Talk about intensity drop. The NIU women's basketball team squares off with the Crusaders of Valparaiso tonight (7 p.m.) at Chick Evans Field House hoping to extend its unbeaten string in the North Star Conference to 10 games. Yet, there is a big difference...

"Bring the record home" branched into "Turn the students away" Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House when more than 1,000 NIU students were unable to get into the sold-out game. In an attempt to break the Illinois women's collegiate basketball attendance...

If Monday night's NIU game against future AMCU opponent Akron is a taste of things to come, the Huskies may have to invest in some mouthwash before venturing to Akron again. The Zips' Anthony Buford hit eight of 12 three-pointers en route to his game-high...

NIU not only beat the University of Illinois-Chicago 51-50 on a last-second Andrew Wells tip-in Friday night, the Huskies may have perfected a new play. With NIU coach Jim Molinari's squad trailing UIC 50-49 and the clock winding down, the Huskies executed...

Each meet in the relatively young NIU women's gymnastics season has seen team and individual improvement in little steps. Saturday, the Huskies took a big step in development with a big triangular meet victory before the NIU home crowd at Chick Evans...

NIU men's swimming coach Dave Clark wants the Huskies to remember every sensation from Saturday's 141-82 dual-meet victory over UIC's Flames at the Illinois-Chicago Aquatice Center. Why? Because in two weeks, NIU returns to that facility for the three-day...

The NIU women's tennis team, even in spring play with a 7-7 dual match record, dropped identical 8-1 matches at Drake University and Nebraska. NIU salvaged the weekend with a 6-3 victory against Gustavus adolphus college Saturday morning. "It's been a...

Fresh off of their thrilling 51-50 victory over the University of Illinois-Chicago Friday night, the Huskies (13-9) head to the nation's heartland to take on the Akron Zips. Akron (14-8) heads into Monday night's 6 p.m. game fresh from a 96-86 victory...

First-year NIU men's tennis coach Charles Merzbacher was feeling pretty darn good after his Huskies' 5-4 indoor victory over Southern Illinois University Saturday at NIU's Recreation Building. Of course the victory and the gutty performance of his Huskies...

Breathtaking may be the most accurate word to describe the momentous event that happened Thursday night at Chick Evans Field House. Just ask the 6,118 chanting fans that attended the NIU women's basketball battle with its conference rivals DePaul University....

So far this year, the NIU women's gymnastics team has already begun editing the Huskie record book. This Saturday's 1 p.m. Chick Evans Field House meet with the University of Illinois-Chicago and Winona State University might just be the perfect opportunity...

Huskie coach Jim Molinari has billed this weeks' basketball action as "the battle of Chicago". The University of Illinois-Chicago Flames come into Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7:00 to take on the 12-9 Huskies. DePaul, another visitor from Chicago,...