When the NCAA handed down its so-called death penalty on the Southern Methodist football program earlier this month, it was a starting gun for some recruiters to head for Texas and pick up the remains. The Mustangs are banned from competition in 1987...

March Madness is well underway as we head into the weekend which will give us a Class AA champion in high school basketball and the collegiate Final Four. Of the 48 games played in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, viewers were able to catch...

Ed Vatch and his NIU wrestlers will compete in the West Regionals this weekend in an attempt to make up for a subpar regular season record. Vatch has said all season the most important thing to him is not dual meets, but the postseason tournament. Now...

Learning experience is the key phrase for the women's diving team. For Patricia Akerman, Madolyn "Dindo" Scotty, and Susan Shaughnessy, it has been a season of learning. All three had to take in the ideas of a new coach. First-year coach Chris Chelich...

First-ranked Penn State kept its loss column clean as the Nittany Lions improved their record to 8-0 with Wednesday night's 279.25-268.85 victory over the NIU men's gymnastic team at Chick Evans Field House. "It was not a real good night for us," NIU...

Donnell Thomas, who signed a National Letter of Intent with NIU Nov. 12, made history Tuesday by scoring 51 points in Robeson High School's 127-60 playoff win over Kelly. Thomas, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound forward, converted 25 field goals and one free throw...

Why would a person who is a successful California high school tennis player leave the sun-soaked state to go to college in the frigid Midwest? "For a change," said NIU freshman Steve Wiere, who is the No. 1 singles player on the Huskie men's tennis team....

The NIU women's basketball team might have ended its season against Illinois-Chicago Saturday but that game can also be looked upon as a new beginning. Jane Albright's cage squad is one of four NIU women's teams who will compete in the North Star Conference...

In the midst of winter, a bit of the fall made a return in the form of NIU sports. The NIU women's volleyball team had a short respite after finishing the 1986 season 11-21. Off-season conditioning began Jan. 20, and practices followed the next day. The...

The women's tennis team swept both of its matches Friday, while the men's team won one of three matches over the weekend. The women netters evened their overall record at 2-2 with the 6-3 victory over Iowa State and the 5-4 win over Toledo at the Kishwaukee...

Something is going to give Saturday. The NIU men's basketball team takes on Ball State at 2:30 p.m. in University Gym in the third and last game in the Huskies' week-long journey on the road. The game marks the season finale for both teams. It also gives...

When the spotlight shines on the sporting world, the players basking in the glow are there for their athletic achievements. Being a quality individual is considered a plus. In her collegiate career, Shelly Roberts spent some time in the spotlight. She...