To the 1988 NIU softball team, the future looks so bright, they've got to wear shades. At least, that's the song the Huskies hope to be singing this season. The Huskie squad began its 1988 campaign on the road in Florida and built a solid foundation to...

The NIU Baseball Club launched its 1988 season in Daytona, Fla. over spring break, winning one of four games. The Huskies, whose roster consists of 26 players, opened their season by bringing 24 players to Daytona March 11. The players payed their own...

Listen closely and you can hear the bats cracking and the balls whizzing. Yes, it is spring time and with spring comes softball season. While the temperature outside has not yet reached spectacular heights, the 1988 NIU softball team is beginning to heat...

The familiar sound of popping pads filled the air around Huskie Stadium Monday as Jerry Pettibone's football squad opened spring practice. The Huskies, who finished last season with a 5-5-1 record, will practice four times a week until April 23, when...

NIU basketball player John Culbertson, who was arrested and charged with battery, said the March 10 incident began as a misunderstanding and he was only defending himself. Culbertson was arrested after allegedly pushing a female student on the third floor...

Editor's note: This is the last of a four-part series examining the balancing act athletes must perform between their academic and athletic demands. In August of 1986, Proposition 48 went into effect, putting requirements on which high school athletes...

Jane Albright had her share of showers Wednesday night. Following the NIU women's basketball team's 95-74 upset win over Notre Dame in Chick Evans Field House, coach Albright was showered with confetti by fans, only to be greeted with an unscheduled shower...

At Tuesday's Huskie Club Luncheon, NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough evaluated his team's performance this season and projected optimism about the future. "The foundation is laid," said Rosborough, who indicated this season might have built the...

Huskie wrestler, Anton Kossakowski at 177 pounds, is gearing up for the NCAA National Tournament at Ames, Iowa, Thursday, March 17. The Huskie grappler has been drilling heavily the last couple of days instead of going through live drills due to a swollen...

The winner of this finale will walk away smiling. The NIU women's basketball match against Northern Star Conference rival Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. in Chick Evans Field House will be a rewarding victory for whoever reigns. If NIU walks away a winner, it...

When a team ends its season with an 8-20 final record, the obvious question is, "What went wrong?" From the beginning, this season looked better than 1986-87, when the team hobbled its way to a 9-19 record. Four seniors returned and seven freshmen arrived...

College athletes must perform in their sport and in the classroom, but sometimes they have the added pressure of battling the "dumb jock" stereotype in the eyes of some faculty. Elliot Lessen, an associate professor of Learning, Development and Special...