During the entire 1989-90 season, the NIU women's basketball team has had one major goal on its mind - make it to the NCAA tournament. To complete this mission, the Huskies must successfully battle one of their most challenging North Star Conference foes—the...

It's official. All the talk about the men's basketball teams' road woes can end. "You can stop talking about it now," said head-Huskie Jim Molinari. The questions about why the Huskies couldn't win on the road were raised as NIU struggled to an 0-6 road...

The Huskie football team welcomed 16 new faces Wednesday, the first day high school seniors could sign letters of intent. Five recruits are Illinois products. Six are from Wisconsin and the others hail from throughout the country's mid-section. Head coach...

Throughout history, women's collegiate basketball has never received much publicity. National attention has always been focused on the mens' teams, while the women sat in the shadow of fame with little recognition. That dominant belief is starting to...

What's all this hoopla about women's basketball? What's this "Bring home the record" deal? This campus has gone nuts over women's b-ball. Damn straight. Two years ago, I had never seen a collegiate women's basketball game. Nor had I ever read about women...

Associated Press yesterday, USA Today today—the NIU women's basketball team finds itself ranked No. 23 in the USA Today's weekly poll. This follows a No. 23 ranking by the AP. The Huskies, 17-4, remain in that spot for the second-consecutive week after...

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...