They were given the green light and they were gone. Coach Jane Albright gave the NIU women's basketball team the opportunity to steal the ball and go when they had the chance—an order which awarded the Huskies a 93-73 victory over Valparaiso Tueday...

One of the most important assets that has gone through the Huskie wrestling program has to be senior 150-pounder Tim Cocco. The fifth-year senior will lead his teammates to battle against seventh-ranked Division III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater this...

The NIU men's basketball team seems to be gaining momentum—they're just going in the wrong direction. The Huskies, now 4-15, dropped their ninth game in a row with an 81-60 loss to the Bearcats of Cincinnati Monday night. The nine-game skid is the second...

NIU football player Thomas Klein, 21, might lose his football scholarship after being arrested for battery. DeKalb Police reported the arrest Saturday night after Student Association Sen. Joe Annunzio said Klein "punched him in the face several times"...

NIU women's gymnastics won the top spot in its first home meet Saturday by defeating Iowa and Wisconsin-Oshkosh at Chick Evans Field House. After four events, the Huskies tallied a 176.60 score, followed by the Iowa at 172.35 and UWO's 166.40 rounded...

The Huskie wrestling team had a long weekend, beginning with a hard-fought 24-20 loss to Eastern Illinois and ending with a frustrating eighth-place finish in the eight-school Indiana Hoosier Invitational. The loss to EIU was a tough one, since the Huskies...

It was just a matter of time before Randy Norman got hot. The 6-foot-3 off guard has been scorching the net over his last six games, averaging 20 points per contest over that stretch. He has been especially dangerous behind the three-point line, and even...

The NIU women's basketball team will pack up and head to Dayton, Ohio, for their last game of the month on Saturday, but this trip will differ from others because they will be taking a new quality along with them. Despite the 94-85 loss to DePaul Wednesday,...

Team depth and team competitiveness are the two keys NIU women's gymnastic coach Bobbie Cesarek will mention when talking about her squad's 3-1 record. Cesarek and her tumblers want to continue their winning ways Saturday when NIU hosts Iowa and Wisconsin-Oshkosh...

The NIU wrestling team hits the road this weekend to face Eastern Illinois on Friday night at 7:30 and to compete Sunday in the Indiana Hoosier Invitational. NIU coach Ed Vatch is looking to fare better this weekend due to last weekend's tough schedule....

This is the last of a three-part series profiling new NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell. This segment focuses on the merger between men's and women's athletics. When the external and internal review comittees filed their reports on the NIU athletic...

If Jane Albright could have one post-Christmas wish, it might be to have a season of games as intense as Wednesday night's first half. NIU ran out to a 49-45 lead at halftime against DePaul, but the Huskies could not keep their grip in the second half...