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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sports editor's note: Due to production error, this is a corrected version of the story printed yesterday. The NIU women's volleyball team came out flat against a strong Wisconsin team Monday night and lost a heartbreaker in four games by scores of 15-8,...

Two losses in a row can cause a team to doubt itself. However, when the team has a coach like NIU's Willy Roy the pessimism will not be around too long. The Huskies are coming off of two defeats in the last week and will have the chance to prevent a losing...