Two touchdowns and a field goal wouldn't have helped the NIU baseball team on Tuesday as the College of St. Francis racked up a decisive 18-0 victory at Huskie Diamond. "I needed to put in the Prevent Defense," NIU coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland said after...

Steve Senter's performance in the Huskies' 8-1 win over Illinois-Chicago gave his coach Charles Merzbacher something to smile about. One reason is the eight-meet win streak the NIU men's tennis team (15-8, 5-0 in the Mid-Continent) owns. Another reason...

Considering the quality of the field, being in the Top-100 was enough of an achievement for Art Sanchez to draw praise from NIU's swimming boss Dave Clark. Sanchez swam a :24.56 for the 50-meter freestyle which placed him 96th among the 120-plus entrants...

NIU may have lost a head coach when Jim Molinari defected to Bradley last week, but one of his prize recruits is coming to NIU anyway. Hubert Register, a 6-8 forward from Minneapolis who averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds and earned all-city honors, signed...

The NIU women's basketball team is holding its banquet Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. in the Chick Evans Field House, and the general public is invited to attend the festivities. Reservations for the banquet must be made by April 22 and can be done by calling...

Illinois-Chicago and Western Illinois provide the next Mid-Continent obstacles for the streaking NIU men's tennis team. The 14-8 Huskies take on the Flames 3 p.m. on the West Campus Courts Tuesday. NIU looks to extend a seven-meet winning streak. "We're...

Answer a question with another question: Curious about the latest coaching trends in major-college football Xs and Os? First-year NIU head coach Charlie Sadler, his staff, and several top-notch guest lecturers will speak April 19-20 at the Huskie Football...

One extremely lopsided statistic stands out before the first pitch is ever thrown in Tuesday's 3 p.m. NIU_St. Francis College baseball battle at Huskie Diamond. Huskie skipper Joe "Spanky" McFarland steps into the dugout with a 3-20 NIU career coaching...

Who will occupy NIU's bench next basketball season, on the coach's and players' side, is the big question after Jim Molinari's departure for Bradley. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said the search for Molinari's replacement is already underway. "We'll...

On the one hand, the NIU men's golf team finished in the upper half of the field for what has become a truly classic collegiate golf meet—the 22nd Annual Marshall University Invitational. On the other hand, the Huskies could have finished even higher....

Initially, the NIU women's golf team "weathered" the rain. Ultimately, the rain "whithered" the Huskies, according to NIU coach Pam Tyska. As a result, NIU dropped from a tie for fifth to a seventh-place finish following Saturday and Sunday's Lady Buckeye...

As the price for success, Jim Molinari will soon begin his third job in as many years. At a Friday press conference in Peoria, Molinari, who led the Huskies to a 25-6 record and an NCAA Tournament bid this season, announced his acceptance of the head...