There's nothing like building up your confidence before an important conference meet. That's exactly what the NIU women's tennis team did, preparing for the North Star Conference Championships with a pair of league wins. The Huskies bettered their NSC...

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...

At Thursday night's NIU basketball awards banquet, coach Jim Molinari declined to comment on speculation that he would be heading for Bradley University to take over as head coach at the Peoria school. At the same time, several prominent local businessmen...

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth hopes her team can pick up three North Star Conference triumphs Friday and Saturday. But what she also hopes for is a wind-free weather forecast. The Huskies host Akron, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Illinois-Chicago this...

North Star Conference player of the week Julie Sexton and her fellow Huskie teammates will take their softball show on the road once again when they battle three Ohio schools this weekend. NIU (14-13) will take on conference foe Akron in a 2 p.m. twin...

NIU's mounders will get a big taste of collegiate baseball this weekend—five home games in a 48-hour span. Rockford College invades Huskie Diamond Friday at 3 p.m., while Eastern Illinois heads to DeKalb for four games—two on Saturday (starting at...

Neither cold, wind nor the scrappy DePaul crew could stop the NIU men's tennis team Thursday at the west campus courts. The Huskies (14-8) stomped DePaul 6-0 for NIU's seventh in a row. No. 4 player Dustin Dobrin evened his singles mark to 17-17 by beating...

NIU men's tennis coach Charles Merzbacher suspended Greg O'Neil indefinitely after the Huskies' 7-2 victory over Marquette Wednesday. Merzbacher said he didn't feel O'Neil was putting enough effort into his matches. O'Neil suffered a 6-4, 7-5 loss to...

NIU head basketball coach Jim Molinari confirmed to The Northern Star Wednesday that he has been interviewed for the vacant head coaching job at Bradley University. "I'm involved in the process of exploring my options," Molinari said. "I interviewed earlier...

On the surface, the NIU baseball program is really struggling right now—one measly victory in 20 tries. Scratch it a little bit and reality pops up. The program is making strides. Last August, Joe "Spanky" McFarland took the NIU job well aware that...

If you're a 19-year-old during a war, being drafted isn't good news. If you're a college basketball player, being drafted is good news. For NIU's Donnell Thomas, being drafted means the world. World, in this case, stands for World Basketball League. The...

Although no official word is expected until next week, Jane Albright has planted a necessary seed if the NIU women's basketball team intends on a third-straight postseason appearance in 1992. The Northern Star has learned that Belvidere High School standout...