The NIU men's basketball team knocked a stubborn monkey off its back Saturday. But head coach Jim Rosborough, who saw his team end a 10-game losing streak, knows the fans will not be satisfied with one in a row. The second-year NIU coach would like to...

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...

If the NIU men's basketball team is to beat Central Connecticut State Saturday, the Huskies will have to do something they could not do in the last meeting with the Blue Devils—stop Brian Devlin. The 4-16 Huskies will attempt to snap their 10-game slide...

Hoosier basketball in Illinois—can it work? If you ask Dianna Wingis, then the answer is yes. The Indiana native left her home in Hammond and entered a new world at NIU last fall as a member of the women's basketball team. Wingis came to the campus...

Take it one step at a time. That is what NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright and her squad are saying as they enter Saturday's 5 p.m. contest against North Star Conference foe Marquette in Milwaukee. The Huskies are entering the game after a recent...

Five meets in two days, and then a day of rest. That is what's in store for the NIU swim teams this weekend. The men start off on the road to Illinois Benedictine Friday for a 4:30 p.m. invitational, after which they must almost simultaneously be at Northwestern...

The Huskie wrestling team will play host to the Buckeyes of Ohio State on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. The match will be a reunion of sorts for Huskie coach Ed Vatch. Ohio State coach Russ Helickson was Vatch's coach at Wisconsin during...

Oak Park's David Dougherty heads the list of Huskie recruits signed by head coach Jerry Pettibone and his staff Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound receiver ranked 14th in the Chicago area with 33 receptions for 651 yards and nine touchdowns in 1987. He...

For NIU freshman Donnell Thomas, "D-Train" isn't just a nickname, it's an image he portrays on the basketball court. As NIU's latest cage star, the 6-foot-4 freshman prides himself on playing the game with an intense, physical approach. The well-built...

The NIU Huskie Club will be seeking $130,000 in contributions for support of school athletics when it kicks off its 1988-89 fund-raising drive next month. The new funds will help in alleviating the club's $4,500 debt, NIU Huskie Club President Jim Braun...