With NIU's Monday night battle against Eastern Illinois on the line, the Huskies won it at the line. The Huskies' (15-10) hot free-throw shooting down the stretch proved to be the straw that broke the Panthers' back, as NIU scored its last 14 points at...

Senior Jenny Wendell capped her final NIU swimming season with three individual school records, two Midwest Regional titles and one Midwest Regional record at the weekend Midwest Regional Swimming and Diving Championships at SIU-Carbondale. Despite Wendell's...

An old saying states that when one's back is turned one is most vulnerable to surprise. That is exactly what happened to the NIU women's basketball team when it went to Monday's practice. Upon arriving, Coach Jane Albright told her squad some unexpected...

The Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team took a chair and a whip to another group of ferocious felines Saturday night, beating the Chicago State Cougars 63-55 behind ringmaster Donald Whiteside's 16 points. The Huskies improved their 1989-90...

It's official. The NIU women's basketball team has reached its first long-term goal of the season by clinching first place in the North Star Conference. NIU pushed its record to 22-4 and 11-0 in the conference after beating up NSC foe Illinois-Chicago...

Losing by 58 points is no laughing matter, just ask the UIC team. But losing three seniors from a Top 25 team isn't all that great either. Even though Sunday's game at Chick Evans Field House wasn't the last home game for the NIU women's basketball team,...

If Huskie Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell were a comedian, his sense of timing wouldn't get him a ticket out of First City, let alone a gig at Second City. There are no good times to announce the impending elimination of a sport, but on the scale of better...

NIU coach Jim Molinari would like to see an addition made to the impressive list of DeKalb tourist attractions—the world's largest dog house. uskie fans may know this newest member of the seven modern wonders of the world as Chick Evans Field House,...

The NIU Hockey Club had a successful past weekend by beating Bradley (6-5) on Friday night, then picking up a victory over Wisconsin-Platteville on Saturday. In their division, the Huskies finished with a 15-3 record, good for a second place finish. The...

As expected, Huskie Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell recommended to the Athletic Board Wednesday that men's gymnastics be eliminated for lack of support and fiscal responsibility. "Regardless of emotion or sentimentality, we need to deal with the facts,"...

Amidst all of the basketball hoopla, the NIU volleyball team is keeping busy. Especially coach Pete Waite, who has been on the recruiting trail ever since the season ended. To show for his work, Waite landed two top prospects that will fill the outside...

NIU men's gymnastics team had what may be its last performance at Chick Evans Field House in its 279.45-270.95 loss to national power Ohio State. Last night's meet would be the last men's meet if the NIU athletic board decides to do away with the men's...