Windy City softball was no match for NIU softball Wednesday evening. The Huskies took both games of a doubleheader by a score of 4-0 against Illinois-Chicago at Flames Field. With the wins, NIU bumps its season record to 28-7, while the Flames fall to...

The 1990 NIU football schedule, which features games against Nebraska, Kansas State and Northwestern, was one of 16 schedules approved by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday. The other 15 NIU sports also had their 1989-90 schedules approved at the board's...

There were awards given out across the board Sunday afternoon when the NIU women's basketball team held its 1988-89 awards banquet at the Country Inn in Sycamore. The banquet was open to the public and about 60 people were on hand to honor the Huskies....

I guess I was a little brainwashed in high school while playing on the sports teams. No matter what sport I played, the team and individuals would review a videotape of either the previous practice or game. We did this, wearing out the rewind and slow...

Winning is becoming second nature to the NIU men's tennis team. So is winning big. The Huskies launched into the three-match weekend on Gullickson Tennis Courts with Thursday's 8-0 downing of DePaul. The netters proceeded to top Marquette 8-1 Friday,...

DePaul assistant coach Jim Molinari was in DeKalb Friday to interview for the NIU men's basketball head coaching position. Molinari is one of three candidates known to have been on campus for an interview. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee head coach...

Robert Collins is his own man. He has his own coaching philosophy and wants to run a basketball program that will bear his trademark. That is why the 41-year-old interim coach is pursuing the NIU head coaching position that was left vacant when Jim Rosborough...

Steve Antrim, head basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, interviewed for the vacant NIU head coaching job Thursday. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said Antrim did not apply for the job personally, but was recommended by a third...

If NIU soccer coach Willy Roy seems to be smiling more—or talking with more of a melodic foreign accent—its probably because of his latest signees for the 1989 soccer season. Heading the class of recruits is Dustan "Dusty" Showers. A 6-1, 180-pound...

Maybe it's not all beachballs and bathing suits for the NIU softball team, but being outside the last few days is a welcome relief. After weeks of foul weather that forced the team to practice indoors, Huskie head coach Dee Abrahamson sent her troops...

Dear President LaTourette: I called your office last week to express my support to you and Gerald O'Dell relative to the termination of the basketball coach and indicated to the receptionist that I would follow up with a letter. As a 1969 graduate, I...

It's a safe bet that the NIU men's tennis team will win at least two of its four matches this weekend on the Gullikson Tennis Courts. NIU coach Carl Neufeld said he is looking for tough matches against DePaul (8-2) today at 3 p.m. and Marquette (13-9)...