This is the final installment in a series profiling NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell After his stint at Minnesota, Gerald O'Dell ended up at NIU. He said he enjoys the job when he counts his blessings, but it is a high pressure job. "I feel like I'm...

Things went from bad to worse for NIU's field hockey team which was plagued with an abundance of mistakes in its 0-2 showing in the weekend's Temple University Field Hockey Invitational. Host Temple scored four unanswered second-half goals to upend NIU...

LINCOLN, Neb._ Huskie head coach Jerry Pettibone, as confident in his team as any coach in the nation, came to a realization after Saturday's 60-14 loss to Nebraska. "I'm glad we're through playing Nebraska," he said. "I'd just as soon play teams that...

The NIU soccer team took a roller coaster ride this weekend, with the high point coming on Friday and the low on Sunday. Head coach Willy Roy was seeking some recognition going into the weekend and up until Sunday, the Huskies were in a great position...

The Huskie spikers are on a hot streak. In fact, it's a hot streak that is history-making. Three victories on the road this weekend puts NIU's overall record at 6-1, having now won five consecutive matches. It is the best start for an NIU volleyball team...

Dropping a successful program is never easy for an athletic director. But, in the case of men's gymnastics last year, the decision came easy for O'Dell. As a requirement to join the Association of Mid-Continent Universities now called the Mid-Continent...

As most serious athletes will attest, reaching the top is often preceded by a series of setbacks and disappointments. Kori Schauer, NIU's hard-hitting volleyball standout, knows all about such hardships. Better yet, she knows about comebacks. Schauer,...

It's too soon for classroom exams, but the NIU soccer team will be spending the weekend on the road in two early season tests. The Huskies face the University of Wisconsin and Eastern Illinois University, two teams with which NIU has experienced little...

Scoring a goal doesn't happen too often. Check that_ a goalie scoring a goal doesn't happen too often. But NIU's goalie Markus Roy accomplished that feat Sunday in NIU's 2-0 win over Bradley. The feat is not unknown to the sport, but it sure doesn't happen...

An Illinois student lobbying organization did not consult NIU when choosing a student representative in August for a tuition committee set up by the state, Student Association officials said. The Illinois Student Association picked the representive, Brian...

In his Tuesday afternoon teleconference, Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne compared Huskie quarterback and Heisman candidate Stacey Robinson with Colorado quarterback Darian Hagan, who finished fifth in last year's Heisman Trophy voting. "He's like Hagan...

When former men's gymnastics coach Carlos Silvestre finished coaching last season, he knew there would not be a gymnastics program this year, but he didn't know his graduate assistant job and stipend would not be available. Silvestre said he was told...