For Western Illinois University, it's a game of redemption. For NIU it's a chance to show the home crowd just what the Huskies are made of. Saturday evening at 6:35 the Leathernecks and Huskies will clash at Huskie Stadium in what should be a knock-down-drag-out...

The "pot" thickens. In response to the Sept. 27 column written by Bob Regan, a host of prominent NIU figures have climbed on the financial bandwagon to challenge NIU students. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell, President John La Tourette, Provost Kendall...

Every spring, college football teams practice in preparation for the challenges they will face when the season begins in the fall. This past spring, however, was quite different for Western Illinois University head coach Bruce Craddock. Instead of meeting...

Although the Huskie football team must change its strategy against each new opponent, one thing that stays the same is the Huskie wishbone attack. NIU has used the wishbone offense for four years and has proven it can be a deadly offensive attack. The...

Illinois State University showed the Huskie volleyball team just why the Redbirds are favored to defend their Gateway Conference title as they handled NIU in three easy games. ISU never gave the Huskies a chance to get in the match, defeating them 15-2,...

Former Men's Athletic Director Robert Brigham heads a list of seven to be inducted into the NIU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 6. Brigham, who now serves as special assistant to the president for intercollegiate athletics, lettered in football three times...

Volleyball coach Pete Waite knows a lot about the next Huskie opponent. Illinois State University is coming off a loss to Florida State and a victory over Morehead State for a 6-6 record. The NIU/ISU game is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Chick Evans Field House....

At the end of the 1989 NIU softball season Julie Sexton had only one home run among her hit totals. Four months later Sexton came through with three home runs over five games to lead the Huskies to the championship of the Illinois Central College Tournament...

Another weekend away from home was not too kind for the Huskie volleyball team. The Huskies finished with a 1-3 record at the Eastern Michigan/Ann Arbor News Classic, dropping their record to 2-8. Last Friday, NIU lost its first match in a tough game...

Three out of four scoreless halves for the NIU defense wasn't enough this weekend. That was the story for the NIU field hockey team as it shut out the Ohio State Buckeyes for both halves on Friday en route to a 2-0 win, and shut out the Northwestern Wildcats...

It's time to turn up the intensity for the NIU Field Hockey team as it takes the Cardinal and Black into Huskie Stadium for the Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference opener today against the Buckeyes of Ohio State. The face-off for the game is at...

NIU football will try to extend Kansas State's non-winning streak to 30 games when the Huskies take on the Wildcats this Saturday (Sept. 23) at 1:10 p.m. "Kansas State is hungry for a win so we're very cautious as we go into this game," NIU offensive...