When the pressure was on, the NIU women's basketball team handled it with an 81-78 victory Sunday over the Michigan Wolverines at Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies improved their record to 7-9, while Michigan fell to 8-7. For NIU it was the first win...

Losing streaks are never any fun and NIU's men's basketball team is struggling through a particularly nasty one—make that two. The Huskies have lost five straight overall and four in a row to the Western Michigan Broncos. NIU will try to end both skids...

NIU's wrestling team had a rough weekend, losing Friday to fifth-ranked Northern Iowa 44-5 and Saturday to Central Michigan 27-12. On Friday, NIU faced a powerful UNI team that earlier last week upset number-one ranked Iowa State. NIU's only points against...

NIU volleyball coach Herb Summers will not return for the fall season after being told last Monday that his contract will not be renewed. Summers, who had been at NIU for six seasons, confirmed his departure Sunday but would not comment further on the...

Jim Rosborough thinks Chick Evans Field House could cure the NIU basketball team's four-game losing skid Saturday. On the other hand, he could think of easier teams to break the streak against. Hot off a 55-point win Wednesday night, the Akron Zips invade...

Looking on the bright side of things, the NIU women's basketball team will walk into the Michigan game Sunday never having lost to them. But then again, the Huskies have never played the Big Ten Wolverines. The 2 p.m. match at Chick Evans Field House...

NIU's matmen take on fifth-rated Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa, tonight at 7:30 and face Central Michigan at Blue Island's Eisenhower high school Saturday at 7:30 p.m. UNI's starting lineup is overflowing with talent that includes number-one ranked,...

Time flies. An athlete transfers to another university. Witnesses graduate or drop out ... It now appears Iowa officials will not seek to extradite John Culbertson on his warrant for allegedly shooting into an occupied car while he was at Iowa State in...

Tipping the scales in almost every stat box, the NIU women's basketball team failed to surpass Toledo in the most important statistic—shooting—which forced the Huskies to hand the Rockets a 65-50 decision. A shielded bucket when the clock was running...

Well, nobody got hurt. Otherwise, not much good can be said of the NIU men's basketball team's 96-72 loss at Toledo Wednesday night. Just ask assistant coach Jon Mackey. "Tonight is the worst we've played all year," Mackey said. "No doubt about it." The...

The countdown begins. Including tonight's game at Toledo, there are only 14 games left in the ‘87-88 season, and the 6-8 NIU women's basketball team must win them all to accomplish its "win 20 games" goal. "We have to win from here on out," said a determined...

Jim Rosborough wants a victory and he wants one now. The second-year NIU men's basketball coach wants to see an end to the Huskies' current three-game losing streak when NIU travels to Toledo Wednesday at 7 p.m. "The losing nicks at you," Rosborough said....