Hey, I didn't pick the picture. Anyway, these are some in-context excerpts from an interview with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell about the recent NCAA convention: "I don't see any action that was taken that really dealt with reform, that really wasn't...

With a nine-game winning streak on the line and a No. 24 ranking in the country, the NIU's women's basketball team heads west for a "scrappy" match against state rival Western Illinois at 7:30 tonight. Although the 5-11, 2-6 Westerwinds have struggled...

The fourth time is the charm. At least that's what Huskies' coach Jim Molinari hopes as his squad, on a two-game winning streak, goes into tonight's 7:00 game against Illinois-Chicago. NIU (9-7) has had three two-game winning streaks this season but has...

NIU, for the first time, made the Associated Press women's basketball rankings Monday, just when Coach Jane Albright was wondering what her team would have to do to get in. "It's been kind of frustrating because we've been so close in recent weeks, but...

What if regular people were to take over the sportscasting industry? Some friends and I got to talking about this and decided that the "suits" who read the sports on television should be working in different professions. Don't get me wrong, there are...

The reform movement headed by university presidents at the 84th annual NCAA convention in Dallas attempted to rid "clean" schools, including NIU, of the public's guilt-by-association image. Public relations people will tell you that reality doesn't matter,...

"It must be controlled from the top. I'm merciless on this: if it's not working, it's the president's fault."—Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, former president of Notre Dame and co-chairman of a $2 million intercollegiate athletics trouble-shooting commission....

Last year against Loyola the Huskies scored 94 points—and lost. Monday night against Loyola, Molinari's crew managed 60—and won (60-56). The Huskies avenged last years' 100-94 loss to the Ramblers with patience and persistence that was at times lacking...

Well, well, Wells. In the last 4:01 of Monday night's 60-56 Huskie back-and-forth victory over the Loyola Ramblers, 6-7 center Andrew Wells out-leaped Ramblers and out-froze Rambler coach Will Rey with two key boards and four of the last six Huskie points....

Monday night turned out to be an evening of streaks that started at the free-throw line and ended up in the win column. Kris Weis came up big at the free-throw line. The senior hit 6-of-6 from the charity stripe to extend her free-throw shooting streak...

"I feel like yelling and screaming, but that won't do any good," NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch said after his squad's 30-11 loss to Central Michigan on Sunday. Frustration seems to be setting in on the fourth-year coach who is suffering through his worst...

NIU's scholar-athletes will be honored at halftime of the men's home basketball game against Loyola University tonight. The NIU athletic department came up with the idea of honoring scholar-athletes with a 3.0 grade point average or better to shatter...