The countdown begins. Including tonight's game at Toledo, there are only 14 games left in the ‘87-88 season, and the 6-8 NIU women's basketball team must win them all to accomplish its "win 20 games" goal. "We have to win from here on out," said a determined...

Jim Rosborough wants a victory and he wants one now. The second-year NIU men's basketball coach wants to see an end to the Huskies' current three-game losing streak when NIU travels to Toledo Wednesday at 7 p.m. "The losing nicks at you," Rosborough said....

Clarence Vaughn and his Washington Redskin teammates enter Super Bowl XXII as 3/u-point underdogs to the Denver Broncos. However, Vaughn should be used to this situation by now, as he has battled the odds himself to make it in the National Football League....

Pat Ruel left his heart in DeKalb. Ruel quit his job as coordinator of the Huskies' nationally-ranked offense to take a similar position at Kansas under new head coach Glen Mason. Ruel said he accepted the offer after a lot of soul searching Jan. 11....

NIU freshman point guard Donald Whiteside has been declared academically ineligible for the upcoming spring semester, men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough announced Monday. "Donald is a great young man. This is a prime example of the difficult task that...

It has been a tough war during the past month for the NIU women's basketball team, which went 4-5 during Christmas break, but the lady cagers won an important battle Monday night against North Star Conference foe Marquette. In defeating the Warriors 88-67...

Two former NIU football stars have made names for themselves in the NFL. Todd Peat, who was a dominant member of NIU's offensive line for four years, finished his first season with the St. Louis Cardinals by making Pro Football Weekly's All-Rookie team....

Christmas break didn't exactly bring what NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch was hoping for. Hindered by the suspension of several wrestlers, the expulsion of two others and subpar showings by many of the active team members, the Huskies won only two of their...

It looked more like a rugby scrum than a victory celebration and senior co-captain Rodney Davis was on the bottom of the pile. Davis' 25-foot buzzer-beater at Drake Jan. 2 gave NIU men's basketball team its first road win since Jim Rosborough took over...

Often times the teams that have the most success during the winter sports season are those that stay in the best condition over the holidays. NIU men's swimming coach Dave Clark can attest to that. So when Clark takes his swimmers to Florida for four...

The NIU women's swim team will experience a change of scenery, as it journeys to the palm trees and outdoor pools of California Jan. 9-10. The swimmers will compete in the University of California-Irvine Invitational, the first of their three swim meets...