Ideally, college sports may not be best exemplified by the exploits of the student-giants running around on the gridiron and hardwood courts. The dedication and balance between academics and athletics is often best illustrated by the participants in the...

Although cries of "break up the Huskies" are not ringing through college basketball land, NIU showed last night why the Huskies are a team on the rise. Behind Donnell "D-Train" Thomas' 20 points, NIU won its third road game out of its last five attempts,...

Although its only mid-February, the NIU men's and women's tennis team have been busy competing—indoors, of course. For Coach Patty Groth's team, things went well last weekend, despite Sunday's 5-4 loss to Southern Illinois University. On Friday, the...

While the NIU football Huskies' offensive stronghold will be missing just one brick from its 31-point a game 1989 lineup, the defensive house needs a few ceiling beams and a visit from Bob Vila. Head Coach Jerry Pettibone and his staff have spent the...

After a loss to No. 4 Tennessee last Monday and victories over Akron and Cleveland State, the NIU women's basketball team idles at the No. 23 spot in the Associated Press poll for the second straight week. North Star Conference rival DePaul University...

Students make the difference. That has been the cry during the entire football season. And now the promotion and sales office, as well as the athletic department, is looking to the students to fill Chick Evans Field House Thursday night when the Huskies...

This past weekend's men's and women's swimming squads had plenty of ups and downs. The NIU men's team successfully defended the Illinois Benedictine College Invitational Crown on Friday before losing to Wisconsin-Madison 65-47 on Saturday. The women's...

Huskie wrestling coach Ed Vatch had to feel good about his squad after it came from behind in the last three weekend matches to better their record to 9-14. NIU was down 17-6 against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Friday night, but rallied to win 25-20....

When Whitney Young High School product E.C. Hill makes her way to NIU in the fall, she'll be bringing along some mighty impressive credentials—like the Chicago Sun Times Player of the Year award. Hill, tabbed by basketball experts around the country...

The 1989-90 women's basketball campaign is already a season to remember and with each game the Huskies are making it harder and harder to forget. Another record was broken last Friday night as Tammy Hinchee darted into the NIU record books with a game-high...

The NIU women's gymnastics team was on a roll last weekend with victories over Illinois-Chicago and Wisconsin-LaCrosse, while the men's squad stumbled against Penn State. NIU's women ran away with the team competition totaling 180.45 while UWL was next...

Huskies might not be native to the American Southwest, but there will be over a dozen running through Beaumont, Texas tonight. NIU's mens' basketball team (11-9) hits the road tonight at 7:30 to take on the Lamar Cardinals. Lamar has struggled through...