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...

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...

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 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...

Signed, sealed, and soon to be delivered, are some future Huskie men's basketball players after Wednesday—national letter of intent day. As expected, NIU picked up two recruits who will join all-stater Mike Lipnisky, who signed with the Huskies in November....

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...

A no-hitter is good enough for a win, right? Wrong. Iowa held the NIU softball team hitless in game two of a doubleheader Tuesday, but came away the loser. The Huskies split the two-game set by capturing a 1-0 win in the nightcap. With runners on first...

The NIU water polo club's A-team made the most of their last fling before concentrating on player development for the rest of the season. A Chris Kerstin goal with 40 seconds left in overtime beat Purdue, 14-13, in the third-place game of the Midwestern...

"There's a new dog in town", the slogan of the Huskies men's basketball team, might soon be changed to "there are three new dogs in town." Wednsday is national letter-of-intent day when high school basketball players sign over their basketball lives to...