The Chicago Bears vs. the Green Bay Packers, Army Vs. Navy, Navratilova vs. Evert—NIU Vs. DePaul? Maybe the latter match up cannot be found among the premiere rivalries in sports, but the NIU women's basketball team is looking to stage a classic battle...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - With tonight's 94-71 loss to Northern Iowa at the Uni-Dome, the NIU men's basketball team holds a 1-5 record against Association of Mid-Continent Universities schools. An 80-79 last-second victory over Eastern Illinois at Chick Evans...

Although Christmas break is over, the NIU men's basketball team will be looking for two more breaks tonight. The Huskies will try to break their seven-game losing steak in Cedar Falls against Northern Iowa at 7:30 p.m., while concurrently trying to break...

NIU women's gymnastic coach Bobbie Cesarek just might be calling her squad's 1989 season The Battle of the Injuries. Because almost every gymnast is plagued with a minor injury, Cesarek is aggravated with the idea her team cannot compete at the level...

The numbers 13 and 666 have always stirred fear among the superstitious and the devil fearing. But now there's another number that's going to cause needless terror among a different group of people. The number is 42, otherwise known as the NCAA's Proposal...

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright is not one to gloat over success, but one has to wonder if she is wearing a smile on the inside. Since the Huskies' 78-71 loss to Nevada-Las Vegas on Dec. 10, Albright and her crew have exorcised the word "lose"...

Not unlike the NIU men's basketball team, the Huskie wrestling squad is composed of many freshmen and sophomores, but only two juniors and no seniors. "We're still young," coach Ed Vatch said. "The guys are real agressive and sometimes that can lead to...

Sophomore guard Stacy Arrington will return to the NIU starting lineup Wednesday against Northern Iowa after rejoining the team three games ago from a 16-day absence. Arrington had missed four games between Dec. 18 and Jan. 3 when, after being benched...

NIU basketball coach Jim Rosborough thought his team was playing in a haze at times Thursday night as Western Illinois handed the Huskies a 74-73 loss in Macomb. "We've got to be focused and 100 percent prepared for every game," Rosborough said. "There...

Talk about bright lights and big cities. The NIU women's basketball team will be making its holiday tour in some of the United States' most popular cities. Teams from all over the country—from Las Vegas to New Orleans to Champaign to Akron to Cleveland—will...

Right about now everyone is preparing to go home for the long awaited Christmas vacation. Except for the NIU wrestling squad. The Huskie grapplers will remain on campus for a good part of the break, practicing and participating in tournaments. "Keeping...

On the road again... Willie Nelson may enjoy life on the road, but for college basketball teams there's no place like home. Yet, less than 24 hours after arriving at O'Hare International Airport from a successful 1-1 road trip, the NIU men's basketball...