It happens every year. The National League Championship Series broadcast begins, and suddenly I'm struck by that same old feeling: "Shouldn't I be smoking ye custom-made pipe and dipping into yonder caviar trough?" That thought hits me every time I hear...

It was a heartbreak birthday for NIU volleyball coach Pete Waite. The Huskies gave away a match to Indiana State, 16-14, 15-9, 10-15, 15-12, at Chick Evans Field House Tuesday night and dropped their season record to 3-12. It was the second time this...

It's official, the NIU Soccer team did not lose a regular season game at Huskie Soccer Field. The Huskies have taken full advantage of a new grass field this season and the latest victim on the turf was Northwestern University on Wednesday. NIU recorded...

The NIU soccer team looks to stay undefeated at home today when the Huskies put their 5-0-0 home record on the line against the Wildcats of Northwestern. The Huskies (7-2-1) are coming off a defeat at the hands of St. Louis University, 2-0. The game was...

"Hard working" could be a label for most of the NIU athletic teams, and the NIU volleyball team has shown the willingness and dedication to become a successful program. A standard three-hour practice doesn't appeal to anyone, but the NIU team almost seems...

With the last of Mike Hidden's alternatives exhausted, all the frustrated NIU basketball player can do now is wait. Hidden, a sophomore forward who became academically ineligible last month, has failed in his bid to regain his eligibility for the fall...

With the recent success of the NIU Soccer team, a closer look is being given to the progress of coach Willy Roy—one of the top names in U.S. soccer history. Roy, a Hall of Famer, enjoys success now because he did the same thing for the Chicago Sting,...

It was nail-biting time for NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth when her team trailed Purdue 4-3 and only two matches remained undecided. Everyone probably knows what's coming next. Yes, the NIU netters pulled off those last two matches and got the 5-4...

Rick Telander, well-known writer for Sports Illustrated, vents his frustration these days by lambasting the present state of "big-time" college football. Spouting off is nothing new to Telander. A member of The Sports Writers show on television and radio,...

A pair of juniors and a whole team geared to make a statement combined to take NIU to a third-place finish in the Coors Light National Invitational Championships Sunday in Macomb, Ill. NIU juniors Julie Sexton and Jeanne Richeal each had career weekends...

Losing seems to be all too common for the NIU volleyball team, but the Huskies are looking to start off the new month with a win. The Huskies will face the Sycamores from Indiana State tonight at Chick Evans Field House at 6 p.m. The Sycamores beat NIU...

As NIU prepares for the 1989 Homecoming celebration the "Spirit Comes Alive" for the city of DeKalb and NIU alumni. "It should be a community celebration," said University Programming and Activities Director Renee Esgar. The "only thing (the) city does...