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)...

and Jeff Kirik Jim Hallihan, the top assistant basketball coach at Iowa State, has been named as a finalist for the vacant Huskie coaching job a source close to the NIU athletic department said Wednesday. Hallihan came to ISU in August 1982, which was...

The weather once again took its toll on the NIU baseball club last weekend. The Huskies' second game on Sunday against Loyola was called due to rain, but not before NIU recorded a 3-0 weekend. Saturday, the Huskies hosted the DePaul Blue Demons for a...

Evolution. The word took on several connotations at Tuesday's Spring Football Luncheon. Coach Jerry Pettibone first discussed the evolution of the Huskie football program. "We're getting better and better," Pettibone said. "We have a great weight room,...

Forget the broom. Give the NIU men's tennis team a vacuum cleaner. The Huskies swept their four home games this weekend, losing only one match of the 36 they played. NIU had unblemished 9-0 wins over Northeastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Augustana...

CHICAGO - Walt Weiss, returning to the lineup after missing three starts because of the flu, singled in the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning Sunday as the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2. Terry Steinbach singled with one out in the...

NIU's women's tennis team decided to show off a bit before Saturday's Parent's Weekend crowd and did so in a big way. The Huskies soundly defeated both Bradley University (7-2) and Saint Mary's College of Indiana (8-1) to improve the season mark to 15-7....

PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Rick Sutcliffe and the Chicago Cubs kept their winning streaks alive Sunday, but it wasn't pretty. Sutcliffe improved his record to 3-0 and drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single as the Cubs won their seventh straight game, 5-3,...

More muscle was added to the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday in the form of four resolutions passed by the board. Three of the resolutions take effect as soon as they are added to the board's policy manual. They cover conference affiliation, budget matters...