimmick will cost about $1,100. This seems to be a contradiction in terms considering how tight things are in Huskieland. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell and his staff have come up with a "bright" idea...

Michael Jordan, Joe Montana and Wayne Gretzky are just a few extremely prominent names in the games they play. Over the years, they have become superstars, but not by any means of luck. To emerge as the "best of the best" is an arduous task that takes...