NIU's hockey club skated to a 4-4 tie with Purdue last Saturday at the Riverview Ice House in Rockford. Kevin Flynn led the way for the Huskies with two goals. Kevin Meadows and Rolf Pike each added one goal. Craig Boledovich and captain Len Edling each...

Conventions are commonly thought of as events where people go to relax and have a little fun. But after several days of meetings and discussions on 147 pieces of legislation at this year's NCAA convention, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell considers...

It appears the NIU men's basketball program will play an additional, different type of game for at least another year—a waiting game. Coach Jim Rosborough and Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell have made it known that NIU is searching for a men's basketball...

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...

The NIU wrestling squad won all five of its road dual meets this weekend by a combined score of 167-43, upping its season record to 12-2. On Friday, the Huskies topped Central Michigan 21-15 and beat Ashland College 35-6. The Huskies upended Ferris State...

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...

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....

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'...