He sees slam dunks in his dreams, he idolizes Superman, he collects comic books and, someday, he hopes to play tamborine for the Rolling Stones. Mike Korcek is no ordinary kid, he's just an "off-the-wall" (as he refers to himself) 40-year-old NIU sports...

In her third year as NIU women's golf coach, Pam Tyska is starting to see "some recruiting dreams come true." While the fall season will conclude this weekend with the Huskie Fall Classic at Kishwaukee Country Club Oct. 7-8, Tyska said she has noticed...

NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone has decided on a one-game suspension for Huskie cornerback Brett Tucker who was arrested Saturday for charges of battery. Tucker was arrested following a fistfight at McCabe's with Thomas Lee. Tucker will practice with...

Although there were no chalk marks in the "W" column for the Huskies during the Championship rounds of the NIU Women's Tennis Invitational, NIU proved to be the most consistent team in the individual tourney. The Huskie netters advanced to four of the...

Ho hum, another Huskie win. Despite playing a lackluster first half, the NIU football team eventually made it look easy as it disposed of Southwest Missouri State 17-3 Saturday at Huskie Stadium. A Parents' Day—and Pork Day—crowd of 14,127 saw NIU...

NIU football player Brett Tucker was arrested by DeKalb Police on charges of battery Saturday night after he was involved in a fistfight at McCabe's. The fight reportedly started on the dance floor of McCabe's where Tucker, a junior starting cornerback...

Crown them with many crowns, and call them champions. The NIU soccer team restored faith among its fans by capturing the 17th annual Illinois Governor's Cup Tournament over the weekend with solid victories over Western Illinois and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville....

NIU men's basketball's only returning starter, Donnell Thomas, is already getting national attention, and the season hasn't even started. Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 212-pound sophomore forward, was named by Street & Smith as a preseason Honorable Mention...

This weekend the NIU men's golf team host a 54-hole NIU/Ellwood Greens Invitational at the Ellwood Greens Country Club in Genoa, Ill. While Ellwood Greens is not a true home course, the players have some familiarity with it. Eleven other teams will participate...

As the NIU football team prepares for Saturday's Parents' Day meeting with Southwest Missouri State, coach Jerry Pettibone is trying to keep his team from experiencing an emotional letdown. After the Huskies gained national exposure with the school's...

Not since 1983 has the NIU field hockey team been ranked in the NCAA standings. But last Tuesday the NCAA named NIU to the 17th slot (tied with Duke) after the Huskies defeated 19th ranked St. Louis in a 2-0 shutout last Sunday. NIU coach Laurie Bell...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...