A little pressure never hurt anyone. But it sure can make a difference in a basketball game. Akron University threw a full-court press at the NIU men's basketball team in chick Evans Field House Monday night that shredded the Huskies' offense and unfastened...

It was somewhat premature but Illinois began celebrating its expected status as the No. 1 college basketball team in America on Sunday after surviving a scare by Georgia Tech in double overtime. Illinois fans screamed "We're No. 1" as the final seconds...

For the NIU women's basketball team, Saturday night's 97-85 win over Illinois-Chicago was just another average night of work. A crowd of 908 fans at Chick Evans Field House watched as the Huskies methodically took apart another North Star Conference foe....

When NIU basketball coach Jim Rosborough left Saturday's pre-game meal in Davidson, N.C., he set his hotel room key on the table and suggested the squad have a team meeting without him and to come get him when they were through. "Everybody gave their...

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

No Retreat...No Surrender... Those were the words written on the back of the DePaul sweat tops, but when the game went into trenches during overtime, NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright and her players had the Blue Demons waving the white flag....

When the NIU men's basketball team plays Davidson College tomorrow night at Johnston Gym in Davidson, N.C., it will be a battle between two teams that have recently turned independent. NIU achieved independent status in 1986 after 11 seasons in the Mid-American...

This year, the NIU football team can look forward to heading into the season with a winning record under its belt. Next year, the squad can look forward to having a part of the Best-of-the-West on its side. NIU's coaching staff has landed the Chicago...

"We romped on ‘em," Huskies wrestling coach Ed Vatch said after he and his team returned from Tuesday's triangular meet with UW-Stevens Point and UW-Oshkosh. NIU defeated UWSP 25-14 and host UWO 43-0 on its way to improving its record to 7-2. The Huskies'...

By downing arch-rival DePaul 86-82 Thursday night, the NIU women's basketball team took the first step in its drive toward winning a North Star Conference championship. And while leading scorer Carol Owens netted a career-high 34 points to pace the Huskies,...

MIAMI (AP) _Aftter Randy Cross, whose 13-year career spanned the San Francisco 49ers' futility in the 1970s and their championships in the ‘80s, will retire Sunday after his third Super Bowl. Cross' announcement Wednesday surprised his teammates but...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - For almost every error committed by the NIU men's basketball team against Northern Iowa, the Panthers would find two ways to correct the mistake. And the final correction usually ended with a score. Bad passes, poor shot selection...