Riding a seven-game winning streak at home was long in coming for the 16 seniors who will end their NIU career Saturday at Huskie Stadium. Gone are the days of eight-game losing streaks and crowds that equaled the size of the team. This Saturday the Huskies...

Television broadcasts of collegiate athletic contests are as common as mid-term exams for many universities. The broadcast not only gives a school regional and national coverage, it also brings money to the university and its athletic department. The...

There was another Wisconsin victory over an Illinois team Tuesday night, but this one wasn't as renowned as the Packers' win over the Bears on Sunday. The Marquette Warriors (11-18) swept the NIU volleyball team in Milwaukee to end the Huskie regular...

To those involved, Saturday's Huskie football game was the most important of the season, as well as perhaps the most important game ever played at Huskie Stadium. Judging by the attendance, however, only 5,604 fans agreed. Head coach Jerry Pettibone was...

The NIU volleyball team is headed to Wisconsin for its final game of the regular season tonight in a 7:30 p.m. match-up against the Marquette Warriors. The Huskies are going into their final match with a 7-17 overall record and a final conference slate...

The home team is down three points and on the opposing team's 7-yard line. There are six seconds left in the game. The home team just called its last timeout and has to decide what to do. Does it kick the tying field goal or try for the end zone? If the...

After winning the conference tournament, NIU's soccer team slipped into a mild depression Monday when the door to a bid in the NCAA tournament was slammed in its face. The Huskies finished third in the Midwest Region with a 15-4-1 record. Despite the...

Visiting teams have not had much success winning games at "The Doghouse," a.k.a. Huskie Stadium, lately as NIU has won 10 of its last 11 games at home. Last year, the Huskies traveled to Cajun Field in Lafayette, La. to battle the Ragin‘ Cajuns of Southwestern...

The outcome of NIU's game against Southwestern Louisiana, as well as any hopes for a post season bowl bid, was literally in the hands of quarterback Stacey Robinson with three seconds left and his team trailing 20_17. In front of a sparse crowd of 5,604,...

NIU's 23-20 win over Southwestern Louisiana might have been the best football game nobody saw in the last 10 or 15 years. Well, maybe saying "nobody" is exaggerating, but not by much. Saturday's game had been billed as an all-or-nothing shootout in which...

One of the most popular questions on campus these days seems to be one that includes the words "NIU football team" and "bowl". Does NIU have a legitimate shot at playing in the postseason? Nobody can really be sure until the bowl pairings are announced....

"Revenge is in the air," DePaul volleyball coach Anna Marassa said about the her Blue Demon team coming to Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7 p.m. to face NIU in the final North Star Conference match for the two rivals. The NIU volleyball team, 2-3...