Basketball enthusiasts can participate in NIU's first annual three-on-three basketball game for charity. The event, sponsored by Lambda Chi fraternity and the Village Commons Bookstore, 901 Lucinda Ave., will be held Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in...

NIU softball coach Dee Abrahamson went into this weekend's St. Francis Tournament looking more to gain some experience for her younger players than to win. Now that the weekend is over, she is happy to have come out with some of both. Her squad won three...

Football coaches never take too much stock in statistics, especially when they favor the other guy. And it's a good thing, too, or else the NIU coaches would have very little reason to believe the Huskies could beat the University of Wisconsin Saturday....

A campus activities support group will co-sponsor a co-ed mud volleyball tournament to which the DeKalb Fire Department will donate 1,000 gallons of water. Chris Lussow, president of the student group OPRA, said this will be the fifth year of the tournament,...

Heading into her fourth year as a member of the NIU field hockey team, 21-year-old Mary Fike looks to help the Huskies to a successful season. As a center-halfback, Fike's position is a demanding one, involving a lot of running and the responsibility...

Huskie soccer coach Willy Roy and his players dropped a tough match last night to Indiana down in Bloomington, Ind., by a narrow 2-1 margin. The Hoosiers were rated No. 2 nationally going into the contest and were taken by surprise. IU's star forward...

The NIU men's golf team will swing into action this weekend coming off an eighth-place finish in the University of Minnesota Invitational last weekend. The Huskies will travel to the University of Northern Iowa to participate in the Northern Iowa Fall...

NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis returned from Minneapolis "pleased with a number of things." His team had just finished eighth at the 13-team University of Minnesota Invitational, and he had gotten a good look at his five qualifiers. "I like to think...

NIU will be on the road tonight battling Indiana University, but do not expect any free throws, jump shots or slam dunks in this game. The IU soccer team will host coach Willy Roy's Huskies in a 7:30 match in Bloomington. The game can be seen Thursday...

NIU right defensive end Phil Foley fits the mold of the prototype NFL right-side pass rusher in that he uses both speed and power to get to the quarterback. And while the 6-foot-2, 207-pound senior doesn't compare size-wise with a Richard Dent or a Chris...

NIU's field hockey squad left the east coast clean over the weekend after a three-day, four match sweep. The Huskies' winning ways began on Friday by defeating American University 5-0. On Saturday, Richmond and Loyola College fell prey to the Huskies...

Who was that guy playing quarterback for NIU Saturday night? He's James Darby, the Huskie football team's answer to the "Running Man." Darby got the start when doctors advised NIU coaches that Marshall Taylor's jaw, injured last week, could be injured...