The NIU wrestling team gets some valuable leadership from a group of dedicated graduate assistant coaches who are rewarded by seeing the wrestlers do well in tournaments. Huskie coach Ed Vatch said he cannot express how vital these grad assistants are...

MADISON, Wis.—The NIU men's basketball team has to learn how to win. The Huskies fell 87-77 to Wisconsin Tuesday night in the Dane County Coliseum before 4,775 fans. NIU came back from a 14-point deficit to pull within 72-69 with 5:42 remaining, but...

And then there was one. The North Star Conference will lose two more of its charter members following this spring's softball championships when Dayton and Notre Dame leave for the Midwestern Cities Conference next year. DePaul is the only original NSC...

Ohio State's women's basketball team, ranked 10th in the nation by Sports Illustrated and 11th by the Associated Press, will invade Chick Evans Field House tonight to take on the Huskies in a 7:30 p.m. contest. Not only are the Huskies excited because...

There were questions to be answered Monday before the football version of the weekly Huskie Club Luncheon could go into cold storage. Questions about Nevada-Las Vegas. About the upcoming recruiting season. And about the status of injured Huskie quarterback...

Although NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson's collegiate coaches said they are unaware of his active warrant, two former assistants said they had problems with him during their two years together. Culbertson is the subject of a warrant in connection...

The NIU men's basketball team and the Wisconsin Badgers are in the odd position of trying to rebound from opening victories. Both teams enter tonight's 7:05 p.m. contest at the Dane County Coliseum with 1-0 records after victories in which they felt they...

Notre Dame's volleyball squad defended its North Star Conference title Sunday, defeating NIU in the finals of the NSC Tournament 15-7, 10-15, 15-8, 15-6 at DePaul's Alumni Gym. The Huskies finished second in the tournament with their only weekend loss...

The NIU women's swimming and diving team could not come up with the correct answer Friday and Saturday when adding three-fourths and one-fourth in order to come up with a whole. ad that happened, the Huskies would have come home with a winning weekend...

University of Pittsburgh's Craig Heyward rushed for 259 yards Saturday, prompting sportscasters and newspapers across the nation to call him the nation's top ground-gainer for the season. But wait. There is one back who still has a game to play—Elbert...

With two home victories under its belt, the NIU women's swimming and diving squad looks to test its competitiveness on the road with a pair of duals away from home. The Huskies will travel to Green Bay, Wis., to face Wisconsin-Green Bay at 6 p.m. Friday,...

While the North Star Conference volleyball champions will be decided this weekend at the NSC tournament Saturday and Sunday at DePaul, it might be a vendetta for NIU. Notre Dame is the defending NSC winner. The Fighting Irish have won 14 matches in a...