Just when the NIU men's basketball team seemed to be running out of gas near the end of Tuesday night's contest against DePaul, NIU's sixth man, the fans, came to the rescue. The delirious crowd of 6,261 screaming Huskies fans not only produced the electricity...

NIU joined a number of independent universities who met recently at Nashville, Tenn., to discuss better scheduling opportunities for their football programs and the possibility of combining to form a football-only conference. Louisiana Tech, Southwestern...

There's more on the minds of the NIU women's basketball team than just the Wright State team that the Huskies are facing at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chick Evans Field House. Thursday's North Star Conference battle marks the first game the Huskies (9-4, 2-0)...

With only one competition under its belt, the NIU women's gymnastic team has put a smile on the face of head coach Bobbie Cesarek that shows no sign of fading. Then again, neither does the team's talent. NIU displayed that talent with a win in its opening...

Remember those lopsided scores the NIU women's basketball team compiled just one season ago ... NIU 122, Valparaiso 86; NIU 108, Akron 78; NIU 96, Cleveland State 48, etc. Well, forget ‘em. The North Star Conference won't have very many blowouts during...

Tuesday night's anticipated showdown between NIU (12-1) and DePaul (8-6), lived up to its billing and became a showcase for the Huskies' Donnell Thomas. In NIU's 70-61 win, Thomas showed the Blue Demons, the SportsChannel TV audience, and the record-setting...

This past Monday evening, the Huskie football team was finally introduced to its new head coach Charlie Sadler in an informal players-staff meeting. After the meeting, players said their coach had one prevalent message: Off-the-field high jinks will not...

Once you've accomplished everything imaginable, what else can you possibly do? Faced with this dilemma, Charlie Sadler moved to DeKalb. Not to corn-gaze: rather, to become the head coach of the NIU football team. Sadler, an assistant coach of 13 years,...

The NIU men's basketball team has a big game with a tough opponent coming up—but first they have to play DePaul. Although Tuesday night's 7 p.m. game against the Blue Demons has been receiving all the attention of the media and fans, Huskies coach Jim...

NIU's men's swimming team kept itself busy over break by participating in a swim meet that took place in very natural conditions. Fighting conditions only a surfer could love, NIU edged the Swedish National Team in the relay title of the Atlantic Ocean...

Rookie seasons can be filled with many unpleasantries, but for cheerleading coach Derek Ramel, his first NIU season was anything but unpleasant. His coaching efforts launched the 18 NIU cheerleaders into the nation's 10th-ranked squad at the NCA National...

In conjunction with the 85th Annual NCAA Convention, the Mid-Continent Conference Council of Delegates voted unanimously to sponsor and conduct championships for women's athletics starting in 1992-93. The announcement was made by league President David...