It's not football season, but one of the NIU athletic teams is having a homecoming. The NIU softball team will play its first home game of the season today as it takes on Bradley in a 2 p.m. double-header. After playing 26 consecutive away games, the...

Today's games against Bradley will be the first NIU home games of the season. Last year, Huskies were 11-7 before their home debut, in which they lost a doubleheader to Illinois State. They finished last season with a 23-19 overall record and a 10-8 Mid...

Martha Unger did not win the number-one spot at the NCAA Regionals in Alabama on Saturday, but she proved to everyone she belonged. The one problem is neither Martha nor Coach Bobbie Cesarek know exactly how well Unger placed in the meet. They did not...

The NIU men's and women's tennis teams did not et weather hamper play this weekend as both teams came away with victories. The men had three straight victories, bringing their record to 22-10, winning Friday and Saturday's St. Ambrose College Quadrangular,...

Because of the teams competing at Saturday's 18th Annual Marshall University Invitational, NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis was not the least bit upset with the 11th-place finish. "We're in the middle of the pack overall," Pheanis said. "But scorewise...

Alabama has an extra special meaning for NIU gymnast Martha Unger this weekend. Unger left Thursday night for Alabama, because she qualified last Saturday for the NCAA Regional Championships. Only seven individual gymnasts received bids to compete in...

The NIU softball team will finish its early-season road swing this weekend as it travels to Michigan State to play seven games against four teams. The Huskies, who played their first 19 games on the road, will take on Michigan State in a doubleheader...

Two former NIU standouts—wide receiver Curt Pardridge and offensive guard Dan Rosado—have signed standard National League free agent contracts with the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins, respectively. Both players survived until the final 45-man...

assistant sports editor There are times when the old image of a coach standing in front of a chalkboard covered with X's and O's bites the dust. Take NIU football assistants Bob Jackson and Pat Ruel. They spend as much time with chalk in hand as anybody,...

Illinois State showed the NIU softball team two ways to defeat Wednesday as the nationally-ranked Redbirds swept a doubleheader from the Huskies. In the first game, the Huskies jumped out to a two-run, first-inning lead only to have ISU come back and...