It wasn't quite what the NIU swimmers and their coach had hoped for, but they couldn't complain either. The Huskies had set their sights on a blue ribbon at the Midwest Independent Championships held Thursday and Friday at Illinois Chicago but ended up...

When those balmy March winds first slap the faces of NIU students and DeKalbians, it's a sure sign that somewhere, far south of here, grown men are shagging flies and playing pepper. Yes, spring training 1989 is underway. Spring training. It's a time...

After finishing sixth out of 10 teams at last year's NCAA West Regional tournament, coach Ed Vatch and his Huskie wrestlers look to finish higher at this weekend's regional tourney at Drake University. "If they (the wrestlers) go into this with an idea...

Collegiate competition might seem kind of scary and pressurized for some people—but not for NIU's Lori Lebo. Lebo, a freshman on the women's gymnastics team, seems to be fitting right into her niche as a Division I tumbler. And despite being hundreds...

by er a game were played that might be described as being of little importance to either team, this could be it. When the NIU Huskies and the Cougars of Chicago State take the floor at the CSU Physical Education & Athletic Building tonight at 7:30,...

Teamwork is an important part of success in basketball, but the NIU women's basketball team understands there is more to a successful season than just the X's and O's of the game. Fan appreciation is the theme of Saturday's 2 p.m. hardwood contest against...

Numerous framed reminders of Jerry Pettibone's 20-year bond with Oklahoma football cover his office wall in Huskie Stadium. Black-and-white photos of the 1959 and 1960 Oklahoma teams of which Pettibone was a member hang clearly in the his view as he sits...

It's time to separate the men from the boys. After months of preparation, the season culminates for the NIU men swimmers at the Midwest Independent Championships at Illinois-Chicago Thursday and Friday beginning at noon. "It's finally here," said senior...

It wasn't the rattling sounds of slot machines that the NIU men's tennis team had to adjust to during its weekend escape to Las Vegas. But rather the netters had to reacclimate to the heat and altitude before winning two of its three weekend matches....

While most students will be baking in the Florida sun during Spring Break, NIU's baseball club will be playing games in the Florida sun during their "spring training." "We'll play teams like Tennessee State, Ohio Wesleyan and Northeast Illinois," co-president...

MANHATTAN, Kan._ Corey Ray and James Matlock—some NIU football fans may not know these names, but the Kansas State Wildcats and their fans do. Ray and Matlock helped extend the nation's longest non-winning streak to 31 games as they led the Huskies...

Although it was not easy, NIU played with the competitive endurance of a first-place team by outlasting conference foe Southern Illinois_Edwardsville on Sunday. Per Ekholdt headed in two goals, and Todd Moore and Willy Roy Jr. added one each to lead the...