Don't be alarmed. The ear-shattering sound you'll hear later this week will be courtesy of the 1988-89 men's basketball team. It will either be the shattering of the sound barrier as a squad of young and eager athletes soar to new heights, or the crash-landing...

As starting lineups go, this one is in a class by itself. Sophomore class—that is. With a roster that includes two junior transfers, six sophomores and four freshmen, what else is a coach to do? Actually, men's head basketball coach Jim Rosborough said...

...women's Huskie basketball squads Donald Whiteside "Anyone who questions his size has no idea what beats inside that young man's chest," NIU men's coach Jim Rosborough said. "He won't have to score a lot to be valuable to us." This 5-foot-10 sophomore...

Huskie wrestlers went into the St. Louis Open last weekend expecting some tough competition. They got more than expected. "The competition was phenomenal," coach Ed Vatch said. "An example is a two-time NCAA champion from Iowa didn't even make it to the...

When the Bethel College men's basketball team steps foot in Chick Evans Field House Saturday for NIU's season opener, history will be made. It will be the first time in Division III Bethel's history that the Royals will play against a Division I program....

Come Saturday at 7:35 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team will begin their 1988-89 season in Norfolk, Va., against Old Dominion, a team the Huskies will look to beat en route to the start of a winning season. Last year, the Lady Monarchs earned a spot...

First, the good news: guard Jeff Delaney scored 28 points in the NIU basketball team's final preseason intrasquad scrimmage Friday night in Shabbona. Now, the bad news: Delaney is ineligible to play with the Huskies this season after transferring from...

Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk was on hand at Chick Evans Field House to compliment NIU's volleyball team for its efforts in winning the North Star Conference title. Fish, however, had been pulling for Illinois-Chicago. Fisk, whose daughter Carlyn...

NIU's volleyball team came into the North Star Conference Championship match Sunday at Chick Evans Field House an underdog to Illinois-Chicago, but the Huskies went out champions. The Huskies snuffed the Flames in a three-game sweep Sunday to win the...

Exchanging gifts before a game has become the custom when teams from different countries meet in competition, and Friday's women's basketball game in the Chick Evans Field House was no exception. However, head coach Jane Albright and her squad gave the...

Even though the NIU women's volleyball team isn't the odds-on favorite to capture the North Star Conference title this weekend, it stands a pretty good chance of winning it. Why? Simple. The Huskies have won eight-straight matches and haven't lost an...

After last weekend's season-opening tournament, NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch said his team was out of shape. This week he did something to remedy that problem. He intensified practice workouts. "I upped the intensity of the workouts to find out how good...