Conventions are commonly thought of as events where people go to relax and have a little fun. But after several days of meetings and discussions on 147 pieces of legislation at this year's NCAA convention, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell considers...

NIU's hockey club skated to a 4-4 tie with Purdue last Saturday at the Riverview Ice House in Rockford. Kevin Flynn led the way for the Huskies with two goals. Kevin Meadows and Rolf Pike each added one goal. Craig Boledovich and captain Len Edling each...

The NIU wrestling squad won all five of its road dual meets this weekend by a combined score of 167-43, upping its season record to 12-2. On Friday, the Huskies topped Central Michigan 21-15 and beat Ashland College 35-6. The Huskies upended Ferris State...

It appears the NIU men's basketball program will play an additional, different type of game for at least another year—a waiting game. Coach Jim Rosborough and Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell have made it known that NIU is searching for a men's basketball...

A little pressure never hurt anyone. But it sure can make a difference in a basketball game. Akron University threw a full-court press at the NIU men's basketball team in chick Evans Field House Monday night that shredded the Huskies' offense and unfastened...

It was somewhat premature but Illinois began celebrating its expected status as the No. 1 college basketball team in America on Sunday after surviving a scare by Georgia Tech in double overtime. Illinois fans screamed "We're No. 1" as the final seconds...

For the NIU women's basketball team, Saturday night's 97-85 win over Illinois-Chicago was just another average night of work. A crowd of 908 fans at Chick Evans Field House watched as the Huskies methodically took apart another North Star Conference foe....

When NIU basketball coach Jim Rosborough left Saturday's pre-game meal in Davidson, N.C., he set his hotel room key on the table and suggested the squad have a team meeting without him and to come get him when they were through. "Everybody gave their...

By downing arch-rival DePaul 86-82 Thursday night, the NIU women's basketball team took the first step in its drive toward winning a North Star Conference championship. And while leading scorer Carol Owens netted a career-high 34 points to pace the Huskies,...

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

No Retreat...No Surrender... Those were the words written on the back of the DePaul sweat tops, but when the game went into trenches during overtime, NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright and her players had the Blue Demons waving the white flag....

When the NIU men's basketball team plays Davidson College tomorrow night at Johnston Gym in Davidson, N.C., it will be a battle between two teams that have recently turned independent. NIU achieved independent status in 1986 after 11 seasons in the Mid-American...