Beyond the playing field Poor Andre Dawson. The headlines Monday stated he lost his arbitration case, meaning the Chicago Tribune saved $150,000. So Dawson will have to settle for only a 370-percent pay increase. Too bad. That extra dough would have come...

They dominated, they broke records, they slaughtered. The NIU women's basketball team couldn't have asked for more, as everybody scored in a dominating 102-70 victory against Detroit Wednesday in Calihan Hall. Junior forward Gena Stubbs added icing to...

The fight has begun over when the next mayoral election will be held in the city of Chicago. There is apparently some confusion about whether state law requires the election to take place in 1989 or 1991. The late Mayor Harold Washington's term of office...

Inspired by the thought of an undefeated league record, the NIU hockey club ends its regular season this week against Illinois Institute of Technology Friday. The highly successful Huskies boast a 12-0-1 league record and a 15-1-3 overall mark. In a two-game...

The NIU wrestling team travels to Milwaukee, Wis., tonight for a 6 p.m. match with Marquette and Wisconsin-Parkside. Huskie head coach Ed Vatch worked his team hard in practice this week in preparation for tonight's match. Vatch is trying to keep his...

That hurts. The NIU men's basketball team discovered the meaning of agony Monday night at Chick Evans Field House when Illinois-Chicago's Nate Chambers canned a three-point basket at the buzzer to beat NIU 83-81. The Huskies' record fell to 5-17 while...

Jim Rosborough's Huskies will try to recover from last night's heartbreaking 83-81 loss to Illinois-Chicago when Central Florida invades Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7 p.m. The Huskies, now 5-17, could salvage a four-game homestand by defeating...

Beyond the playing field Sports moves into the so-called "real world" of journalism. The news pages of The Northern Star have been flooded with sports-related stories lately, and I'm not talking about athletes showing up on the police blotter. In the...

Taking it one step at a time paid off for the NIU women's basketball team in its 69-67 win over the Marquette Warriors Saturday night at Milwaukee. Before Saturday night's contest, head coach Jane Albright said she just wanted her squad to take each game...

It was a sad occasion for some, but the sadness was compensated for with a victory. In their last home meet of the season Saturday, both NIU swim teams won against Eastern Illinois, with the men scoring 124-78 and the women 122-74. Home-pool advantage...

NIU's soccer team took to the indoor turf this past weekend as coach Willy Roy began looking forward to next season. Roy's boys won the 16-team tournament at Soccer Enterprises, Inc. in Palatine that marked the start of a six-week spring session, during...

NIU grapplers (2-12-1) lost 22-12 Saturday to ninth-ranked Ohio State (13-4) at the Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies' 190-pounder, Tom Hoy, looked very impressive in his match with OSU's Brian Reid. Reid (2-1-0) was brutalized by an aggressive Hoy...