The biggest news, and the news which provided the biggest sigh of relief from the NIU football office this summer, was the announcement of quarterback Stacey "Sauce" Robinson's eligibility for the fall semester. After being forced to sit out the last...

The 1990 NIU Softball season hasn't even started yet and the accolades are already coming in. Senior physical education major, and Huskie softball catcher, Julie Sexton will be presented with her 1990 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America award during the halftime...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy's 1989 squad accomplished a feat that has always been elusive in the world of sports: they retired as champions. Last season's 14-4-2 mark, a record for most NIU soccer victories, was capped off by a 2-1 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

About 30 NIU athletes who signed leases for the partially-completed Stadium View Apartments II want more compensation than the developer is willing to give them. Senior halfback Mike Strasser said about 18 football players, along with several gymnasts,...

The goal of the 1990 Huskie football season is to be invited to a bowl game. Any bowl game. After being snubbed last year by every bowl committee in the country, head coach Jerry Pettibone and his players have dedicated the upcoming season to this one...

HELP WANTED: Baseball players. Some travel, no heavy lifting required. EOE. Contact Spanky McFarland at NIU. New NIU baseball coach Spanky McFarland hasn't yet resorted to taking out the above ad, but that's not because he doesn't need the help. McFarland,...

The countdown is on. In twenty-four days, the Huskie football squad will put their current eight-game home winning streak on the line against Eastern Illinois in their season opener. "I'm excited about this season," head coach Jerry Pettibone said. "I...

Can Northern Illinois University's football team go 3-0-0 on ESPN? Huskie gridiron boss Jerry Pettibone surely hopes so. Most of the country—approximately 56.1 million households—can find out on Saturday, Sept. 29, when NIU meets perennial Big Ten...

The Northern Star proudly presents some mid-summer column stuffers for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. Former Huskie standout Ted "The Mad Stork" Hennings made the news recently while participating in the Chicago Bears training camp in Platteville, Wis....

The fastballs will not pop as loudly, or be clobbered so easily. The 6-4-3 might be just the 6-4. The uniforms baggier, the tempers hotter. New NIU head baseball Coach Spanky McFarland has no scholarships to offer the young men who will fill the new program's...

Former NIU defensive tackle Scott Kellar is giving something back to the game that gave him a chance to play professional football. After lending a hand to Huskie defensive line coach Sheldon Herd as a volunteer coach last winter and during spring practice,...

The clang of metal hitting metal, words like "squat", "crunches" and "leg presses", the grunts and groans as large people lift large weights—all are part of Jim Zielinski's world. Zielinski, Coach "Z" to those who know him, is NIU's strength and conditioning...